English: 40 years of COMECON Council for Mutual Economical Help () with flags of the member states; Michel-Nr 3221; 10. January 1989
Deutsch: Rat für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe (RGW): Flaggen der Mitgliedsstaaten vor roter Fahne
English: RGW of Eastern Germany
This image is in the public domain because it was released by the copyright holderDeutsche Post der DDR (between: 1945 - 1990).
These stamp is published by the Deutschen Post der DDR (German Post of the GDR) or the sowjet occupying power.
At the 3rd October 1990, the Deutsche Bundespost (German federal post) became to a legal successor.
This is according to § 5; paragraph. 1 of the German copyright-law an officially stamp "(amtliches Werk)". According to the German copyright-law is this consequently en:public domain "(gemeinfrei)".
This file is most likely NOT in the public domain. It has been marked for review, and will be deleted in due course if the review does not find it to be in the public domain.
This file was previously considered to be in the public domain as a German stamp; it is possible that it is in the public domain for other reasons, in which case a new rationale will be applied as part of the review process. See below for the previous rationale.
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable