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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the city centre at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which Berlin was once entered. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs. It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Having suffered considerable damage in World War II, the Brandenburg Gate was fully restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation). |
| Face value | 20 Pfennig |
| Catalog code (Michel) | DE 507v |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number DE 953; Yvert et Tellier DE 369; Stanley Gibbons DE 1413; AFA number DE 1457; Unificato DE 369 |
| Stamp colour | black emerald green |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 1224370000 |
| Issue date | 24/10/1966 |
| Designer | Bundesdruckerei Berlin |
| Print technique | Typography |
| Printed by | Bundesdruckerei |
| Perforation | comb 14 |
| Height | 26.00 mm |
| Width | 22.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
