Karl Marx was a German philosopher and a revolutionary socialist . He was born in Trier , Germany on 05-05-1818. This year marks the 200th birth anniversary of the great economist , whose philosophy and books ( Das Kapital ) spearheaded democracy , communism and socialism in various countries. Because of his works and growing unpopularity with the capitalist governments , he remained stateless and died in 1883 in London.
The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx.
The design was the winner of a competition run by the German Federal Ministry of Finance to create a stamp to celebrate the anniversary of Marx's birth on the 5 May 1828. Mayfried, who is based in Munich, created the stamp using a now iconic photograph of Marx taken in 1875 by English photographer John Mayall.
Described by German philosopher Fredrich Engels as "completely in his cheerful, victorious Olympian peace", the image depicts Marx in portrait form, facing the camera from a side angle.The design also includes Marx's name in a Sans Serif font, as well as the years of his birth and death.Previous stamps have depicted the writer of the Communist Manifesto with a red background – a colour associated with Marxism.But Mayfried’s design abstracts his portrait with black and white lines.
The cancellation is from Trier, his birthplace and depicts a portrait of him along with his birth and death dates .
The envelope was posted on 28-July and reached me almost after a month on 2nd September - very unusual of Deutsche Post !
I had received this postcard from a Postcrossing meetup at Trier a month ago . The meetup was organised for the release of the Karl Marx stamp too. The postcard shows the place / house where Karl Marx lived in his younger days ( decades before he was exiled ) . The card is printed in red , to mark the colour of his communist philosophy !
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