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Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1976 - 35 Pfennig

Designer: Joachim Rieß, Karl-Marx-Stadt

Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1976 - 35 Pfennig


Theme: Architecture
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1976
Face Value35.00 
Colorgreen
PerforationK 14
Printing TypeRotogravure 2
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1872
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID848922
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Games of XXI. 1976 Olympics To the games of the XXI. Olympics In 1976, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued six multi-colored special postage stamps and a special postage stamp block. Two special postage stamps are marked with a surcharge, the proceeds of which are made available to the Society for the promotion of the Olympic idea in the GDR. Games of XXI. 1976 Olympics The modern Olympic Games have seen a clearly visible progressive development, especially since the participation of sportsmen and women from the socialist countries. Tens of thousands of the most outstanding athletes on all five continents use the Olympics more and more thoroughly, in order to train even more intensively, to be even better prepared for the Olympic competition. As in many countries of the world, it has become a tradition in the German Democratic Republic that a stamp series be dedicated to this most outstanding sporting event. As in the case of the brand series for the Winter Olympics, some of the competition venues and sports facilities of the German Democratic Republic are also being presented here, which are used by the athletes of our country for training and competitions and have already been used to host important international competitions. In addition, it should be made clear with two motifs from the wide range of popular sports that only by an all-encompassing development of physical culture and sports a healthy basis for high-performance sport can be secured. One of the training and competition sites at a high international level is the shooting sports facility in Suhl, the center of hunting and sporting weapons in the GDR. On the 35-pfennig value, it is represented symbolically. It is set up for both sporting and hunting shooting, has 25 to 300 m of track, a pigeon hole and a system for shooting on moving windows. Passed the sport in 1971, in the same year, the European Championships in sport shooting were carried out at this facility.

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Games of XXI. 1976 Olympics To the games of the XXI. Olympics In 1976, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued six multi-colored special postage stamps and a special postage stamp block. Two special postage stamps are marked with a surcharge, the proceeds of which are made available to the Society for the promotion of the Olympic idea in the GDR. Games of XXI. 1976 Olympics The modern Olympic Games have seen a clearly visible progressive development, especially since the participation of sportsmen and women from the socialist countries. Tens of thousands of the most outstanding athletes on all five continents use the Olympics more and more thoroughly, in order to train even more intensively, to be even better prepared for the Olympic competition. As in many countries of the world, it has become a tradition in the German Democratic Republic that a stamp series be dedicated to this most outstanding sporting event. As in the case of the brand series for the Winter Olympics, some of the competition venues and sports facilities of the German Democratic Republic are also being presented here, which are used by the athletes of our country for training and competitions and have already been used to host important international competitions. In addition, it should be made clear with two motifs from the wide range of popular sports that only by an all-encompassing development of physical culture and sports a healthy basis for high-performance sport can be secured. One of the training and competition sites at a high international level is the shooting sports facility in Suhl, the center of hunting and sporting weapons in the GDR. On the 35-pfennig value, it is represented symbolically. It is set up for both sporting and hunting shooting, has 25 to 300 m of track, a pigeon hole and a system for shooting on moving windows. Passed the sport in 1971, in the same year, the European Championships in sport shooting were carried out at this facility..