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Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1975 - 70 Pfennig


Theme: Post & Philately
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1975
Face Value70.00 
Colormulti-colored violet
PerforationK 14
Printing TypeRotogravure 2
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1846
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID908942
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XII. 1976 Olympic Winter Games To the XII. Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck In 1976, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued six multi-colored special postage stamps, two of them with a supplement, and a special postage stamp block. The sums raised will be made available to the Society to promote the Olympic idea in the GDR. XII. 1976 Olympic Winter Games On February 4, 1976, the XII. Winter Olympics opened. While the aces of winter sports all over the world prepare for these competitions, the Olympic Games are also prepared by a variety of other measures. At the request and suggestion of the Society for the Promotion of the Olympic Idea in the GDR and in accordance with the National Olympic Committee of the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issues a stamp series of six stamps and a block. For the first time, some of the competition venues and sports facilities of the German Democratic Republic will be presented at the six brands. Here, the Olympic champions of the GDR train and prepare for the Olympic competitions and carry out their GDR championships and international competitions. The 70-pfennig mark shows a scene of Schmiedefeld's mass skiing, in which nearly 5,000 skiers of old age groups took part last year. All these events are in the sign of the central slogan of the German gymnastics and sports federation of the GDR: "For health, recreation and joie de vivre, for efficiency and performance aspirations, for peace and socialism! Drive all sport!"

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XII. 1976 Olympic Winter Games To the XII. Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck In 1976, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued six multi-colored special postage stamps, two of them with a supplement, and a special postage stamp block. The sums raised will be made available to the Society to promote the Olympic idea in the GDR. XII. 1976 Olympic Winter Games On February 4, 1976, the XII. Winter Olympics opened. While the aces of winter sports all over the world prepare for these competitions, the Olympic Games are also prepared by a variety of other measures. At the request and suggestion of the Society for the Promotion of the Olympic Idea in the GDR and in accordance with the National Olympic Committee of the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issues a stamp series of six stamps and a block. For the first time, some of the competition venues and sports facilities of the German Democratic Republic will be presented at the six brands. Here, the Olympic champions of the GDR train and prepare for the Olympic competitions and carry out their GDR championships and international competitions. The 70-pfennig mark shows a scene of Schmiedefeld's mass skiing, in which nearly 5,000 skiers of old age groups took part last year. All these events are in the sign of the central slogan of the German gymnastics and sports federation of the GDR: "For health, recreation and joie de vivre, for efficiency and performance aspirations, for peace and socialism! Drive all sport!".