File:Stamp 1984 GDR MiNr2910 pm B002.jpg

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Description Stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1984; commemorative stamp of the issue "Castles in the GDR – I"; issue of 4 stamps and 1 PSE ("PSE" = "Postal Stationery Envelope"); The depicted stamp is GDR Michel No. 2910 from 1984 and shows as motive a view to the "Burg Falkenstein" (Meant is the castle of the same name in the Harz-mountains (near Harzgerode, district of Hettstedt, country Saxony-Anhalt, so-called "Lower Harz", Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).; This castle was built between 1120 and 1180
date QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1120-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1180-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
as "hill castle" (German: "Höhenburg").; This stamp was postmarked with an one-circle first-day special cancellation with 35.0 mm diameter from 1085 Berlin, showing a view to the "Burg Ranis" as central motive (in Thuringia near Pößneck at the village Ranis, the oldest parts were built in the 12th century, the contemporary look goes mainly back to the 17th century as the castle was rebuilt in the style of the Saxonian Late Renaissance.).

Stamp: Michel: No. 2910; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2539; Scott: No. 2447; AFA: No. 2597
Color: multicolored with grey-blue frame
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 6 November 1984 until 2 October 1990
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1984-11-06T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1990-10-02T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without frame with year line): 29.0 x 23.5 mm

Postmark: 1085 Berlin,
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Source scan of original
Author "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
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This file was previously considered to be in the public domain as a German stamp; it is possible that it is in the public domain for other reasons, in which case a new rationale will be applied as part of the review process. See below for the previous rationale.
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable
Public domain
This stamp is in the public domain in Germany because it was released by the postal administration of the German Democratic Republic or the Soviet occupation zone (Deutschen Post der DDR) whose legal successor is the Federal Republic of Germany. Thus it is an official work according to German copyright law (§ 5 Abs. 1 UrhG).

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Other versions
  • The same stamp mint
    The same stamp mint
  • The depicted castle in 2014
    The depicted castle in 2014
  • The inner yard of the castle of Falkenstein in 2013
    The inner yard of the castle of Falkenstein in 2013
  • The "Burg Ranis" of the postmark in 2014
    The "Burg Ranis" of the postmark in 2014
Picture description Castle of Falkenstein in the Harz-mountains (not to mistake with other castles in or outside of Germany with this name)
First day of issue
Publisher "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Design Snechana Russewa-Hoyer (wife of Heinz Hoyer (* 1949))
Printer "VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
Printing technique Offset printing on luminescent paper
Circulation 24,000,000 stamps
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14
MICHEL Nr. Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Nr. 2910
SCOTT Nr. German Democratic Republic, No. 2447

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