Germany and German Colonies 1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History
Sale No: 17
Lot No: 1694
Symbol: Used
1941 Adolf Hitler Europe’s United Front Against Bolshevism. Hitler photo card franked with Scott Nos. B189 and B190. The commemorative cancellation reads: Berlin - 25 November 1941. “Europe’s United Front Against Bolshevism.” (Image)
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Lot No: 1707
Symbol: Used
1936 Day of the Postage Stamp, Establishment Day - The Reich’s Federation of Philatelists. Scott No. 467 tied to souvenir postal card with cancellation commemorating Postage Stamp Day and Establishment of the Reich’s Federation of Philatelists Day. Posted 7 January 1936 in Berlin W62. (Image)
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Lot No: 1708
Symbol: Used
1937 700 years of the city of Berlin. 1937 700 years of the city of Berlin (Image)
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Lot No: 1720
Symbol: Mint
1938 The official Postcard commemorating the SA National Competitions.. The official post card commemorating the SA National Competitions. The designs of both the card and the imprinted stamp were by SA Stiirmhanptfuhrer Werner von Axster-Heudtlass of Berlin. The stamp depicts an SA Mann. The cachet shows the SA Sports Badge against a map of Greater Germany. The card was issued on 12 July 1938 and remained valid until 31 December 1939. The former leader of the SA, Ernst Rohm, instituted the SA National Competitions, in November 1933. On 15 February 1935, Hitler gave the badge official status. Another decree, on 19 January 1939, changed the name of the badge to SA Military Sports or Military Defense Badge. It became the obligation of all German males over seventeen to compete for this award. Proficiency was required in the following: physical training (hundred meter sprint, long jump, weight putting, grenade throwing, three thousand meter run), defense sports (twenty-five kilometer march in full kit, small bore shooting, grenade throwing, obstacle course in gas mask, swimming or cycling, and first aid), and field craft (orientation, observation, topography, distance observation, camouflage, observing, and reporting). (Image)
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Lot No: 1736
Symbol: Used
1939 Nazi Party Congress in Nurnberg Specail Postmark Greater German Reichstag. Michel 282 postally used 6 October 1939 in Berlin. The Werbestempel (publicity cancellation) is for the opening of the Greater German Reichstag. “Hitler delivered his much advertised ‘peace proposals’ in the Reichstag at noon today. I went over and watched the show, my nth. He delivered his ‘peace proposals,’ and they were almost identical with those I’ve heard him offer from the same rostrum after every conquest he has made since the march into the Rhineland in 1936. Although they were the fifth at least, and just like the others, and just as sincerely spoken, most Germans I’ve talked to since seem aghast if you suggest that perhaps the outside world will put no more trust in them than they have learned by bitter experience to put in the others.” (Image)
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Lot No: 1737
Symbol: Mint
1939 Return of Danzig to the Reich "Danzig is German". Issued in the latter part of 1939 as a Sonderkarte fiir das Kriegs Winterhilfwerk (Special Card for the Wartime Winter Relief) with the same imprinted stamp as the earlier Michel P 285 series. The card was designed by Gottfried Klein and printed by the NSDAP Central Publishers, Miinchen. (Image)
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Lot No: 1738
Symbol: Used
1940 The Iron Cross "Only one of us can be the victor and that is we" Special Postmark Berlin. The correspondence side of Michel P 290, an official postal stationery card designed by Gottfried Klein. Issued 12 July 1940; valid until 31 December 1941. The imprinted stamp (6+16 Rpf) is similar to the adhesive issued for the 1939 Day of National Labor. There was no special postmark for the card, but the one most associated with it is the above Berlin Gefalligkeitsstempel (favor cancellation) of 19 July 1940 commemorating the Greater German Reichstag. (Image)
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Lot No: 1741
Symbol: Used
1940 France during the German occupation, dated 6 November 1940, addressed to the NSDAP Ortsgruppe in Neckarsulm ... but never mailed.. “. . . because we are travelling towards England!” We will sing songs today, we will have a cool, refreshing drink, And be obliged to clink the drinking glass, for she must, she must be separated. . . One of a series of 12 cards published by Hom’s Kunstpostkarte (Art Post Cards) A remembrance for living and historical documents for future generations. The card was written in France during the German occupation, dated 6 November 1940, addressed to the NSDAP Ortsgruppe in Neckarsulm ... but never mailed. Depicted is the Ils 123, a single-seater first produced in 1935 by Henschel Flugzeugwerke A.G. as a bomber and ground support aircraft. It was outdated by 1940, but continued in service until late 1944 on the Eastern Front, and as a trainer. It had a maximum speed of 200 mph and a ceiling of 29,500 feet. Armament consisted of two machine guns or two 20 mm cannon, plus a 1,000 lb. bomb load. (Image)
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Lot No: 1742
Symbol: Used
1940 Privately printed Postcard "Germany, Your Colonies!". (Germany, Your Colonies!) Privately printed post card for the colonial exhibitions that began in 1934 and continued into 1940. Depicted is a German eagle watching her colonies. Postally used and mailed in the Berlin 017 branch on 16 December 1940. The cancellation reads: Give Christmas mailings plenty of time. (Image)
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Lot No: 1838
Symbol: Used
1939 Adolf Hitler Honorary Citizen of the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig). 1939 Adolf Hitler Honorary Citizen of the Free City of Gdansk (Danzig) (Image)
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Lot No: 1842
Symbol: Mint
1933 A new Reichstag was established in Potsdam. Hermann Goring, Reichstag president and Hitler’s chief minister, conducted an official investigation, and fixed responsibility for the fire on the German Communist Party. The supposed arsonist was a Dutchman, Marinus van der Lubbe, whom some have claimed was brought to the scene of the crime by Nazi agents. Van der Lubbe was eventually convicted of the crime, but his alleged co-conspirators were found innocent. Others have contended that there was no proof of Nazi complicity in the crime, but that Hitler merely capitalized on van der Lubber’s independent act. The fire is the subject of continued debate and research. On 28 February 1933, the day after the fire, Hitler’s dictatorship began with the enactment of a decree “for the Protection of the People and the State,” which dispensed with all constitutional protection of political, personal, and property rights. Though ensuing elections did not give the Nazis an outright majority, they were able to persuade the Reichstag to pass an Enabling Act on 23 March whereby all its legislative powers were transferred to the Reich Cabinet, thereby sanctioning the dictatorship. A new Reichstag was established in Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg Land (state) in eastern Germany. (Image)
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Lot No: 1852
Symbol: Used
1935 Michel P255 additionally franked with Scott 460 and mailed to Trieste from Berlin-Charlottenburg 2. Michel P255 additionally franked with Scott 460 and mailed to Trieste from Berlin-Charlottenburg 2 11 October 1935. The slogan cancellation For overseas telegrams use only German Radio and Cable. (Image)
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Lot No: 1861
Symbol: Used
1937 Postcard P 226 postally used with Special postmark Berlin-Charlottenburg Green Week. Michel P 226 postally used with Gefalligkeitsstempel (favor cancellation). Berlin-Charlottenburg 5 Postal Station “a” 1 February 1937. The cancellation reads: Green Week. It is believed that “Green Week” was a Berlin horticultural celebration. (Image)
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Lot No: 1862
Symbol: Used
Cat No: Collection
1937 Scott 416 with cancellation publicizes the town as the Jewel of the Middle Ages. Scott 416 with Sonderstempel (special cancellation) postmarked: Zerbst 17 June 1937. The cancellation publicizes the town as the Jewel of the Middle Ages. Zerbst is an old town in Northern Germany with two 15"' century gates. In 1937 the population numbered approximately 20,000. The Schloss, built in 1681-1750, contains the Schloss Museum, with rich prehistoric, local history, natural history, and other collections. In the Markt-Platz, with its old gabled houses, stands a Roland figure from 1446 and a female figure on a slender column, called the Butter-Jungfer, the significance of which is unclear. The Rathaus, with two handsome 15lh century gables, was rebuilt in 1610 and 1895. The Nikolai Kirche, also built in the 15,h century, contains richly ornamented choir stalls. The gymnasium is established in a Franciscan monastery and was founded in 1250. (Image)
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Lot No: 1880
Symbol: Used
1939 Postcard issued for the forty-fifth German Philatelist Day in Munich Used. Reich Alliance of Philatelists 4"' Reich Alliance Day, 45"' German Philatelist Day Munchen 3 and 4 June 1939 Privat-Postkarte (Michel PP 122) issued for the forty-fifth German Philatelist Day in Munchen. The cachet on the postally used card (3 June 1939) depicts the 18 Kreuzer value Bayern (Bavaria) issued in 1862 when it was an independent kingdom. The sonderstempel includes the logo of the Reichsbund der Philatelisten. (Image)
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Lot No: 1896
Symbol: Used
1935 Cover franked with the 12 Rpf value of the Saarabstimmung Issue mailed 30 March from the Dortmund. Cover franked with the 12 Rpf value of the Saarabstimmung Issue mailed 30 March 1935 from the Dortmund branch office of the Staatsanwaltschaft (State Bar Association) to the Frankfurt am Main branch office. (Image)
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Lot No: 1898
Symbol: Used
1935 Scott No. 443 (strip of 3) and No. 419 used on registered commercial cover posted 12 November in Landau. Scott No. 443 (strip of 3) and No. 419 used on registered commercial cover posted 12 November 1935 in Landau a/Isar. Landau a/Isar (Landau on the River Isar), a city in Bavaria 18 miles northwest of Karlsruhe was noted for its large cattle market in the Thirties. Landau’s population in 1935 was approximately 15,000. The Isar River, 163 miles long, rises in Tirol and flows through Munich past Landshut northwest into the Danube. It is not navigable. “Move upwards toward prosperity through savings!” * “Watching over you since before the unstable high interest!” Reverse of the 12 November 1935 commercial cover advising of the investment opportunities available through the Gewerbe- und Landwirtschaftsbank (Trades and Agricultural Bank) of Landau a/Isar, an institution that watched over its patrons even before the 1920s inflationary period. (Image)
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Lot No: 1901
Symbol: Used
1936 Registered cover franked with Scott B90, with Olympic commemorative cancellation. Registered cover franked with Scott B90, with Olympic commemorative cancellation dated 16 August 1936. The cover was mailed from the Berlin Fahrbares Postamt (Mobil Post Office). (Image)
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Lot No: 1908
Symbol: Used
1938 Referendum in Austria Philatelically prepared, but postally used cover with mixed franking. Philatelically prepared, but postally used cover with mixed franking. The cover carries Germany B112a booklet pane and Austria C34. Posted in Wien on 10 April 1938. Austria was incorporated into the German Reich on 13 March 1938, and on 4 April 1938, all current German stamps became valid for use in the former Austria. Although Austrian stamps were valid in Austria until 30 September 1938, they were never valid in Germany. The rate of exchange at that time was 1 mark to 1.50 schilling. Mixed franking, as above, is often seen. (Image)
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Lot No: 1909
Symbol: Used
1939 Cover franked with a pair of Sc C49 and a single Sc 422. Posted in Nuremberg. Luftpost cover franked with a pair of Sc C49 and a single Sc 422. Posted in Nurnberg 2 on 10 March 1939. The affixed stamps pay a 52 Rpf air mail rate (?) although the addressee was in Wassertriidingen, a scant 33 air miles southwest of Nurnberg! The full meaning of the label “Gilbote Expres” is not known at this time. (Image)
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Lot No: 1917
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1944 Registered cover franked with Sc B250, B252B and B252C. Posted in Stuttgart, “The City of Germans Living Abroad”. Registered cover franked with Sc B250, B252B and B252C. Posted in Stuttgart, “The City of Germans Living Abroad” on 9 October 1944. The total postal value of the stamps (42 Rpf) paid the registered mail rate. The additional surtax (38 Rpf) supposedly went to the National Culture Fund, but was more likely used to pay down the mounting debt created by the war effort. The letter is addressed to: Hans Atzberger, Dr. of Med. Physician and Obstetrician Besigheim, Wurttemberg. Besigheim, a town of approximately 3800 in 1944, was “one of the most picturesque and unspoilt of Germany’s smaller towns.” At least before the war. (Image)
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Lot No: 1918
Symbol: Used
1944 Local district postal receipt recording a 5 kg package sent from Coburg. Local district postal receipt recording a 5 kg package sent from Coburg on 3 December 1944. Coburg is a manufacturing and commercial city in Bavaria, 36 miles northwest of Bayreuth. “Coburg (975 ft.) with 24,700 inhabitants (1929) is prettily situated in the valley of the Itz and dominated by its imposing castle. It boasts of a number of old buildings, mostly erected under Duke Johann Kasimir (1572-1633). Its industries include the manufacture of porcelain, brewing, and weaving.” Southern Germany, (Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1929). (Image)
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Lot No: 1919
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1944 Four singles of Scott No. B286 postally used on mail cancelled Neuinarkt. Four singles of Scott No. B286 postally used on mail cancelled 5 December 1944 in Neuinarkt (Oberpf). The 1929 edition of Baedeker’s Guide to Southern Germany says of this hamlet 85 miles south of Nurnberg: Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz ... a small town of 7900 inhabitants at 1394 feet with a 15"' century parish church. The century Schloss (castle) contains the local government offices. (Image)
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Lot No: 1943
Symbol: Used
1941 German Occupation Luxemburg Official Cover with Scott Nos. NB7-NB9, cancelled in Luxemburg. German Dienstpost cover with franked Scott Nos. NB7-NB9, cancelled in Luxemburg, 12 June 1941. The special cancellation publicizes the “liberation” of Luxemburg. This cover is also backstainped Hamburg, 16 June 1941. * * * Gauleiter Simon took over the civil administration of Luxemburg in 1940, and was a Reich defense commissioner as of 1942. In early September 1944 the Allies liberated Luxemburg, but by the end of 1944 it was again briefly a battleground during Germany’s Ardennes Offensive. In April 1945, as the war in Europe was coming to an end, Gustav Simon committed suicide. The grand duchess returned with the government-in-exile, and national sovereignty was again established. (Image)
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Lot No: 1960
Symbol: Mint
1933 Here in Berlin, stands the youth of the nation, Propaganda Card. Here in Berlin, stands the youth of the nation. 1. May 1933. “Adopting the familiar style of the national missionary, Hitler praised the work power and industry of the people as the greatest asset to the nation, which could no longer be allowed to lie fallow. The new government called on everybody to rid the world of the worries about job security through resolute measures to create work. Hitler’s skillfully composed speech typically contained no concrete information about the future social rights of the workers apart from the announcement of the establishment of Labor Service as a social school for the young generation.” Martin Broszat, The Hitler State (Image)
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Lot No: 2057
Symbol: Used
1938 Saarpfalz District Theater. Saarpfalz District Theater Design by G. Fritz. Photogravure printing on surfaced paper, perforated 13%. Issued 9 October 1938. Valid until 31 December 1939. (Image)
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Lot No: 2077
Symbol: Used
1940 Postally used cover dated 30 June. Postally used cover dated 30 June 1940. The postmark depicts the arms of Hamburg, and translates: Greater Germany Prize for Three-Year-Olds. It was used on 23, 26. 28, and 30 June 1940. The Grosser Deutschlandpreis for three-year-old horses was held from the 23rd through the 3O'hand the race was run the last day of the event. It was won by Schwarzols (Black Oil), and ridden by G. Streit. (Image)
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Lot No: 2078
Symbol: Used
1940 cover franked with a pair of Scott ?186 commemorating the 50"' anniversary of Emil Behring's discovery of a serum for diphtheria. Commercial cover franked with a pair of Scott ?186 commemorating the 50"' anniversary of Emil Behring's discovery of a serum for diphtheria. The special postmark was used at Leverkusen, and reads “Commemoration Festival in Marburg.” It was in Marburg that the diphtheria antitoxin was first produced for commercial use. The postmark has a facsimile of Behring’s signature, and was used from 4 to 6 December 1940. Bayer AG, the German chemical and pharmaceutical company, was founded in 1863 by a chemical salesman, Friedrich Bayer (1825-80). It now operates plants in Germany and more than thirty other countries. Company headquarters have been in Leverkusen, north of Koln, since 1912. Bayer was in the I. G. Farben chemical industry cartel until it was dissolved by the Allies in 1945. The company’s trademark, the Bayer cross, is internationally famous. Bayer was the first developer and marketer of aspirin (1899); of the first sulfa drug Prontosil (1935); and of polyurethane (1937), the base material for synthetic foams, paints, adhesives, fibers, and other goods. Bayer also developed heroin in 1898, but discarded it after learning of its addictive properties. (Image)
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Lot No: 2112
Symbol: Used
1944 Bohemia and Moravia National Labor Service Art Show. National Labor Service Art Show In June 1944 the Reichsarbeitsdiest sponsored an exhibition of arts and crafts by members of the Labor Service. There was no special postmark for the exhibition in Germany. When the exhibit moved to Prag, however, both a special postmark and an advertising slogan were used from 11 through 18 August. The Werbestempel (publicity slogan cancellation) dated 17 August 1944 was applied to Scott B28 at that show. The slogan in the cancellation EHRET DIE ARBEIT translates as Honor the Work. (Image)
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China Postal History
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Lot No: 3001
Symbol: Very
1903 (Nov. 6) red band cover sent from Tsungming to Chienmen Peking. 1903 (Nov. 6) red band cover sent from Tsungming to Chienmen Peking, franked on reverse CIP Coiling Dragon 1c. ochre, tied by Postal Branch Box tombstone handstamp (place name not clear and date not filled), Tsungming Postal Branch Office tombstone handstamp, Kingtu Chienmenwei Tamochang Postal Branch Office tombstone handstamp and and PEKING NOV 6 1903 oval datestamp in violet, on front with a boxed “Postage stamps already fully affixed, addressee should not pay any more money and also must not pay any wine money” handstamp, with very light horizontal crease. Start price $1,000 (Image)
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Lot No: 3097
Symbol: Flap
1952 (Dec. 3) airmail cover sent from Shanghai to West Germany. 1952 (Dec. 3) airmail cover sent from Shanghai to West Germany, franked on reverse 1950 Tien An Men issues, 2nd print $3,000, 4th print $500 and 5th print $20,000 (paying $23,500 in total: $2,500 for international ordinary mail, $21,000 for international airmail double weight), all tied by two strikes of SHANGHAI 52.12.3 cds, and CANTON 52.12.6 transit cds, flap torn on back. Start price $100 (Image)
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Occupation of Lithuania
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Lot No: 2114
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1941 Occupation of Lithuania, Germany, Registered Cover VILNIUS (Mi. 1 - 9, CV $1,890) (Image)
