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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. 3066 from 1987 and shows a "Roland statue" from Quedlinburg, created in 1460 (town in the "Harz"-district of the country of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany); The statue was officially created in 1460, probably but already in 1433 or after.; In 1477 was this statue destroyed on order of the then abbess Hedwig, Duchess of Saxony; but in 1569 new erected by the then "Council of the town" in the inner yard of the then "Ratskeller", after the findings of fragments of the destroyed memorial.; The depicted "Roland Statue" goes back to 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 by the old Germanians.; This stamp was postmarked with an one-circle first-day special cancellation with 35.0 mm diameter from 1085 Berlin, showing a mediaval shield and sword as central motive over an inscription in Gothic letters.
Stamp: Michel: No. 3066; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2686; Scott: No. 2582; AFA: No. 2734
Color: multicolored (with dark brown frame, brown colors dominating)
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 50 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 20 January 1987 until 2 October 1990
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1987-01-20T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1990-10-02T00:00:00Z/11

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

Postmark: 1085 Berlin,
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Author "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
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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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Picture description "Roland statue" of Quedlinburg
First day of issue
Publisher "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Design Andrea Soest
Printer "VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
Printing technique Photogravure on normal paper
Circulation 2,100,000 stamps
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14
MICHEL Nr. Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Nr. 3066
SCOTT Nr. German Democratic Republic, No. 2582

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