Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1985 - 50 Pfennig

Coat of arms of the GDR, issue 1985 With the publication of five multicolored special postage stamps the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic continues the series "Stadtwappen der DDR". Special cancellations from April 9 to June 8, 1985 (Same stamp as for the 1984 edition, coat of arms of the GDR) Stadtwappen With the city arms of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam, Rostock, Schwerin and Suhl the third issue of town heraldry concludes the series of coats of arms of the district towns , The coat of arms of Suhl shows in the silver shield a two-towered red castle, in whose open golden gate a black hen stands on a green triple mountain; between the towers floats a golden sole pierced by a blue hoe. Originally, the sole reminiscent of the city name sole represents an ore trough and pointed in the context of the tusker on the main industry of the inhabitants in the Middle Ages. The hen on the Dreiberg is the coat of arms of the counts of Henneberg, to whom the city belonged. The oldest known city seal with this picture, but without the Henneberger coat of arms in the gate dates from 1590.