Saturday, February 7, 2015

The German Democratic Republic 35th Anniversary

  East Germany, formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR, was a state in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period. The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone, while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones. The East was often described as a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1984.

  • Original Name: "35-летие ГДР"
  • Artist: Y. Arcimenev
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1984
  • Subject: Anniversary
  • Estimated cost: 5 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1984)
  • Number of catalogue: 5563 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
  • Impression: 3.5m