Description: This is an authentic definitive postage stamp issued by the German Democratic Republic (DDR) as part of the famous Five-Year Plan propaganda series. Printed in a distinct blue-green ink, the detailed vignette portrays two young technical apprentices or student engineers leaning closely over a workbench. One apprentice carefully holds a small mechanical component or measuring tool, while his mentor guides his hand over a heavy-duty industrial lathe or drilling machine.The denomination 10 sits in the top-left corner, while the series' signature "5" emblem is framed by laurel and wheat in the bottom right. The lower margin carries the bold state inscription "DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK". This specimen features a highly prized, razor-sharp traveling postmark reading "...URG BPA" slicing diagonally upward from the bottom left corner.
Circa: 1953 - 1962
Condition: CTO - Hinged
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