German Third Reich
Stamp issues Mi.479-M.910
Cover featuring Mi.498, the 'Chicagofahrt' overprint, celebrating the airship 'Graf Zeppelin' (LZ127) and its flight to the World's Fair in Chicago. Ref: 14.10.1933 - 10/8
German postage stamp issues between 1933 - 1945 (Mi.479 - Mi.910)
1933
12th April - Opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam
April/August 1933 - Definitives: President von Hindenburg.
(Mi.482-495 Wmk.2 X - Horizontal waffle watermark)
25th September -Â Chicago World Exhibition Flight of Graf Zeppelin
1st November -Â Wagner's Operas
29th November - St. Elizabeth overprinted '1923-1933', Miniature Sheet
4th December/ February 1936 - Definitives: President von Hindenburg.
1934
30th June - Colonial Explorers
26th August - Saar Vote on the 13th January 1935
1st September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg
4th September - Death of Paul von Hindenburg
5th November - 175th Birthday of Friedrich von Schiller
5th November - German Emergency Aid: Professions
1935
16th January - Saar Plebiscite (13.01.1935)
15th March - Hero Memorial Day for Soldiers Killed in the First World War
26th April - Reich Profession Competition ('Reichsberufswettkampf')
21st June - Composers (Schütz, Bach, and Handel)
23rd June - 'OSTROPA', Miniature Sheet
10th July - 100 Years German Railways
25th July - World Meeting of the Hitler Youth
30th August - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg
4th October - German Emergency Aid: Traditional Costumes
5th November - 12th Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle'
25th November - Olympic Winter Games 1936
1936
6th January - 10 Years of Lufthansa
15th February - International Motorcycle and Motorcar Show (Daimler and Benz)
4th May - 250th Anniversary of the Death of Otto von Guericke
9th May - Olympic Summer Games
3rd June - International Municipal Congress
22nd June - 'Brown Ribbon', Miniature Sheet
30th June - World Congress for Leisure and Recreation
1st August - Olympic Summer Games Miniature Sheets
(Mi.624 - 627, Block 5, and Mi.628 - 631, Block 6)
3rd September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg
21st September/ 26th October - Winter Relief: Modern Buildings
1937
5th April - 48th Birthday of Adolf Hitler, Miniature Sheet
16th April - 1st National Stamp Exhibition, Miniature Sheet (as Block 7)
10th June - Culture Promotion, Miniature Sheet (as Block 7)
(Mi.648, Block 9, Perf + Roulette + Horizonatal o/print)
1st August - 'Brown Ribbon', Miniature Sheet (as Block 4)
(Mi.649, Block 10, Red o/print)
3rd September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg, Miniature Sheet (as Block 9)
(Mi.650, Block 11, Perf + Roulette + Horizontal and Vertical o/print)
4th November - Winter Relief: Ships
1938
28th January - 5th Anniversary of the Siezure of Power by Adolf Hitler
From 4th April 1938 German stamps were also valid in Austria (with Austrian stamps were still not valid in Germany). German postal rates were also imposed on this date with 1 RM = 1.50 Schilling.
8th April - Referendum in Austria (Berlin Printing)
8th April - Referendum in Austria (Vienna Printing)
(Mi.663 - 'E.P.' engraver's mark lower left)
13th April - 49th Birthday of Adolf Hitler
21st June - German Gymnastics and Sports Festival, Breslau
5th July - Airmail: 100th Birthday of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
10th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
1st September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg
9th October - Inauguration of the Gautheatre Saarpfalz
18th November - Winter Relief: Ostmark Landscapes and Alpine Flowers
2nd December - Referendum in the Sudetenland
1939
17th February - International Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition, Berlin
4th April - Reich Profession Competition ('Reichsberufswettkampf')
13th April - 50th Birthday of Adolf Hitler
22nd April - Reichsgartenschau, Stuttgart
28th April - Labour Day (1st of May)
18th May - Nürburgring Race (as Mi.686 - 688)
(Mi.695 - 697, with 'NÃœRBURGRING-RENNEN' o/print)
18th June - 70 Years German Derby
12th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horese Race
25th August - Intended Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg
15th September - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost
18th September - Reintegration of Danzig into the German Reich
1st October - Definitive Stamps of Danzig
(Mi.716 - 729, with value and 'Deutsches Reich' o/print)
27th October - Winter Relief: Buildings
1st November - Newspaper Stamps for Delivery Abroad
1940
3rd March - Leipzig Spring Fair: View of Leipzig
28th March - National Stamp Exhibition, Berlin
10th April - 51st Birthday of Adolf Hitler
30th April - Labour Day (1st of May)
22nd June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby)
20th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
25th July - Reintegration of Eupen, Malmedy and Moresnet
9th August - Heligoland since 50 Years
5th November - Winter Relief: Buildings
26th November - 50 Years Diptheria Serum
1941
30th January - German-Italian Brotherhood of Arms
1st March - Leipzig Spring Fair
8th March - Viennese Spring Fair
17th April - 52nd Birthday of Adolf Hitler
19th May - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost
(Mi.773 - 778, as per 15.09.1939 with different colours and values)
20th June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby)
20th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
1st August 1941/ 1944 - Definitives: Adolf Hitler
(Mi.781 - 798, with Mi. A 795 - 42 pf - being issued in 1944)
20th March 1942/ 1944 - Definitives: Adolf Hitler
(Mi.799 - 802, 12½ 'Perfix' Line Perforation 1942, 14 Comb Perforation 1944)
Note: From Mi.803 all stamps were printed on paper without a watermark
9th September - 'The Grand Prix of the Reich Capital' Horse Race
16th September - Viennese Fair
29th September - Integration of Subregions of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola
28th November - 150th Anniversary of the Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1942
13th April - 53rd Birthday of Adolf Hitler
16th June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby)
14th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
8th August - 10 Years German Society for Goldsmithing
8th August - Military Training Days for the Sturmabteilung (SA)
29th August - 400th Anniversary of the Death of Peter Henlein
12th October - European Postal Congress of the Axis Powers, Vienna
19th October - Signing of the Convention on the European Telecommunications Union
(Mi.823 - 825, as Mi.820 - 822 with '19. Oktober. 1942' o/print)
December 1942 - Definitive Stamps: Adolf Hitler
(Mi.826 - 827, 10 Pf Sienna and 12 Pf Red)
1943
26th January - 10th Anniversary of the Seizure of Power by Adolf Hitler
26th January - Stamp for Special Postmarks
21st March - Day of the Wehrmacht; Memorial Day
26th March - Day of the Youth Oath to Hitler
13th April - 54th Birthday of Adolf Hitler
26th June - 8 Years Reich Labour Service
27th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
27th July - 100th Birthday of Peter Rosegger
13th August - 'Grand Prix of Vienna' Horse Race
1st September - 10 Years Winter Relief
1st October - German Society for Goldsmithing
24th October - 800 years Hanseatic City Lubeck
5th November - 20th Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle'
1944
Note: As from Mi.864 (with the expections of Mi.888 - 893) all issues bear the inscription 'GROSSDEUTSCHES REICH'.
25th January - 100th Birthday of Robert Koch
29th January - 11th Anniversary of the Seizure of Power by Adolf Hitler
11th February - 25 Years German Airmail Service
2nd March - 10 Years Relief Oraganisation 'Mother and Child'
11th March - Day of the Wehrmacht; Memorial day
11th March - 1200 Years City of Fulda
14th April - 55th Birthday of Adolf Hitler
May 1944 - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost
June 1944 - Exhibition of the Reich Labour Service (RAD)
1st July - 400 Years Albertus University (Albertina), Königsberg
1st July - 7th Tyrolean Landesschießen (marksmen's fair), Innsbruck
23rd July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race
August 1944 - 'Grand Prix of Vienna' Horse Race
11th September - German Society for Goldsmithing
Note: Mi.905 is no longer listed in the catalogue
9th November - 21st Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle'
1945
6th January - 600th Anniversary of Granting the City Privilege to Oldenburg
February 1945 - Party Militia 'The Volkssturm'
21st April - Party Organsiations Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS)
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