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Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1984 - 80 Pfennig

Designer: Detlef Glinski, Berlin

Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1984 - 80 Pfennig


Theme: Post & Philately
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1984
Face Value 80.00 
Colorbrown
PerforationK 13:12 1/2
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2609
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID912206
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Narrow gauge railways in the GDR, 4th issue With the depiction of narrow gauge railways in the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues two multi-color se-tenant prints. Special Cancellation from March 20 to May 19, 1984 Narrow Gauge Railways in the GDR Narrow Gauge Track Cranzahl - Kurort Oberwiesenthal The narrow gauge track Cranzahl - Oberwiesenthal (750 mm gage) leads from the regular main line Flöha - Bärenstein with 17.3 km length to the border of the CSSR, below the Fichtelberg. The railway was built in the years 1896-1897 and served mainly the interests of industrial companies in and around Annaberg, but also the developing excursion traffic. The commissioning of this train, the tourist traffic even Oberwiesenthal jumped. Since the landscape around the Fichtelberg is a popular recreational and winter sports area and the train is in addition to the connection between gauge track and Oberwiesenthal also the tasks of feeder for numerous holidaymakers of the places lying on the route, it is also obtained by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as a tourist train. The railway overcomes on its way a height difference of 287 m and reaches at the station Kurort Oberwiesenthal with 893 m above sea level a height, which is only 4 m below that of the Alpine railway station "Semmerring" in Austria.

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Narrow gauge railways in the GDR, 4th issue With the depiction of narrow gauge railways in the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues two multi-color se-tenant prints. Special Cancellation from March 20 to May 19, 1984 Narrow Gauge Railways in the GDR Narrow Gauge Track Cranzahl - Kurort Oberwiesenthal The narrow gauge track Cranzahl - Oberwiesenthal (750 mm gage) leads from the regular main line Flöha - Bärenstein with 17.3 km length to the border of the CSSR, below the Fichtelberg. The railway was built in the years 1896-1897 and served mainly the interests of industrial companies in and around Annaberg, but also the developing excursion traffic. The commissioning of this train, the tourist traffic even Oberwiesenthal jumped. Since the landscape around the Fichtelberg is a popular recreational and winter sports area and the train is in addition to the connection between gauge track and Oberwiesenthal also the tasks of feeder for numerous holidaymakers of the places lying on the route, it is also obtained by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as a tourist train. The railway overcomes on its way a height difference of 287 m and reaches at the station Kurort Oberwiesenthal with 893 m above sea level a height, which is only 4 m below that of the Alpine railway station "Semmerring" in Austria..