DER DEUTSCHEN BUNDESPOST (former West Germany) in 1976 issued a First Day Cover stamp honouring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Konrad Adenauer, who was the first Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a Christian democratic party he co-founded, which under his leadership became the dominant force in the country.
A devout Roman Catholic and member of the Catholic Centre Party, Adenauer was a leading politician in the Weimar Republic, serving as Mayor of Cologne (1917–1933) and as president of the Prussian State Council (1922–1933).
In the early years of the Federal Republic he switched focus from denazification
to recovery and led his country from the ruins of World War II to
becoming a productive and prosperous nation that forged close relations
with France, the United Kingdom and the United States. During his years in power, West Germany achieved democracy, stability, international respect and economic prosperity ("Wirtschaftswunder", German for "economic miracle").
Shown here is a maxi card with first day cover stamp of Konrad Adenauer.
Source: Wikipedia
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