Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1988 - 35 Pfennig

XV. Olympic Winter Games 1988 On the occasion of the XV. Olympic Winter Games 1988, the Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued four multicolored special postage stamps, including one with surcharge, and a special postage stamp block out. The sums raised will be made available to the Society to promote the Olympic idea in the GDR. Special cancellation from 19 January to 18 March 1988 XV. Olympic Winter Games 1988 Important sports events, such as Olympic Games, World and European Championships as well as championships of the GDR are a traditional occasion for the Ministry of Postal and Telecommunications of the GDR to issue series of special postage stamps. Under the title "XVth Olympic Winter Games 1988", at the request of the Society for the Promotion of the Olympic Idea in the GDR and in accordance with the National Olympic Committee of the GDR, a series with four stamps and one block will be published. New to this series is that the graphic artist Manfred Gottschall, Karl-Marx-Stadt, has succeeded in impressively portraying athletes in the practice of a sport. Thus, the motif lives and the aesthetics of the sport is clearly expressed. It shows sports in which athletes of the GDR have been at the forefront of world championship for years. The 35 penny mark depicts the versatility of the discipline, the rigor of the competition and the concentration of shooting demanded by biathlon athletes. During a competition in which a distance of 10 to 20 km is covered, the winter two-in-hand fighter must additionally hit with the air rifle in the shortest time slices with a diameter of 4 to 11 cm from a distance of 50 meters to win. At the 1987 World Championships GDR athletes won all titles.