10th Anniversary of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift

Germany · 1959 · 20 Pfennig

This stamp commemorates the 10th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade and the successful Berlin Airlift. The design features an aircraft flying over the city of Berlin, symbolizing the vital supply flights that sustained West Berlin.

The Berlin Blockade (1948-1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War, where the Soviet Union blocked all land and water access to West Berlin. The Western Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift, supplying the city entirely by air, a monumental logistical feat that ultimately forced the Soviets to lift the blockade.