Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1972 - 5 Pfennig

Games of the XX. 1972 Olympiad To the games of XX. Olympics In 1972, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued six multicolored special postage stamps, two of them with surcharge. The sums raised will be given to the Society to promote the Olympic idea in the GDR. Games of the XX. Olympiad 1972 As has become a tradition, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications also gives to the games of XX. 1972 Olympiad a series of special postage stamps out. The six multicolored special postage stamps are intended to draw attention to the participation of the GDR in this year's competitions in the name of the Olympic rings. The motifs show summer Olympic sports in which GDR athletes successfully represented our republic in decisive competitions. On the 5-pfennig value the sport of wrestling is shown. This very successful discipline, practiced in classical and free wrestling, was already widespread in antiquity and is one of the oldest Olympic disciplines. The Olympic idea and the high level of physical culture and sport in our German Democratic Republic is the main content in the publication of these postage stamps.