Germany-Berlin 1981 150th Anniversary of birth of Reinhold Begas
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date : 16 July 1981
- Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 647; Yvert & Tellier: No. 608; Scott: No. 9N465; AFA: No. 645
- Designed by : Reinhold Gerstetter (* 1945)
- Printed by : "Bundesdruckerei", Berlin
- Print Process : photogravure
- Print Run : 8,670,000
- Nominal value : 50 (Pfennig)
- Perforation : comb perforation, K 14 : 13¾
- Color: cobalt blue / black
- Paper : luminescent paper
- Watermark : None
The stamp motive shows the marble sculpture „Cupid and Psyche“ by Reinhold Begas (1831-1911). This marble sculpture was created in the time between 1854-1857 in the style of the neo-classicism and is contemporary in possession of the Old National Gallery in Berlin (former „Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz“).
