22-December... Re-opening of Brandenburg Gate...



On this day (22-dec) in 1989, the Brandenburg Gate was re-opened symbolizing freedom and the desire to unify the city of Berlin... 

The Brandenburg Gate is an iconic neoclassical monument located in Berlin, Germany...  Completed in 1791, it has since become a symbol of German unity and history...  This grand structure once marked the entrance to the boulevard leading to the Royal city palace, and it later stood at the heart of Cold War divisions, straddling East and West Berlin...

The Brandenburg Gate has witnessed pivotal moments, including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and it now stands as a powerful symbol of peace and reunification...

The Brandenburg Gate was honored by the Third Reich Postal Administration, also known as Deutsche Reichspost, with the release of 25 plus 50 German reichspfennig postage stamp in 1941...

The text on the stamp in German translates to... 

                Deutsches Reich German Empire

                Grosser Preis der Reichshauptstadt - Grand Prix of the Imperial Capital

This stamp can be collected under the following themes: 


(a) Architecture...
(b) Horse...
(c) Gateway...

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