General Index
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INDEX FOR THE BRIEF HISTORY COLLECTION
Abbreviations - Notes on the use of abbreviations within the Brief History collection
ABP Cologne (c) - Censor hand stamps & closures etc.
ABP Königsberg (a) - Censor hand stamps & closures etc.
ABP Paris (x) - Censor hand stamps & closures etc.
ABP Vienna (g) - Censor hand stamps & closures etc.
Actors - Actors who performed in films during the 3rd Reich period
Actresses - Actresses who performed in films during the 3rd period
Address - Acceptable pre-1945, Prohibited post-1945
Adler - Eagle icon imprint (+ date) to lower right panel on postcards
Aircraft - Military & Commercial aircraft directory
Allied Occupation - Berlin and Brandenburg postage stamp issues (1945)
Allied Occupation - American and British Bizone postage stamp issues
Allied Occupation - French Zone postage stamp issues
Allied Occupation - Joint American, British and Soviet postage stamp issues
Allied Occupation - Soviet Zone postage stamp issues
Amateur Radio - As reported in 'The Short-Wave Magazine' (pre-war & Post-war)
Amtsgericht - German court 'doily' seals
Anschluss Directory - Related philatelic interest and ephemera
Anti-Tank - Wehrmact infantry weapons as depicted in correspondence, e.g. postcards
Argentina - Diplomatic relationship with Germany
Argentina - Argentinian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Artists - Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers
Associations & Organisations Directory - Non-Philatelic, Non-NSDAP
Austria - Austrian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
'Ausweis für Rückgeführte' - I.D. Card for Repatriated Persons - Saar Offensive
Banks - Correspondence to/from German banks
Bisect - German bisect stamps within the Brief History collection
Bizone Stamps (1945-46) - American, German & English printing
BMW - Bayrische Motoren Werke (BMW during the National Socialist era)
Bochmann - Special cancellatioins by place name
Bohemia and Moravia - Postage stamps 1939-1945
Bohemia and Moravia - Mährisch-Ostrau postage stamp overprints (1939)
Booksellers - Booksellers (Buchhandlung) Directory
Brazil - Brazilian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Breslau - Deutsches Turn-u.Sportsfest 1938
Brunswick - Duchy of Brunswick (Braunschwieg)
Buildings - Significant buildings within the 3rd Reich (ancient and modern)
Business Directory - Companies of historical interest
Cabaret - Artists Directory
Calendar - Feldpost envelope calendars (with links to year of calendar)
'CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE' - Italian Postcard Index
Ceylon - Ceylon postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Churches & Cathedrals - Places of worship and religious affairs
Cinemas and Film Production - as referenced on covers and literature
City, Town & Village names - of correspondence within the Brief History collection
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD) - In post-war Germany
COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARDS - Commemorative postcard directory
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
Consulates - Covers bearing consulate addresses
Colonies - German colonial propaganda
Court seals - 'Doily' label seals
Court documents - Letter-sheets, postcards etc.
Cruise & passenger ships - Directory of German cruise and passenger ships
Czechoslovakia - Occupation Feldpost (15.03. - 30.04.1939)
Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Czechoslovakia - Third Czechoslovak Republic
Dead Letter Office (DLO) - Returned letter offices
Death notices - Notices and post stationery
Decrees -
Definitives 1928 - Mi.410 - 422
'Der Adler' - Luftwaffe magazine
'Deutsche Dienstelle/ Gefallenen/ Wehrmacht'
'Deutsch Ost-Afrika Linie' (DOAL) - German shipping line
'Deutsche Reich' - Envelope and Postcard imprint postage stamps
Deutscher Landhandelsbund e.V. - German Agricultural Trade Association
Devisenkontrolle - Foreign Exchange Control labels
'Die bunten Hefte für unsere Soldaten' - Feldpost books
DJH - Youth Hostel donation stamps (DJH040 - 057)
Ecuador - Ecudorian postage stamps with the Brief History collection
Embassy - German Foreign Embassies
Ergänzungsstelle der Waffen-SS - Supplimentary Offices
Esperanto
Exhibition & Events Directory - Exhibitions and events (non-philatelic)
Exhibitions Directory - Philatelic exhibitions held during the 3rd Reich period
Feldpost - Beutelfahnen - Postal bag/sack labels
Feldpost - Cancellation Directory
Feldpost - 'Feldpost' labels (usually red background)
Feldpost - Generic 'Feldpost' briefstempel variations
Feldpost - Letters (typewritten correspondence)
Feldpost - Rechteckstempel (rectangular hand-stamps)
Feldpost - Vorbindezettel (Pre-tie labels)
Feldpost - Zurück, incorrect FPN
Feldpostämter - Fieldpost office numbers 100 - 999
Feldpostprüfstelle - Tape closures
Feldpostprüfstelle - Reckteckstempel (rectangular hand-stamps)
Fire and rescue service - Fire Brigades etc.
Francotyp - Postage Meter Stamps
Gemeinschaftslager - Correspondence within the Brief History collection
Germany - Booklet panes (and in part) from booklet sheets (H-pane)
Germany - Booklet sheets. Stamp sequences from larger sheets (MHB)
Germany - German local postage stamp issues from 1945
Germany - German postage stamp issues 1933-1945
Germany - German unofficial and private postage stamp issues from 1945
Germany - German stamps issued before 1933 (with post-1933 usage)
'Get to know Germany' (GTKG) - Hindenburg Head postcard series
'Get to know Germany' (GTKG) - Hitler Head postcard series
Görlitz - Local Issues 1945 (Mi.1 - Mi.16)
Greece - Greek postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Haida - 'Der Führer in Haida 6.Okt.1938'
Hitler, Adolf - Birthday celebrations (commemorative stationery)
'Hitlerjunge Quex' - German film directed by Hans Steinhoff (1933)
HMS Seal - Captured British submarine
India - Indian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Invalidenversicherung - Einlage zur Quittungskarte
Italy - Italian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Jamaica - Jamaican postage stamps within the Brief History collection
KLV Lager Directory - items within the Brief History collection
Kriegshilfsdienst (K.D.H.) - War Relief Service
Lager (Camp) - Date stamp cancellations
Latvia - Latvian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Leiziger Messe - Leipzig Trade fair
Lieds - Postcards featuring song lyrics
Luftgaupostämt - Postal cancellations
Luftschutz - Postal cancellations
Luftwaffe - Aircraft directory
Luxembourg - General strike 1942
Luxembourg - Post-war Luxembourg
Monuments - Public artwork and scuplture
Mountain troops - (Gebirgstruppen) Mountain troops of the Waffen-SS
Neudeck - Country residence of Paul von Hindenburg
Newspapers - Postal ephemera and publications (including wrappers)
'Normandie' - SS 'Normandie', French ocean liner
Nuremberg Rallies - 1923 -1939
Oberammergau 1934 - Passion Play
Oflags - POW camps II - XXI and 6 - 92
OPDR - Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei shipping line
Organisations & Associations Directory - Non-Philatelic, Non-NSDAP
Panzer IV - German tank variations
Parole der Woche - Propaganda labels
Patriotic Covers - Anti-Axis cover artwork
Perfins - 'POL' Police perins of the Hindenburg Memorial issues
Photo-Porst-Postkartenkalender - Series of postcards
Pneumatic mail - Rohrpost Berlin
Pneumatic mail - Rohrpost Prague
Postage Due - Stamps (non-German or Occupation)
Postal Stationery - Allied Postal Stationery 1945+
Postal Stationery - Bohemia & Moravia
Postal Stationery - General Government
Postal Stationery - German Postal Stationery up to 1944
Postal Stationery - Occupied countries
Postal Stationery - Other countries
POW - POWs detained in American camps (within the USA)
POW - POWs detained in American camps (outside of the USA)
POWÂ - POWs detained in British camps in Canada
POW - POWs detained in British camps in East Africa
POW - POWs detained in British camps in India
POW - POWs detained in British camps in the United Kingdom
Presidential election - 13th March 1932
Propaganda - Anti-British
Propaganda - Anti-German
Propaganda - Anti-Jewish
Propaganda - Anti-Soviet
PSST (Postsammelstelle) - (Feldpost) Collecting Station cancellations
'Pst' - 'The enemy is listening' propaganda campaign
Punch - The cartoons of Punch magazine
Puzzles and Quizzes - In books and correspondence
P.W.I.B. - Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Washington
Radio - 12th German Radio Exhibition, Berlin 1935
RDPSH - Reichsbund Deutscher Papier und Schreibwarenhändler
Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) - Reich Labour Service
Reichsbahn Directory - Transportation, infrastructure, and correspondence etc.
Reichsdruckerei - State Printing Office
Reichsluftschutzbund - Special postal cancellations
Reichsnährstand - State Food Society
Reichspostdirektion (RPD) - Adhesive labels
Reichspostdirektion (RPD)Â - Hand-stamp instructions & declarations
Reichstag speech - Adolf Hitler's speech of 30th January 1939
Reichstag speech - Adolf Hitler's speech of 1st September 1939
Rohrpost - see Pneumatic mail
Romania - Romanian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Royalty - Royal families and nobility
Saar - Postcards of the Referendum (three pages - use date arrow)
Saar - Stamp issues with 'VOLKSABSTIMMUNG 1935' o/print
Saar - Stamps within the Brief History collection (other than 'Volksabstimmung')
Schutzpolizei - German uniformed Police Force
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.
Sonderpostamt - Special Post Office
Souvenir Sheets - Up to May 1945
Souvenir Sheets - Post-war 1945 onwards
Soviet Union (USSR)Â - Russian postage stamps within the Brief History collectionÂ
Spanish Civil War - Nationalist stamps A - L within the Brief History collection
Spanish Civil War - Nationalist stamps M - Z within the Brief History collection
Spanish Civil War - Republican stamps within the Brief History collection
Stalags - Front Stalags 100 - 368
Stalags - POW camps XVII - XXI
Stamp dealers - Directory of 'Briefmarken' dealers
Sterilisation - The case of Otto Scheuerbrand
Sudetenland - Local Official issues and 'Commemoration Overprints'
Sudetenland - Postal history (not overprinted)
Switzerland - Swiss postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Tax - Income tax return instructions (1943)
Town, City & Village names - of correspondence within the Brief History collection
Tripartate Pact - (aka Berlin Pact) - Germany, Italy & Japan, 1940
Turnfest - German gymnastic festival
Uberroller mail - German/Allied 'overtaken' mail (1945)
United States of America - American postage stamps within the Brief History collection
V-1 POW Mail - Article from 'The Aero Field' magazine, 1947
VDA - Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland (Germans & Germany abroad)
Vending Machine Strips - Hindenburg Medallion stamps
Vichy France - Postage stamps within the Brief History collection
'Viktoria!' - The German victory campaign of 1941 (Bohemia & Moravia)
Village, Town & City names - of correspondence within the Brief History collection
Volksverband der Bücherfreunde - People's Association of Book Lovers
Wehrmacht - Heer formations (inc. SS)/ FPN (within the Brief History collection)
Wehrmacht - Kriegsmarine formations/ FPN (within the Brief History collection)
Wehrmacht - Luftwaffe formations/ FPN (within the Brief History collection)
Wehrmacht - Ranks and responsibilities
Wehrpassnotiz F - Draft board 'Form 14' (conscription)
'Woermann-Linie' - German shipping line
Who's who - Those people depicted photographically or in quotations
Wittelsbach - The 'Princess' letters (1936-1940)
Zeppelin - LZ127 Graf Zeppelin
Zeppelin - LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
Zschoch, Max - Feldpost cartoon series
Zurück - 'Empfänger gellen...' returned mail
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