Worker with Hammer and Sickle, Soviet Occupation Zone
Germany (Soviet Occupation Zone) · 1948 · 20 Pfennig
The stamp features a male worker, facing left, holding a hammer and sickle, symbolizing labor and industrial reconstruction. Factories and industrial buildings are visible in the background.
Issued in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany in 1948, this stamp reflects the post-World War II efforts to rebuild and establish socialist ideology in the Soviet-controlled territories, preceding the formation of East Germany.
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Image: Rogmann · License: Public domain
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