Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1982 - 20 Pfennig

19th Workers Festival of the GDR in the district of Neubrandenburg At the 19th GDR workers' festival in the district of Neubrandenburg in 1982, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued two multi-colored special postage stamps. Special cancellation from 8th June to 7th August 1982 19th GDR workers 'festival Although already the 19th, this year's GDR workers' festival will be held in Neubrandenburg for the first time. This is due in no small part to the stormy upward trend that has taken place in the past years, especially after the 8th Party Congress of the SED, in this formerly backward and almost exclusively agricultural area. The district town itself has developed into an important political, industrial and spiritual-cultural center with an increasing share of young people in particular, in the large combine enterprises NAGEMA, Reifenwerk Nord and others. and construction workers. Around the historic Four Gates, new development areas such as the "Lindenberg", the "Oststadt" and the "Datzeberg" emerged in the realization of the social-political program of the party of the working class and the socialist state - or, as the latter, are still emerging. The House of Culture and Education, the Town Hall in the Cultural Park on Lake Tollense and many other facilities offer many opportunities for recreation, relaxation and education. With the means of art and culture by folk and professional artists, the 19th Workers Festival of the GDR, the revolutionary and humanist-progressive traditions as the tremendous changes and achievements in the countryside, in all areas of life, a rapprochement between city and country and the beauty and to make visible the distinctiveness of life in the socialist village. They will show how the working class alliance with the cooperative farmers affects the spiritual and cultural life of the villages and communities. This is particularly evident in the Cultural Festival of Socialist Agriculture in Tutow, Demmin County, the Feast of the Forestry Workers in Templin and the Festival of Inland Fisheries in Waren / Müritz. Here, as at the Mecklenburg folk festival in Neubrandenburg, the customs and traditions of the people of this region come alive, cultural assets, as well as their diligence and their willingness to participate in the solution of the standing before the agriculture, forestry and food industry tasks the content of the programs and Events of the 19th Workers Festival of the GDR in June 1982 in the district Neubrandenburg determine. These demands will be taken into account by the 20-pfennig value.