Description: This is an authentic definitive postage stamp issued by the German Democratic Republic (DDR) as part of the initial Five-Year Plan propaganda series. Printed in a dark brown ink, the detailed vignette portrays a muscular, bare-chested coal miner working deep underground. He is leaning forward while operating a heavy pneumatic jackhammer directly against a raw rock face. A lit mining safety lamp is securely attached to his headwear.The low denomination 1 sits prominently in the upper-left corner. The bottom right features a stylized, smaller numeral "1" nestled safely within paired socialist laurel and wheat branches. The bottom border bears the bold country name "DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK". This specimen shows a partial circular black postmark cancellation passing down along the right vertical border.
Circa: 1953 -1962
Condition: Used
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