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This 1961 postage stamp celebrates the consecration, nine centuries earlier, of the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption and Saint Stephen at Speyer — today the largest Romanesque church still standing.
Published at 2:20 pm on Friday 4 November 2016. Categories: Architecture Errant Thoughts Germany Tags: Architecture, Germany, Stamps.
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Amazing what a difference 55 years can make.
Today there would be protests in the Bundestag, maybe even riots in the streets, if a stamp celebrating a Catholic milestone were to be mooted.