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Stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1987; commemorative stamp of the issue "Historical Monuments – Rolands"; issue of 4 stamps; The depicted stamp is GDR Michel No. 3063 from 1987 and shows a "Roland statue" from Stendal, 1525 (Stendal (capital of a rural district), Altmark, Country of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).; A German "Roland Statue" goes back to "Roland, the Count of the Breton Mark" (= border land) and paladin of "Charles the Great" (= "Carolus Magnus") which is described in early mediaval times by the "Song of Roland" (German: "Rolandslied", original name of Roland: "Hroutland").; A such column is showing an allegorical figure of a knight with sword stylized to a column, often depicted with grotesk facial features, symbolizing the representance for the "rights of a town" of a location.; A such "Roland statue" was a copy of the old-Germanian "Ziu-columns" from "pagan times" before which was spoken law.; This stamp was postmarked with an one-circle first-day special cancellation with 35.0 mm diameter from 1085 Berlin, 20 January 1987 showing a mediaval shield and sword as central motive over an inscription in Gothic letters.
Stamp: Michel: No. 3063; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2683; Scott: No. 2579; AFA: No. 2731
Color: multicolored (with dark brown frame, brown colors dominating)
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 (Pfennig)

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without frame with year line): 21.5 x 39.0 mm