A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

B

Bahnpost

Cancel examples - see 27/57 (1937)

Banking and Financial services

(also see Tax)

Correspondence to/from German banks, financial institutions, insurance companies etc. Including foreign bank correspondence into Germany.

Notes on income: The weekly earnings of a skilled worker in the metal trades averaged 36.53 marks in 1913, 54.43 marks at the high point in October 1928, and only 30.59 marks in September 1932. The weekly earnings of an unskilled labourer in the same industry were 27.04 marks in 1913, 42.26 marks in October 1928 and 21.13 marks in September 1932.

Source: Die Wirtschaftskurve, Heft IV, 1932, p.322

Barracks (kaserne) & Lager Directory

Postcards, letters and postal cancellations

Battle of Britain

30th July 1940

Berlin

Last mail in/out of Berlin - Hamburg to Berlin (26.04.1945)

BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCE

Books, journals and magazines etc., used for Brief History research

Bildtelegramm 20/4, 21/3

Births, deaths and marriages

Official notification of birth in Hostomtz (Hostomice - Czech) - see 27/77

BOCHMANN

Special/commemorative cancellations by place name as listed in the Julius Bochmann catalogues of 1952. ALSO including special cancellations from the Occupied countries

JB:Rinteln1/646 - 14.03.1943

Aschaffenburg 2/4, 4/2, 11/2, 13/2, Berlin 6/5, 6/6, 11/4, 11/4 Bitterfeld 6/6, Coburg 2/4, Dresden 11/4, 12/3, Hamburg 13/2, 13/3 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 9/3, Iglau 5/4, Krefeld 6/6, Lauenhain 6/6, Linz 6/6, 'Mother & Child' 5/4, Mannheim 7/8, Munich 2/4, 20/10, Nuremberg 2/1, 9/3, 12/2, Oberhof 6/6, Pasewalk 6/4, Posen 20/11, 'Postgut' 4/2, Villach 6/6, Wilhelmshaven 4/3, Wollstein 20/3

BOHEMIA & MORAVIA

In the early hours of the morning of 15th March 1939, the German Army marched in and occupied the Czech lands of Bohemia & Moravia, the important industrial and mining region around the town of Ostrova had been occupied during the preceding night.

A directory of Bohemia & Moravia (inc. stamps and postal history etc.) can be found here.

Postal stationery postcard regarding an unknown financial matter - see 30/13 (needs translation)

Booksellers & Publishers

Booksellers (Buchhandlung) Directory

Bertelmanns - Verlag - see 02.12.1939 - 30/3 (Postcards reads,

'We order:

1. 100 identity card applications

2. 100 birth certificates

3. 100 military service cards

4. 10 military service card cover sheets for police registration lists (notification to the local group, district leader, NSV)

5. 50 inserts for these.

Brazil

Brazilian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Breslau 1938 cachet 5/5, 7/3

Bridges

Road and rail bridges of significance in Germany

BUILDINGS

Significant buildings within Germany (ancient and modern)

Nuremberg Congress Hall small photo-card 25/59 (orphan)

Stadt der Reichsparteitage postcard 25/60

Bulgaria

Bulgaria - 1935, Bulgaria - 1939

Business Directory

An A-Z of companies of historical interest

Julius Behrend. Hannover. Bed feathers. 25/64 (orphan)

Rauscher & Co. Brüx. Typewriters. 25/53 (orphan)

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C

Canada

'End of war' cover featuring ration stamp - see 27/22

'CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE'

Postcard index (also including 'Biglietto Postale' - letter-sheets) for correspondence from Italian military personnel.

Censorship

Civil censorship in Germany 1939 - 1945 (see Auslandsbriefprüfstelle)

Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)

U.S. Civil Censorship cancellations - see 26/65 & 66

Riemer A.44 censor (15.11.1945)

'Military Censorship Civil Mails' (American) - Hand-stamp identification

Austrian post-war censor (VM5a?) 1947 - see 27/80

Cercel Petain G.V4/3-158

Ceylon

Ceylon postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Channel Islands

Stamps of Jersey

Mi.7 & Mi.8 see 29.06.1943 - 23/29

Christmas

Feldpost postcard - 10.12.1940 - 32/2, 17.12.1940 - 32/5, 27.12.1940 - 30/21 Feldpost letter-sheet - 19.12.1940 - 32/6

Churches & Cathedrals

Places of worship and religious affairs (LINK REQUIRED)

Cinema and Film

Films, film production and associated industries

CITIES, TOWNS & VILLAGES

Index of postcards depicting the cities, towns and villages of Germany with notes on their expansion, demise and reasons to be remembered.

Bernburg 25/23 (orphan), Freudenstadt 25/50 (orphan)

Collectors Cards (Sammlerausweis)

A postal document (ID for the purchase of postage stamps), which entitles stamp collectors to continuously obtain a certain number of special postage stamps from a post office within a specified collection period.

Colonial

German colonial propaganda 1933 onward

See 04.12.1938 - 25/86 (Die koloniale Schuldlüge ist tot!)

10/5

Communist Party of Germany (KPD)

With further information on Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Concentration Camps

Directory of references within the Brief History collection

Mail G.V2/5-200

Consulates

German consulate covers

Cologne Carnival 1939 3/4

Cologne Post Offices destroyed 11/8

Court documents & seals

'Gerichts Kosten Marke' (generic stamps) - see 28/37

Baptismal certificate request - Senftenberg district court 1936

Birth certificate request - Wittstock district court 1933

Will reading? - Meyenburg district court 1936

Zahlungsbefehl (Order to Pay) - Hannover district court document 1936

Postcard instruction sent to the district court in Zossen, 1937 - see 27/58

Postcard instruction sent from the district court in Heidelberg, 1937 - see 27/70

Letter-sheet from district court in Pankow, 1940 - 30/28

Official court (Amtsgericht) documents secured using a 'doily' seal and/or having an official court emblem printed or hand-stamped upon the envelope.

Croatia

Stamps of Croatia - 25/51 - 10 Kuna, 3.50 Kn (orphan)

Cruise & passenger ships

(also see Shipping Lines - including non-German ships)

Directory of German cruise and passenger ships used into and during the 3rd Reich period.

Currency

Banknotes and coins used with the Brief History period

10 French Francs (note, 1940) - see 29/100

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Index listing various aspects of Czech history, including feldpost, philately and The Third Republic.

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D

Danish Nazi Party (Vignette) 17/2

Danzig

Danzig postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Dead Letter Office (DLO)

Correspondence with reference to the undelivered letters and the DLO

Death Notices

Notices and post stationery, including 'Death Cards'

See 18.08.1942 - 24/43, 21.11.1941 - 24/44

Dein sparen hilft dem Volk (savings stamp) 21/4

'Der Adler'

Biweekly Nazi propaganda magazine published by the Scherl Verlag with the support of the Luftwaffe High Command.

Der Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.

See 6/30 (Postal stationery and news letter, 1939)

Deutschlandflug 1938 14/4

Deutsche Dienstpost

The postal service of German-occupied areas during WWII

'Deutsche Dienstelle/ Gefallenen/ Wehrmacht'

Post-war organisation 'German Office for the notification of the next of kin of the fallen of the former German Wehrmacht'

Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG)

German Agricultural Society (Pre Reichsnährstand)

Deutsche Reichspost

Payment slip booklet 25/62 (orphan)

Postsparbuch (7.40) - 20.10.1941 - (Swastika obliteration)

Postsparbüch advertising postcard 29.04.1941 - 25/83

Anleitung zur Benutzung des Postscheckkontos (Instructions for using the postal cheque account). 13.12.1941

Unfallbekämpfung der Deutschen Reichspost

DRP 67 (without DP) see 28/8, DRP 92 (P.30) see 28/7, DRP 93 (P.31) see 01.12.1937, DRP 100 (P.46) see 28/8, DRP 142 (P.76) see 28/9, DRP 141 (P.75) see 28/10, DRP 144 (P.78) see 28/11, DRP 215 (P.127) see 28/12, DRP 246 (P.158) see 28/13, DRP 247 (P.159) see 28/14, DRP248 (P.160) see 28/15, DRP 275 (P.186) see 28/16, No DRP number, no P number - see 04.12.1937 - 28/17,'set' of six DRP (various numbers) held together with a staple to the right edge of the design side and perforated 'ticket style' - see 28/18, No DRP number, no P number with slogan 'Der totale Krieg fordert auch von Dir "Kampf dem Unfall!"' see 06.05.1944

DRP Unfallbekämpfung der Deutschen Reichspost booklet containing 15 DRP designed labels (dated Januar 1942) see 28/19

Deutsche Sparkassen- und Giroverband e. V (DSGV)

German Savings Banks and Giro Association

Schulsparmarken savings stamps booklet 18/35 (orphan)

Deutscher Landhandelsbund e.V.

German Agricultural Trade Association

Deutsches Turnfest

German Gymnastics Festival

Typewritten postcard (official) - see 24/43

Devisenkontrolle

Foreign Exchange Control labels

'Die bunten Hefte für unsere Soldaten'

Books which could be sent through the feldpost system

DJH Directory

German Youth Hostel Association

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E

Easter

Postcards & correspondence regarding Easter

Photograph affixed to postcard of two children at easter - see 27/40

Ecuador

Ecuadorian postage stamps with the Brief History collection

Education and research establishments

Schools and Universities etc.

Embassies and Consulates

Stationery/correspondence from German Foreign Embassies & Consulates

Stationery/correspondence from Foreign Embassies & Consulates (non-German)

Enabling Act of 1933

Enacted on 23rd March 1933, ending the Weimar Republic

Entertainment

Cabaret, Theatre, Variety, Circus & Fair

Ergänzungsstelle der Waffen-SS

Supplementary Offices

Esperanto

See 29/77 , 29/88 ('i d o' covers)

Estonia Directory

Items of interest within the Brief History collection

Exhibition & Events Directory

Exhibitions and events (non-philatelic), 1933-1947

(for philatelic events click here)

Ausstellung Deutsche Künstler und die SS - 25/32, 25/33

Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1937

See - 25/39, 23.06.1937 - 27/49

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F

Fake Briefstempels 14/2, 15/15, 16/6,

FDGB

Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

Free German Trade Union Federation (1946-1990)

Fee & Due stamps - NSDAP

Official documentation with the required fee (by organisation)

Fee & Due stamps - non-NSDAP

Official documentation with the required fee (by town and city), insurance etc.

FELDPOST

Feldpost directory including, sack labels, cancellations, briefstempel variations, R-Labels, hand-stamps etc.

Cancel 3/3, forged cancels 4/3, 13/9, 'Skorpion' FPN 00220 7/7, 17/14, 'Panzer Post' 12/9, Luftfeldpost in Scandinavia 17/12,

Label G.V3/1-34, Feldeisenbahn G.V3/1-35

'ZURÜCK Empfänger gefallen für Grossdeutschland' 14.07.1943

Feldpost art - Pencil drawn 'Happy New Year'. No date. 25/31 (orphan)

Schülerkompanie Prague - Express label 25/56 (orphan)

Newspaper wrapper (Pz.prop.-Komp. 693, Kdo. Belgrad) 25/57 (orphan)

Field Post

of other countries

Russian

Film and Cinema

Films, film production and associated industries

Finanzamt - see Tax

Finland

Finish postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Fire and rescue service

Civil Fire Brigades and associated industries

(To be added)

First Vienna Award

The First Vienna Award was a treaty signed on 2 November 1938 pursuant to the Vienna Arbitration, which took place at Vienna's Belvedere Palace. The arbitration and award were direct consequences of the previous month's Munich Agreement, which resulted in the partitioning of Czechoslovakia.

Flags

'Flags Wars' - article

Food & Drink

Directory of references to food and drink within the Brief History collection

France

French postage stamps within the Brief History collection (inc. Vichy France)

French 'POSTE AUX ARMEES' military post

Eiffel Tower

Francotyp

Postage Meter Stamp variations manufactured by Francotyp

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G

Gas Mask - 25/43 (orphan)

Gemeinschaftslager

Correspondence from Civil Work Camps (often foreign workers)

General Government

Postage Stamps

Special/commemorative cancellations by place name

GERMANY & COLONIES PHILATELIC SOCIETY

GERMAN POSTAGE STAMPS 1933-1945

Including booklet panes, booklet sheets, occupation issues (official & private), local issues from 1945, unofficial & private issues from 1945 etc.

GG Mi.117-119 18/3, 19/2

B&M Mi.131 16/10

Mi.571-2 21/12, Mi. 581 9/8, Mi.582 10/4, Mi.583 11/10, Mi.598/99 19/2, 20/11, Mi.654 15/13, Mi.655 2/4, Mi.689-90 21/12, Mi.714 11/14, Mi.746 11/14, Mi.816 17/3, Mi.830 16/3, Mi.855-56 20/9, Mi.856 13/4, Mi.863 19/6, Mi.864 12/4, 13/2, 15/3, Mi.883 13/11, Mi.887 14/9,

G.V2/5-217

'Get to know Germany' (GTKG)

Hindenburg Head postcard series

Hitler Head postcard series

Gottbegnadeten List

A list of 'God-Gifted' German artists compiled in August 1944 by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda under Joseph Goebbels who were considered important to the National Socialist regime and were therefore placed under special protection by it

Also see: Unabkömmlichstellung (UK) und Zurückstellung

Indispensable status (UK) and deferment

Gratz, Karl postcards 20/3

Greece

Greek postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Gurs, Camp de (see Germania Vol.13/3 pp.138-39)

To be added

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H

HITLER, ADOLF

Aspects of his life and leadership

8/3, Unsere Führer vignette 18/12,

Hitler & Horthy. BV2210 see 26/6, BV2211 see 28/42

Hitlers visit to Italy 3rd-9th May 1938 (see 27/99)

Hitler Youth 1926-1945

also including Deutsches Jungvolk

18/4

Hitler Spende 25/24 (orphan)

HMS Seal

Captured British submarine

Honey (Honig)

Hamburger Honig-Betriebe - see 29/87

Hotels & Accommodation

Postal stationery

Hotel Post, Heiligenberg. Schloss Heiligenberg. Research. See 29/37

Humour

Directory of postcards and artwork

Also see Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers

Hungary

First Vienna Award

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I

Indanthren

Postcard series advertising Indanthren dyes (at this time produced by IG Farben)

India

Indian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Invalidenversicherung

Einlage zur Quittungskarte

'Iron Cross and silhouette' postcard series

Noted examples: Panzer, Stuka...

Istria

For information follow this link to 'Camp 27'

Italy

Italian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZA ARMATE postcards

Gino Boccasile postcards

Vittorio Pisani postcards - see 32/100 ('Fate fandere le nostre...')

Italian Army in Albania

Italian postcard 'Franchigia Postale' from 'Divisione XXIII - Vampe Nere' Ibiza 1937 (Spanish Civil War) - See 27/54

Arma Aeronautica postcard - see 30/29 (create Italian Arma Aeronautica page)

Confederazione Fascista Lavoratori Agricoltura Unione di Modena

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J

Jamaica

Jamaican postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Jugoslavia

Serbian fee stamps on a 1942 document - see 12/16

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K

Kaserne (barracks) & Lager Directory

Postcards, letters and postal cancellations

K.d.F. Directory

Referencing items of interest related to the NS Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude ('Strength Through Joy' movement), part of the German Labour Front (DAF).

Leisure Congresses 8/6, Cruise ships 9/4, 10/9, 11/5, 12/5, 13/5, 14/5, 15/11, 16/11, 17/5, 18/7, 19/7

KLV Lager Directory

The evacuation of children in Germany during the World War II was designed to save children in Nazi Germany from the risks associated with the aerial bombing of cities, by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk. The German term used for this was Kinderlandverschickung (KLV), a short form of Verschickung der Kinder auf das Land ('relocation of children to the countryside').

Kohlenklau

Coal Thief

'Hunt the Coal Thief' board game

Official postal stationery,1943

(Mi.P311 & Mi.P312)

Feldpost covers and labels

'Kriegsbeginn' cachet 9/2, 10/2

Kriegshilfsdienst (K.D.H.)

War Relief Service

Postcard series

Kriegsmarine

Vessel directory

(also see U-Boats)

Marinenachrichtenschule (Mürwik)

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L

Labels & Vignettes

Mostly decorative commercial and commemorative adhesive labels

Lager & Kaserne (barracks) Directory

Postcards, letters and postal cancellations

Landsberg Prison

Best known as the prison where Adolf Hitler was held in 1924, after the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, and where he dictated his memoirs Mein Kampf to Rudolf Hess.

LATVIA

Displaced persons

Latvian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Law

German Laws

As found within the Brief History collection

(with additional transcriptions from official text)

Lebenszeichen

Air-raid survivors card (green and red border). ALSO verification of address cards (green border)

Leipziger Messe

Leipzig Trade fair history

G. V3/1-23

Lieds & Songs

Postcards featuring traditional lyrics and popular songs

'England wird fallen!' 25/34 (orphan)

Lottery

Winterhilfswerk d. Deutschen Volkes 1933/34

Reichswinterhilfe Lotterie 1934/35

Index of postcards

Lottery ticket 788837 Series 21 - see 27/9

WHW lottery ticket 0479317 series 1 - 22.03.1937 - 26/69

Lottery label/ticket? (Vienna) 1941. See 28/51

Prague 1944

Luftschutz - Air Defence directory

Erfassung für die Luftschutzdienstpflicht (Registration for compulsory duties)

Slogan cancellations (as featuring in the Bochmann catalogues)

LUFTWAFFE

Aircraft directory

Luftgaue air-district command (inc. occupied countries)

Postal cancellations on feldpost labels (Luftgaupostämt)

'Unsere Luftwaffe' series of postcards; Nr.36/98 - see 26/89,

Luftwaffe Eagle labels

Luxembourg

General strike 1942

Post-war Luxembourg

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M

Maćica Serbska

Cultural association of the Serbołużic people

Medicine & Medical

Teeth? Unusual postcard - see 27/56

Invoice from the Medical Billing Office of Schönebeck (Elbe) e.V. - see 32/32

Euthanasia - see 32/35 (https://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/children/waldniel/waldniel.html)

'Meteor' Survey Ship 20/5, 21/7

Mexico

Mexican postage stamps within the Brief History collection

08.02.1938 - 22/80

Military Government of Germany

Allied Military

Personnel Questionnaire 12/12

Mobilisation

British mobilisation 1939

Monuments & Memorials

Artwork and sculpture in public areas

Mountain troops

(Gebirgstruppen) Mountain troops of the Waffen-SS

Mourning stationery

Letter sheet (1942 - civilian) - see 27/17

Museums

Deutsches Museum, Munich

Muttertag

Mother's Day in Nazi Germany

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Netherlands

Cover - Social Administration Division for the Reichs Commissioner of the Occupied Netherlands - see 32/55

Leaflet - 'Yankee-Engelsman-Bolsjewiek/ Dansen naar de pijpen/ van de/ Jodenkliek'. See - 18/47

Neudeck

Country residence of Paul von Hindenburg

NEWS IN BRIEF

News in Brief directory - numerous pages with (mostly) non-philatelic content pertaining to events of the day. Sourced from contemporary printed material, i.e. newspapers, pamphlets, decrees, and governmental dispatches etc. Pertinent information is listed in the index, sub-indexes and search field. Pertinent advertising is also included.

Also see Sign of the Times

Newspapers

Postal ephemera and publications (including wrappers)

'Normandie'

SS 'Normandie', French ocean liner

Norway

Stamps of Norway

Newlands House. Hospital for Norwegian soldiers

NSDAP

NSDAP pre-1933

Presidential Election, March 1932 (Postcards)

'Landvolk erwache!' (Postcard -1932)

NSDAP 1933 -1945

Administrative Buildings and Offices

Directory of organisations within the NSDAP (mostly prefixed 'NS.=')

Fee stamps - Official documentation with the required fee (by organisation)

Political ranks within the NSDAP

NSDAP - Kamerdschaft-Abend (Comradeship Evening), Neu-Eichwald. See 29/59

NSDAP Hitler vignette 5 pf 7/4, 12/3, 16/5, 17/2, N.S.R.L.c. registered label 18/2, 21/2, 22/2

Nürburgring

Motor racing track

Nuremberg Rallies, events and locations

Rally events1923 -1939

Luitpoldarena - see 28/39

Zeppelin Field

Cancel types 17/4

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O

Oberammergau 1934

Passion Play

G.V4/1-12

Postcard written in English regarding the play (1934) - see 27/78

Obliterations

Official- post-war covers and documents

Oflags

POW camps II - XXI and 6 - 92

Oktoberfest

See 28/67 (commemorative card, 1938)

Olympics Directory

Winter 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Summer 1936 Berlin & Kiel

Hand-stamp 10/3, 11/3, Mobile Post Offices 13/12, Postal arrangements in Kiel 17/9

Orders, decorations and medals

Cross of Honour of the German Mother

Infantry Assault Badge

General Assault Badge 25/30

Organisations & Associations Directory

Non-Philatelic, Non-NSDAP

Osthilfe (Eastern Aid)

Agricultural policy (1926-1937)

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Panama, Republic of

Stamps of Panama - see 29/32

'Paquebot' mail

Definition

Parole der Woche

Propaganda labels

Patriotic Covers

Anti-Axis cover artwork

Pensions

Items related to the German pension during the 3rd Reich period

see 24.01.1933 (Cover - Berlin Pension Office IV)

Perfins

'POL' Police perfins of the Hindenburg Memorial issues

Philatelic Exhibitions

Directory of events 1933 - 1947

Philatelic Publications

Sammler Schau (postcard correspondence) - see 32/79 ('Re: “Letters to the Collectors' Show” section. Dear Mr. Belgern-Wigand. We would like to thank you very much for your comments on the topic of “official letters” and will, of course, be happy to use your contributions when the opportunity arises.

Photographers

Directory of photographers (including Photo-Porst series photographers)

Photo-Porst-Postkartenkalender

Series of postcards

consider listing these on a single page of images

Pneumatic Mail (Rohrpost)

Rohrpost Berlin

Rohrpost Prague

Rohrpost in Vienna (see 27/98)

Poland

Polish postage stamps within the Brief History collection (inc. Polish Government in Exile)

Krakau G.V4/1-37

Polizei-Präsident

Postal stationery

Pope Pius XI

Catholic criticism of the Nazi regime

Postage Due - Nachporto

Stamps (not German nor Occupation)

Hindenburg head (1928) - invalid to Brussels - see 30/59

Postal rates in Germany 1933-1939 11/11, 12/4

POSTAL STATIONERY - OFFICIAL

German Postal Stationery

Mi.P235 (Hindenburg Mourning) 25/52 (orphan)

Earliest use 4/4, 5/1, 6/2, 16/2, Mi.P241 6/3, Mi.P266 13/3, Mi.P271 6/5, Mi.P278 3/2, 5/3, Mi.P299 7/3, Various 12/2

POSTAL STATIONERY - PRIVATE

German Postal Stationery (most with imprint stamp) based on the listings catalogued within the 3-volume R. James Bender series.

Also see Philatelic Exhibitions & Events

19/11, 20/12, 21/14

POSTAL STATIONERY

Including Bohemia & Moravia, General Government, Occupied countries, Allied Postal Stationery (post WWII), and the Postal Stationery of other countries as found within the Brief History collection.

Postzentrale 18/2

POW

Prisoner of war correspondence sent from Allied camps in Britain, America, Canada, East Africa, North Africa and India.

Italian POW in USA. No date, no camp ('CWE 100'?) 25/65 (orphan)

Italian POW in Germany. No date, no camp. 25/66 (orphan)

'Kriegsgefangenenpost - Prisonniers de Guerre' label for POW letter-sheets/postcards (Carentan, France 1942) - See 32/44

Presidential Election

13th March 1932 (Hindenburg victory)

PROPAGANDA

Postcards, correspondence, vignettes and labels featuring anti-British, anti-German, anti-Jewish and anti-Soviet propaganda.

'Pst'

'The enemy is listening' campaign (German)

Punch

The cartoons of Punch magazine

Puzzles and Quizzes

Games within books and correspondence

P.W.I.B.

Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Washington

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Q

Quittungskarte

Insurance cards and fee stamps - see 27/24 (1937)

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R

Radio and Broadcasting Directory

All things radio and broadcasting within the Brief History collection

Radio Research Station (Ditton). 03.08.1938 (email sent on 11.10.2025)

Rundfunkgenehmigung (broadcasting licence), 1939. See 29/63

Rationing

Swedish textile ration coupons Jan 1945 - 25/63 (orphan)

'RDPSH' postage fund raiser 9/2, 15/4

Red Cross (Rote Kreuz)

Directory of all things German Red Cross

American Red Cross POW postcard - see 25/41 (orphan)

Italian Red Cross

Reich Veteran's Day

Grossdeutscher Reichskriegertag, Kassel, 3rd June 1939

Reichsberufewettkampf der Deutschen Jugend 1934-44 21/11

'REICHS' NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

also see other 'Reichs' in the index

Reichsbahn, Reichsdruckerei

Reichsluftschutzbund (slogan cancel 140/816 see 27/87)

Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung un Volksbildung, Reichsnährstand

Reichsluftschutzbund

Special postal cancellations

Postal cancellations

Needs tidying up see 29.05.1938

REICHSPOSTDIREKTION (RPD)

(also see Deutsche Reichspost)

Postal Instruction Labels. ALSO including foreign postal and post-war labels.

Hand-stamp instructions & declarations. ALSO including foreign postal and post-war hand-stamps.

Postzustellungsurkunde letter-sheet x 3 25/45 (orphans)

Einlieferungsschein (delivery note from DAF verlag) 25/46 (orphan)

Einlieferungsschein (delivery note from Prague) 25/4 (orphan)

Reichstag

Reichstag, Opening of, 18/11, 19/2

Reichswinterhilfe Lotterie 1934/35

also see Winterhilfswerk d. Deutschen Volkes 1933/34

Index of postcards

WHW lottery ticket 0479317 series 1 - 22.03.1937 - 26/69

Religion and Spirituality

Covers, letters and documents etc. relating to religious and spiritual affairs

Christ the King Society

Gottgläubig

Rohrpost - see Pneumatic mail

Romance & Relationships

Correspondence and images within the Brief History collection

Romania

Romanian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Rote Kreuz (Red Cross)

Directory of all things Red Cross

Royalty

Royal families and nobility

Runes - see 25/25 (orphan)

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S

SA Wehrkampftag 1942 6/7

SAAR

A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar Basin on 13th January 1935. Over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany, with 9% voting for the status quo as a League of Nations mandate territory and less than 0.5% opting for unification with France.

Cancel 9/2, 11/2,

San Marino

San Marino postage stamps within the Brief History collection (see 27/99)

Schalburg vignette (Denmark) 15/5, 16/4,

Schutzstaffel (SS)

'Unsere Waffen-SS' postcard series - see 27/13 & 14

Schutzpolizei

German uniformed Police Force

Sea Defence Zones

Seeverteidigung

Tactical area in the organisation of the Kriegsmarine intended to provide operational command of all German naval forces, within a given geographical area, in the event of actual enemy attack on the coastline of occupied Europe.

List of areas with links to feldpost numbers etc.

Shipping Lines

Directory of shipping lines postal stationery and references

Slovak Republic (1939 - 1945)

Slovak State (14th March - 21st July 1939)

Slovakian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

German occupation feldpost

Sonderpostamt

Special Post Office

South Africa

Postage stamps within the Brief History collection

see 01.03.1939 - 22/88 (1/. Wildebeest)

see 29.06.1943 - 23/28

South West Africa (S.W.A.)

Index of place names

Postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Souvenir Sheets

The various manifestations of commemorative sheet and postage stamp combinations.

Soviet Union (USSR)

Russian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Spain

Spanish postage stamps within the Brief History collection. (Also see: Spanish Civil war for issues between 1936-1939)

Dirección General de Seguridad, Madrid (Directorate General of Security - Censorship). See 30/27

SPANISH CIVIL WAR (SCW)

Directory of items within the Brief History collection (17th July 1936 - 1st April 1939).

Sports Directory

Competitive sporting events and commemorative ceremonies

STALAGS

Directory of Prisoner of War camps operated by the German authorities for enlisted soldiers (also see Oflags - camps for Officers)

Brief description of the Frontstalag-Stalag-Oflag system

Stamp dealers., collectors & associations

Directory of 'Briefmarken' dealers and associations

(for philatelic events click here)

Sterilisation

The case of Otto Scheuerbrand

Sudetendeutsche Partei

See 28/66 (Brannau cancel with party symbol)

SUDETENLAND

Local Official issues and 'Commemoration Overprints'

Postal history (not overprinted)

External link to Sudetenland R-labels

Neu-Titschein 13/4

Switzerland

Swiss postage stamps within the Brief History collection

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T

Tag der Briefmarke - See Philatelic Exhibitions & Events

Tag der Wehrmacht

1935 1936 1937 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944

Tax

Berlin Tax Office (Mitte)

'Bescheid über den Beitrag zum Reichsnährstand für das Rechnungsjahr 1937' (Notice regarding the contribution to the Reich Food Administration for the 1937 financial year), Diez (1937) - see 27/23

Income tax return instructions (1943)

Income tax notice (1947)

Finanzamt 'doily' labels

Finance document (letter-sheet), Berlin, 1939 - see 13.06.1939 - 29/55

Finance document (letter-sheet), Halle, 1939 - see 14.06.1939 - 29/56

Finance document (letter-sheet), Berlin, 1941 - see 14.05.1941 - 25/95

Finance document ('Mahnzettel) letter-sheet), Diez - see 21.04.1942 - 32/41

Telegrams

Small format (Din C6)

Small telegram obliteration - post war - 25/61 (orphan)

Large format (Schmuckblatt)

Telegrams (Schmuckblatt) 15/6

Theresientstadt

Third Reich

Historical context as at 24th March 1933

'Torbruch' overprint 9/8

TOWNS, CITIES & VILLAGES

Index of postcards depicting the cities, towns and villages of Germany with notes on their expansion, demise and reasons to be remembered.

Treaty of Versailles

Article 65 (Kehl cover)

Tripartate Pact

(aka Berlin Pact) - Germany, Italy & Japan, 1940

Turnfest

See Deutsches Turnfest

Typefaces

Guide to fonts used on printed matter

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U

U-Boats

Vessel directory

Überroller-post

Information regarding German/Allied 'overtaken' mail (1944-45)

Unabkömmlichstellung (UK) und Zurückstellung

Indispensable status and deferment

The indispensable status is the exemption from performing military service or the postponement of its postponement. Both only occur in the case of conscription

Also see: Gottbegnadeten List (God-Gifted)

United States of America

American postage stamps within the Brief History collection

'Unsere Hoffnung' 7/5, 9/3, 10/3,

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V

V-1 POW Mail