Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1978 - 20 Pfennig

5th stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR, Cottbus 1978 For the 5th stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR in Cottbus 1978, the Ministry of Post and telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued two multicolored special postage stamps in the se-tenant with an intermediate field. The sums collected will be made available to the Philatelistenverband in the cultural association of the GDR. Special cancellation from 18 July to 17 September 1978 5th stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR in Cottbus For the fifth time a large national stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR takes place. After Halle 1966, Karl Marx City 1970, again Halle 1973 and Gera 1976, this time the district town Cottbus with the house of the construction workers from the 21st to the 30th of July is the host of the young philatelists, their exhibits and certainly numerous visitors. "The Youth - Builders of Communism" - under this motto ran in all districts of the Republic the preparations for the competition of the best exhibit designers in Cottbus; The event in Cottbus itself, which will bear witness to the state of youth work in the Philatelistenverband in the Cultural League of the GDR and the success of the effort, together with the popular education, the Free German Youth and the pioneer organization "Ernst Thalmann" is an extra-philatelic leisure activity meaningful to organize as an aid to parents and school, as a practical support in the education and training of young socialist citizens. History and civics, art and culture, science and technology, physical culture, military training and sports - on all these topics will be on the exhibition in Cottbus, which preceded numerous district exhibitions and district performance comparisons, part compelling, meaningful collections to see. There are also country and special collections, exhibits on postal history, air and ship mail and much more. All in all, Cottbus' balance sheet of the exhibition zeal of young philatelists will undoubtedly once again prove the educational and educational potential of dealing with stamps and other postal documents, and how recreational philately can prove useful for communicating social statements and cultural values, and promoting the general - as the expertise and character of the youth. After already 1970, 1973 and 1976 for 2., 3. and 4. Stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR special postage stamp (Lipsia-Katolog-Nummern 1396-97, 1670 and 1934-35) appeared, dedicates the Ministry for post and telecommunications of the GDR now also the 5th national youth exhibition in Cottbus an issue, which consists of two brands and an intermediate field. The content as well as the graphic design is similar to the edition of the 1976 exhibition in Gera. From today's point of view, the 20 Pfennig brand unites historical and modern buildings of the city of Cottbus, which was first documented in 1156, ie more than 800 years ago. Specifically, this presentation unites the venerable Tuchmacherbrunnen near the court square with the Beckenrand words "A honorable craft is honored, the good cloth affects and scarfs", two town houses on the Altmarkt, the Spremberger tower, the castle tower, the Lindenpforte and other parts the old city fortification, an architecturally remarkable part of the upper church, the baroque castle Branitz and recently the milk bar "Kosmos" with the residential tower behind it, the city hall inaugurated in 1975 as well as skyscrapers, as they were built among other things in the southwest suburb. The intermediate field points with its text to the exhibition and brings as motif the Cottbus coat of arms with old city gate and the cancer. All in all, the emission reflects the past and present of a place that today is the political, economic, scientific-technical and spiritual-cultural center of the Cottbus coal and energy district and is increasingly developing into a socialist city, with its population first reaching 100,000 in September 1976 reached