Description: This is an authentic definitive postage stamp issued by the German Democratic Republic (DDR) as part of the iconic Five-Year Plan propaganda series. Printed in a rich steel-blue ink, the dynamic vignette portrays a smiling female farm laborer driving a modern tractor through a wheat field. She wears a specialized aviator-style soft leather cap with protective driving goggles pushed up onto her forehead.In the background, a massive industrial combine harvester operated by two men processes the crops. The high denomination 80 stands in the upper-left corner, while the bottom right anchors the series' signature "5" emblem nestled in laurel leaves and wheat ears. The lower margin carries the bold state inscription "DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK". This specimen features a heavy circular postmark slicing through the lower-left corner.
Circa: 1953- 1962
Condition: Used
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