Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1976 - 20 Pfennig

IX. Party Congress of the SED IX. Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued two multicolored special postage stamps and a special postage stamp block. IX. PARTY DAY OF THE SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY OF GERMANY From 18 to 22 May 1976, the IX. Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany meet. The highest forum of the SED will draw the balance of the hitherto most successful stage in the development of the GDR and determine the concrete tasks of the leading social force in our country for the further development of the developed socialist society. The IX. The SED Party Congress will also take stock of the results of one of the broadest and most effective mass movements in our history - the popular debate on the documents available to the party congress. Taking into account all the ideas, suggestions and criticisms, the new SED party program, its revised statute and the five-year plan directive for the years 1976-1980 will be adopted. Especially the popular debate in preparation of the IX. Party Congress of the SED made it clear to what extent the SED has developed as a political leader in the GDR. Hundreds of thousands of members and candidates of the SED, members of the DBD, CDU, LDPD and NDPD as well as non-party workers, men and women of various ages, professions and ideological positions spoke up. For the most part, these contributions have been coupled with the outstanding initiatives of our working people in socialist competition, in the innovator movement, and in other levels of daily exercise of power. All thoughts and hints served one purpose: to create even better conditions for their own work, that in the GDR - in harmony with the development of all socialist countries and firmly established around the Soviet Union - the developed socialist society was erected swiftly and systematically and communism can come a little closer. This issue of special postage stamps also aims to be a discussion bulletin in this debate. It points to three important assets of our development so far - especially in the aftermath of the 8th Party Congress of the SED - whose continuation will continue to form the basis of our successes in the future. The modern industrial plant and the high-rise new buildings - connected by the symbol of the IX. Party Congress (20 Pfennig value) - point to the continuation of the main task decided by the VIII. Party Congress of the SED in shaping the developed socialist society. This makes it possible, in particular, to enforce the unity of economic and social policy even more effectively. By concentrating on the main task as a socio-strategic program, the policy of the SED as a labor policy becomes more and more noticeable, and the advantages of socialist economic integration can be better utilized.