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| Location | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a reproduction of the 1955 Deutsche Bundespost stamp commemorating the inauguration of Lufthansa's Hamburg–New York service, showing the stylised Lufthansa crane logo in relief within a perforated stamp border. The IVA'79 logo with the exhibition emblem appears at the top of the field, and the legend HAMBURG-NEW YORK / 8.6.1955 is inscribed below the stamp motif. |
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| Obverse lettering | IVA'79 DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST LUFTHANSA 1955 20 DEUTSCHE HAMBURG-NEW YORK 8.6.1955 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed relief depiction of an Airbus A300 MBB in flight above the Hamburg city skyline with its characteristic church spires and the Michel tower. The curved legend INTERNATIONALE VERKEHRS-AUSSTELLUNG encircles the upper field, with IN HAMBURG / 8.6.-1.7.1979 inscribed centrally below the aircraft. The Lufthansa crane logo with the inscription Lufthansa appears in the lower exergue. |
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