Mi.896 Mi.896 1/0 Mi.896 See 26.08.1944 - 34/3 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Sign of the Times Sign of the Times 1/0 Sign of the Times Ephemera that represents contemporary events 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 September - The grave of German soldier Alfred Thoma - photograph 1940 1941 1942 1943 October - List of Reichspost employees killed - Amtsblatt des Reichspostministerium 1944 1945 June - Military Government of Germany - Temporary Registration document 1946 1947 colour code : #8C0E0E Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.887 (14.04.1944) Adolf Hitler's 55th Birthday Mi.887 (14.04.1944) Adolf Hitler's 55th Birthday 1/1 Registered cover sent fro 'Luftgaupostamt Amsterdam' to an address in Berlin. Featuring postage stamp Mi.887 tied by special cancellation JB:Amsterdam2/40 (only ever used in conjunction with Mi.887). Ref: 20.04.1944 - 34/1 Mi.887 55th Birthday of Adolf Hitler Notes: Design: Gottfried Klein . Engraving: Jan Piwczyk . Recess printing. Sheets 10 x 5. Without watermark. Perf. 14¼:14½. Quantity issued: unknown. Valid until May 1945 Gottfried Klein Gottfried Klein (1904 - 1981?) was a German designer, illustrator and artist of stamps and postcards and creator of a ' typical Gottfried Klein style' . He was a well-known Third Reich artist whose Gothic style art was bold and dramatic. Source: Wikimedia Jan Piwczyk Jan Piwczyk (1897 - 1972) was born in Poland. He worked for the Polish stamp printers PWPW in Warsaw, where he started engraving stamps in 1937. From 1943, Piwzcyk started engraving for the Government Printing Works in Berlin, Germany. In 1951, Piwczyk engraved the well-known Posthorn definitives of West Germany. Despite the fact that such designs would normally be mainly etched, Piwczyk actually engraved all the fine lines of this design. Piwczyk’s final (known) stamp engraving dates from 1953; a single value for the West Germany set promoting the Transport Exhibition in Munich. After that, Piwczyk would move to the printing company Giesecke & Devrient in Munich. Source: stampengravers.blogspot.com Mi.887 (54+96 Pf). Ref: 20.04.1944 - 34/1 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

20th April 1944 JB: Amsterdam 20th April 1944 JB: Amsterdam 1/1 Registered cover sent from 'Luftgaupostamt Amsterdam' to an address in Berlin. Featuring postage stamp Mi.887 (55th Birthday of Adolf Hitler) tied with special cancel JB:Amsterdam2/40. Ref: 20.04.1944 - 34/1 AMSTERDAM cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB: Amsterdam2/40 - 'Deutschland wird siegen/ 20.4.1944'. Note: this cancel was only used in conjunction with postage stamp Mi.887. Ref: 20.04.1944 - 34/1 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

2nd March 1942 MHB 72 02.03.1942 MHB72 reverse.jpeg 02.03.1942 MHB72 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Registered cover sent from Berlin to Munich. Featuring a block of 4 stamps from MHB 72 and two from MHB 69. Ref: 02.03.1942 - 15/7 Stamp sequences from booket sheet MHB 72 Edge piece from MHB 72 (A17.2 + A15.2 + Mi.788) - A17.2, 'Unterstützt das Deutsche Rote Kreuz!' (Support the German Red Cross!); A15.2, 'Tretet in die NSV ein!' (Join the NSV!). Ref: 02.03.1942 - 15/7 KZ41 (Mi.788 + Z + Z + Mi.788) from MHB 72. Ref: 18.03.1942 W157 (A15.2 + Mi.788) from MHB 72. Ref: 18.03.1942 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th October 1943 Sign of the Times 15th October 1943 Sign of the Times 1/0 Amtsblatt des Reichspostministerium (Berlin), No.94, p.599, 15th October 1943. A part torn sheet stating, 'They gave their lives in loyalty to the Führer and the Reich', below which are identified employees of the Reichspost, their postal occupation alongside their military rank or reason for death. Also included are auxiliary occupation, i.e. Sophie Heinen, a cleaning lady killed during an air raid on Rheydt (in the Bomber Command War Diaries (Middlebrook,1990), it is noted that an air raid was launched by the RAF against Möchengladbach and Rheydt on 30th-31st August 1943. In the German report following the raid on Rheydt the only building mentioned by name was the town's telegraph office). Ref: 22/95 Amtsblatt des Reichspostministerium (Berlin), No.94, p.600, 15th October 1943. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.897 - 898 (1st July 1944) Mi.897 - 898 (1st July 1944) 1/1 Mi.897 (17.07.1944- 33/98) next stamp issue Mi.898 (Ref: 17.07.1944) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

VIKTORIA! Germany VIKTORIA! Germany 1/1 Feldpost envelope featuring a large hand-stamp cachet with 'V/ VIKTORIA' design. Ref: 24.09.1941 - 17/82 'Viktoria!' Use of slogan during the German victory campaign of 1941 'Deutschland Siegt für Europa/ Viktoria'. ø57mm (dark violet). Ref: 24.09.1941 - 17/82 See 33/95 ('V' slogan in red. ø28mm) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.860 - 861 (01.10.1943) Goldsmith Mi.860 - 861 (01.10.1943) Goldsmith 1/0 Cover sent from Berlin featuring Mi.860 (together with Mi.830). Ref: 16.10.1943 - 13/28 Also see 33/95 next stamp issue Mi.860 (Ref: 16.10.1943 - 13/28) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.815 (14.07.1942) 1/1 Mi.815 (Ref: 26.07.1942 - 33/94) next stamp issue

ABP Berlin: Pass-Through (BD) 1/0 Links to - Hand Stamps - Machine Stamps - Pass-Through Stamps - Closures - Misc. Handdurchlaufstempel Maschinendurchlaufstempel BDM1.1 - unlisted variation - see 33/90 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

ABP Munich: Hand Stamp (DP) 07.10.1944 Bombay Censor DP4.7 reverse.jpeg 07.10.1944 Bombay Censor DP4.7 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Letter-sheet sent from Italy to Camp 26, Yol, India. Featuring the German hand-stamp reference HL:DP4.7 issued at ABP Munich. Ref: 07.10.1944 Links to - Hand Stamps - Machine Stamps - Pass-Through Stamps - Closures - Misc. ABP Munich Hand Stamps (Handprüfstempel) and variations DP2.1.1 - see 27.10.1943 - 33/88 DP2.3.1 - see 18.09.1940 - 33/32 DP2.3.3 - see 31.12.1940 - 30/27 DP2.3.7? (violet) - see 23.09.1942 - 33/70, 33/81 DP2.4.4 - see 27.03.1941 - 33/33 HL:DP4.7 - ø35mm - 'Geprüft/ Zensurstelle' - two diamonds either side of the wings. Ref: 07.10.1944 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page