Item no. S12 (stamp)
Type: stamp
Country: DDR (German Democratic Republic)
Date of issue: 9 November 1956
Catalog number: Michel 545 (of 545 - 547)
Stamp commemorating 110th anniversary of Carl Zeiss Optical Works in Jena (DDR). Part of a 3-stamp set. It shows the portrait of Ernst Abbe (1840 – 1905), physicist and designer of optical instruments.
The other stamp also relevant to photography.