File:Stamp 1987 GDR MiNr3066 pm B002.jpg
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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. 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 |
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Source | scan of original | ||||||||
Author | "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic | ||||||||
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Picture description | "Roland statue" of Quedlinburg |
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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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- Roland statue of Quedlinburg
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- Quedlinburg on stamps