Germany-DDR 1986 Candle arches from the Ore Mountains

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; commemorative small sheets of the issue ""Schwibbögen" from the Ore Mountains (from Johanngeorgenstadt)";
  

("Schwibbogen" = candle arch for Christmas); issue of 1 small sheet à 6 stamps

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 3057KB - 3062KB; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2677-2682; Scott: No. 2578; AFA: No. A2730
• Color : multicolored with silver
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 2.15 (Mark) = 10 + 20 + 25 + 35 + 40 + 85 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 18 Nvember 1986 - 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Harry Scheuner (* 1935)
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print run : 2,100,000 small sheets à 6 stamps (2x3)

Mint sheet

Michwl No. 30573062KB, mint

Postmarked sheet

Michel No. 30573062KB, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 10 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1778
- 20 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1796
- 25 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1810
- 35 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1821
- 40 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1830
- 85 (Pfennig) : "Schwibbogen" from 1925