Deutsche Post Games of the XXII Olympiad

DEUTSCHE POST (DDR) issued a series of First Day Cover stamps  commemorating the 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, held in Moscow, Soviet Union from July 19 to August 3 of that year. FDC postmarks originated from Berlin in summer months of 1980.

The covers featured stamps of athletes participating in various Olympic events which were painted by painted East German artists. The stamps were marked with "Spiele der XXII. Olympiade 1980" ("Games of the XXII Olympiad 1980"). 

10 DDR Stamp: Depicts a gymnast on a balance beam, with a sculpture by Erich Wurzer. 

20+5 DDR Stamp: Shows runners at the finish line, with an oil tempera painting by Lothar Zitzmann. 

50 DDR Stamp: Features a rowing team in a four-person scull, with a painting by Wilfried Falkenthal. 

20+10 DDR stamp: featured a swimmer painted by Prof Will Sitte.

10 DDR stamp: depicted two Judokas in action painted by Erhard Schmidt

50 DDR stamp: showed two cyclists in a sprint by Siegfried Schreiber.

The 1980 Summer Olympics were notable for a boycott led by the United States and other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.