Special stamp exhibition of the youth: 6th stamp exhibition of the youth, Zella-Mehlis 1980 - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1980 - 20 Pfennig

6. Stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR, Suhl 1980 For the 6th stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR in the district Suhl 1980, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued two multicolored special postage stamps in the se-tenant with an intermediate field. The sums collected will be made available to the Philatelistenverband in the cultural association of the GDR. 6th Stamp Exhibition of the Youth of the GDR For the sixth time a large national stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR takes place. After Halle 1966, Karl Marx City 1970, again Halle 1973, Gera 1976 and Cottbus 1978 this time the district Suhl is host of the young philatelists. The exhibition will be on display from 8 to 17 August 1980 in the modern "House of the People" in Zella-Mehlis. It is dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the liberation of fascism and the slogan "Peace - Friendship - Solidarity". With this exhibition, the best young philatelists from all districts of the GDR will testify to what they have learned in philately and through them. History and civics, art and culture, science and technology, physical culture and sports - meaningful collections will be on display for all these topics. In addition, there are country and special collections, exhibits on postal history, air and ship mail and many other things. Overall, the exhibition in Zella-Mehlis will once again demonstrate how philately as a part of cultural folklore can prove useful in youth work, to impart knowledge and insights, to help educate and educate young socialists. The organizer of the exhibition is the Philatelistenverband in the cultural association of the GDR. Since the 2nd stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR in 1970, postage stamps for these highlights of the Jugendphilatelie have always appeared. Since the 4th exhibition in Gera, it has become a tradition that the history and the present of the host district are combined in the form of cityscapes and city coats of arms on two stamps and an intermediate field. In the case of the 6th stamp exhibition of the youth of the GDR, the issue of Deutsche Post is therefore reported by Suhl as the center of the host district. From today's point of view, the 20 Pfennig brand unites historic and modern buildings in the district town of Suhl, which has a history dating back to 1232 and is today the traditional center of an industrial district with a developed recreational area on the southwestern edge of the Thuringian Forest. In detail on the motive of this mark can be recognized: - in the foreground of since 1903 on the former market and today's Karl Marx Square as a work of the sculptor Ringer standing weapon forge, which has landmark character and points out that until today in the context of versatile metal processing industry Suhl's production of hunting and sporting weapons also has an export-intensive significance. - left next to it the "red town hall", which with the inscription "In the green forest the red city, which had a geschschossen city hall" reminded of the successful fights of the Suhler proletariat against the Kapp putsch in March 1920 and at the same time of the reaction since the term of the "red city" as a name of honor was built in 1663 in the Henneberger half-timbered style on the Herrenteich, which now houses the weapons museum, - right next to the Waffenschmiedbrunnen a small residential building and the Suhl-Heinrichs' town hall, whose stone ground floor was built in 1551, while the Henneberger timber-framed building was erected in 1657, behind this town hall and beside it the Centrum department store opened in 1969 with a fountains bubbling in front of it, - behind the department store the 1970-1972 built "City Hall of Friendship" as a cultural and d Sports center of the district and - on the left behind a row of modern residential buildings of the Suhler city center, as they originated since 1974. The intermediate field shows the Suhl coat of arms, which was probably created around 1527. It carries in silver a red castle with battlements and battlemented towers with blue roofs and red pommels. In the open golden gate steps on a golden background and on a green three-mountained mountain a black hen, memory of the county Henneberg. Between the towers floats a golden sole, pierced by a blue hoe. This is to indicate a legend, according to which at the founding of Suhl at the first heel strike a shoe sole lying in the ground was pierced. In reality, however, probably de sole probably a saline or ore trough symbolize, since initially salt production and later ore mining historical main commercial branch of the Suhler were.