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Abbreviations

Notes on the use of abbreviations within the Brief History collection

Auslandsbriefprüfstelle (ABP)

During World War II all foreign mail had to be submitted by the Reichspost to one of seven censorship offices (with another another seven opened in the occupied countries). The index can be found here.

EV3.3 Good clean example. 25/54 (orphan)

Actors

Index of actors who performed in films during the 3rd Reich period

Actresses

Index of actresses who performed in films during the 3rd period

Addresses

Index of postal addresses deemed acceptable pre-1945, and subsequently re-named post-1945

Adler

Eagle icon imprint (+ date) to lower right panel on postcards

AGSSt

Armee-Gefangenensammelstelle

Information on POW collection centres

Aircraft

Index of both Military & Commercial aircraft

Airports

Berlin Tempelhof 11.07.1939

ALLIED OCCUPATION POSTAGE STAMPS

The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II, from the Berlin Declaration on 5th June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23rd May 1949. The index viewed in the following pages uses Michel cataloging to list postage stamps from Berlin & Brandenburg, the American-British Bizone, French Zone, Joint American-British-Soviet Zone, and the Soviet Zone.

AM forgery G.V4/1-21

Amateur Radio

The use of amateur radio in Germany (with reports from 'The Short-Wave Magazine').

Annahmestelle 18/2,

Anschluss Directory

Related philatelic interest and ephemera of the Austria Anschluss (the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13th March 1938).

Cancel 6/4, 7/4, Kassel 8/2, 10/2,

'Arandora Star'

Sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 805 people

Argentina

Diplomatic relationship with Germany

Argentinian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Artists

Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers

Associations & Organisations Directory

Being non-Philatelic and non-NSDAP associations or organisations

Aston Villa 5/5, 7/3, 'Aus dem Briefkasten' 11/3

VDA - 'Kärntener Köpfe' series of art postcards 25/36 (orphan)

Autobahn

29.07.1935 main page - add 19.02.1936 & 25.01.1943 (then delete both of these pages)

Auflag

Information on POW reception camps

Austria

Austrian postage stamps within the Brief History collection

Autobahn

Postcards of the early motorway system

'Ausweis für Rückgeführte'

I.D. Card for Repatriated Persons - Saar Offensive

Autograph signatures

Index of signatures in the hand of the prominent persons

Axster-Heudtlass, von G.V4/5-231

Azad Hind

'Free India' - the unreleased postage stamps of 1943 from the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind), which designed and printed in Germany.

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Banking and Financial services

Correspondence to/from German banks, financial institutions, insurance companies etc.

Barracks (kaserne) & Lager Directory

Postcards, letters and postal cancellations

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

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.

Booksellers

Booksellers (Buchhandlung) Directory

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

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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'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

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

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

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

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)

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

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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

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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.

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 - P.31 DR Post - Nr.93 - 01.12.1937

Deutscher Landhandelsbund e.V.

German Agricultural Trade Association

Deutsche Sparkassen- und Giroverband e. V (DSGV)

German Savings Banks and Giro Association

Schulsparmarken savings stamps booklet 18/35 (orphan)

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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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

To be added

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 (orphans)

Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1937 - 25/39 (orphan)

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

FDGB

Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

Free German Trade Union Federation (1946-1990)

Fee stamps - NSDAP

Official documentation with the required fee (by organisation)

Fee 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)

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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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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HITLER, ADOLF

Aspects of his life and leadership

8/3, Unsere Führer vignette 18/12,

Hitler Youth 1926-1945

also including Deutsches Jungvolk

18/4

Hitler Spende 25/24 (orphan)

HMS Seal

Captured British submarine

Hotels & Accommodation

Postal stationery

Humour

Directory of postcards and artwork

Also see Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers

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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

Italian Army in Albania

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Jamaica

Jamaican postage stamps within the Brief History collection

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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)

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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

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)

Luftwaffe Eagle labels

Luxembourg

General strike 1942

Post-war Luxembourg

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Maćica Serbska

Cultural association of the Serbołużic people

'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

Monuments & Memorials

Artwork and sculpture in public areas

Mountain troops

(Gebirgstruppen) Mountain troops of the Waffen-SS

Museums

Deutsches Museum, Munich

Muttertag

Mother's Day in Nazi Germany

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N

Neudeck

Country residence of Paul von Hindenburg

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 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

Zeppelin Field

Cancel types 17/4

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O

Oberammergau 1934

Passion Play

G.V4/1-12

Obliterations

Official- post-war covers and documents

Oflags

POW camps II - XXI and 6 - 92

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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'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

Photographers

Directory of photographers

Photo-Porst-Postkartenkalender

Series of postcards

Pneumatic Mail (Rohrpost)

Rohrpost Berlin

Rohrpost Prague

Poland

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

Krakau G.V4/1-37

Polizei-Präsident

Envelope covers

Pope Pius XI

Catholic criticism of the Nazi regime

Postage Due

Stamps (not German nor Occupation)

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)

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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Radio Directory

All things radio and Rundfunk within the Brief History collection

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

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

Reichsberufewettkampf der Deutschen Jugend 1934-44 21/11

'REICHS' NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

also see other 'Reichs' in the index

Reichsbahn, Reichsdruckerei, Reichsluftschutzbund, 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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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,

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

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

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Sign of the Times directory (SOTT) - 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.

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)

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 & associations

Directory of 'Briefmarken' dealers and associations

(for philatelic events click here)

Sterilisation

The case of Otto Scheuerbrand

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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Tag der Briefmarke - See Philatelic Exhibitions & Events

Tag der Wehrmacht

1935 1936 1937 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944

Tax

Berlin Tax Office (Mitte)

Income tax return instructions (1943)

Income tax notice (1947)

Finanzamt 'doily' labels

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

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

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

Article from 'The Aero Field' magazine, 1947

Valeur label 7/4,

Versailles

The Palace of Versailles during WWII

Vichy France 

Vichy France postage stamps within the Brief History collection

VIKTORIA!

Propaganda campaign in Germany

Propaganda campaign in Bohemia & Moravia

Vignettes & Labels

See 08.03.1939 (Sieg heil)

VILLAGES, CITIES & TOWNS

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

Volksbund Deutsche kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.

The German War Graves Commission

Volksstrum

VVN

Vereinigung der Verfolgten Naziregimes

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Wehrbezirkskommando

 Military recruiting sub-district HQ

Wehrkreiskommando

Military Districts

WEHRMACHT

Directory of the Wehrmacht including, Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, weapons, ranks etc.

9 x 'Über allem steht die Deutsche infanterie' - Erich Gutjahr series - 25/27 (orphan)

Letter with 'RA' oak leaves and acorns insignia? 25/28 (orphan)

Erich Gutjahr series of artwork from members of the Wehrmacht 25/35 (orphan)

Marschausrüstung (ruck sack contents) 25/44 (orphan)

Monthly salary statement June 1943 25/55 (orphan)

Wehrmachtfoto postcard series

See 07.03.1939 - 22/90 (series 125/179)

Wehrmachtmanöver

Postcards produced for the manoeuvres of 1937