26th September 1940 26.09.1940 Hans Bar Briefmarken.jpeg 26.09.1940 Hans Bar Briefmarken reverse.jpeg 26.09.1940 Hans Bar Briefmarken.jpeg 1/2 Cover sent from Hans Bär in Rumburg to an address in Bonn (with additional manuscript text with an 'Adolf Hitler Platz' address). Featuring danzig definitive overprint Mi.724. RefL 26.09.1940 - 13/11

Mi.1-16 (15.08.1940) Lorraine (Lothringen) 1/1 Mi.1 (overprint on Mi.513). Ref: 30.10.1940 - 4/55 Mi.2 (overprint on Mi.514). Ref: 30.10.1940 - 4/55 Mi.3 (overprint on Mi.515). Ref: 30.10.1940 - 4/55 Mi.4 (overprint on Mi.516). Ref: 09.10.1940 - 4/51 Mi.5 (overprint on Mi.517). Ref: 09.10.1940 - 4/51 Mi.6 (overprint on Mi.518). Ref: 30.10.1940 - 4/55 Mi.7 (overprint on Mi.519). Ref: 01.01.1941 - 4/61 Mi.7 with perfin 'W.H.' (Wendel Hüttenwerk). Ref: 17.12.1940 - 1/109 Mi.9 (overprint on Mi.521). Ref: 30.10.1940 - 4/55 Mi.10 (overprint on Mi.522). Ref: 09.10.1940 - 4/51

18th March 1946 Mi.P314 IIa Obliteration 18th March 1946 Mi.P314 IIa Obliteration 18.03.1946 Mi.P314 IIa Obliteration reverse.jpeg 18.03.1946 Mi.P314 IIa Obliteration reverse.jpeg 1/1 Tübingen, French Zone. Postal stationery Mi.P314 IIa (1944), with 'home-made' obliteration of the propaganda slogan ('Der Fuhrer kennt nur' on four lines) and postage stamp (Mi.6) covering the Hitler head 6 Pf imprint. Featuring 'CIVIL MAILS' military censorship hand-stamp '15451'. Ref: 18.03.1946 - 7/58 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

18th March 1939 Malacky 18th March 1939 Malacky 1/0 See 18.03.1939 - 23/8 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

The Stuttgart itinerary for the Norwegian cruise of 21st June 1939 1st October 1934 1/4 The Stuttgart itinerary for the Norwegian cruise of 21st June 1939 Note: The Stuttgart collected stricken passengers of the SS Dresden after the ship ran aground and beached on 20th - 21st June 1934. Therefore, if the Stuttgart had post office facilities, postcards dated 21st - 22nd will most likely be from one of the 1,000+ crew and passengers from the Dresden . Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

31st May 1939 Barlog 1473 & 8706 31st May 1939 Barlog 1473 & 8706 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a soldier, on leave, rushing towards the railway station. Bestell-Nr.1473. Note:The date cancel is from lager 'Münsingen (Württ) Übungsplatz' (MFP48/70 - lesser seen). Ref: 31.05.1939 The caption reads: Translation required (Gap in the lower line of text has been completed in hand-script with 'Donnestag' ) VARIATION Bestel-Nr.8706. Identical image and caption text as Bestell-Nr.1473. Ref: 03.12.1940 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.799 - 802 (20.03.42/44) Definitives 1/1 Hitler Head definitives. Main image Mi.799A, gallery images Mi.800 - Mi.802A. Note: The 1942 issue of these stamps have 'Perfix - perforation', course perforations with unequal gaps. Mi.779 A (1942) - Mi.802 A (1942) Mi.779 B (1944) - Mi.802 B (1944) Definitives Note: The 1942 issue of these stamps have the so called 'Perfix - perforation' (like sewing machine holes) course perforations with unequal gaps with unequal gaps. Mi.799 A (1942). Ref: 23.11.1942 Mi.800 A (1942). Ref: 17.10.1942 Mi.801 A (1942). Ref: 17.09.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

28th February 1939 Wehrbezirkskommando 28th February 1939 Wehrbezirkskommando 1/1 Official envelope sent from 'Wehrbezirks-Kommando Nürnberg I/ Abtlg WBO. 1' to a correspondent also in Nuremberg. The instruction to the upper left reads, 'If the recipient has moved, do not forward, but return to the sender stating the new address', the single line below this reads, 'Do not forward abroad'. Ref: 28.02.1939 - 16/85 Wehrbezirkskommando Wehrbezirkskommando - the administration and monitoring of conscription. The military district commands formed the administrative level below the military replacement districts (Wehrersatzbezirk) of a military district. A military replacement district usually comprised several military district commands. Possible location of Wehrbezirkskommando - The Palce of Justice, Nuremberg The Palace of Justice is a building in Nuremberg at Fürther Straße 110 in the Bärenschanze district. It is the seat of the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court, the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court, the Nuremberg District Court and the Nuremberg-Fürth Public Prosecutor's Office, the Memorium Nuremberg Trials and the International Academy of Nuremberg Principles. The Nuremberg Palace of Justice is the largest judicial building in Bavaria. During the Second World War, Wehrmacht departments and municipal and state institutions moved into the building. A total of 16 extrajudicial offices, including the command of an air force unit, the district military commissioner of the Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions , the commander of the Nuremberg Armaments Command , the commander of the Nuremberg Military District Command, the Nuremberg-Fürth Trade Inspectorate, the Nuremberg-Fürth Reichsbank headquarters, departments of the Nuremberg-Fürth police headquarters, the criminal police, the Secret State Police (Gestapo) and the Reich Postal Directorate as well as the district administrator and the Victoria Works were housed there over time. An air raid on November 27, 1944 caused massive glass damage. Another air raid on February 21, 1945 left three dead and seven injured after five bombs hit the main building. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

22nd August 1940 1/0 Official cover sent from 'Der Landrat in Bielitz' (District Council).Featuring official 12 Pf postage stamp (Mi.138). Ref: 22.08.1940

BP Lyon - Various 1/0

Stamps first issued on 26th April 1935 to celebrate the Reichs occupation/ apprentices competition. Mi.571-572 (26.04.1935) Vocation Competition 1/0 Stamps first issued on 26th April 1935 to celebrate the Reichs occupation/ apprentices competition. Mi.571 - 572 Reich Vocational Competition - 'Reichsberufswettkampf' From 1934 to 1939, centralised professional performance competitions were held in the National Socialist German Reich under the title of the Reichsberufswettkampf (Reich Vocational Competition), in which young people from all professions and companies could take part. It was organised by the German Labor Front (DAF) in cooperation with the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the National Socialist German Student League (NSDStB). The competition covered three or four subject areas: professional practice, professional theory, ideological training, and for girls, home economics. Source: Wikipedia Notes: Engraving: Karl Diebitsch . Photogravure printing. Sheets 10 x 10. Swastika watermark. Perf. 14. Quantity issued: approx 1,000,000 sets. Valid until 31.12.1936. A few of these stamps were sold on the 21st April 1935 at a post office In Maria Laach. So there is an official and unofficial FDC. Karl Diebitsch Karl Diebitsch (1899 - 1985) was an artist and the Schutzstaffel (SS) officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia during the Nazi era, including the chained SS officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch worked with graphic designer Walter Heck to draft the well-known all-black SS uniform. Also with his business partner, industrialist Franz Nagy, Diebitsch began the production of art porcelain at the factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach. On 1st May 1920, Diebitsch joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP). His membership number was 1,436. From 1920 to 1923 he was a member of the Freikorps (Free Corps). Two years after the Beer Hall Putsch Diebitsch went on to complete his formal art training in 1925, followed by several years of living and working in Munich as a painter and graphic artist. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Diebitsch moved his family to Berlin and there joined the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands (National Association of German Visual Artists). In 1932, the new all-black SS uniform was designed by Diebitsch with graphic designer Walter Heck. In November 1933 he joined the SS (membership number 141,990), and in 1937 he re-joined the NSDAP, with a membership number of 4,690,956. Besides being an artist, Diebitsch was also a reserve officer in the Waffen-SS during the course of the Second World War. He received staff assignments to the SS-Totenkopfstandarte (SS Death’s Head Regiment), SS-Regiment 'Germania', SS-Division 'Wiking' and the Höchste SS- und Polizeiführer Italien (Highest SS and Police Leader Italy). Diebitsch was finally promoted to the rank of SS- Oberführer (senior colonel) on 20th April 1944. After the war, he was pardoned during the Nuremberg trials. In following years Diebitsch worked as a porcelain painter for the Heinrich & Co factory. He died in 1985. Source: Wikipedia Mi.571 (6 Pf 'Victor's Crown'). Ref: 09.11.1936 Mi.572 (12 Pf 'Victor's Crown'). Ref: 16.05.1935 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

14th July 1947 14th July 1947 14.07.1947 Mi.963 size distrepency reverse.jpeg 14.07.1947 Mi.963 size distrepency reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Ankum (Osnabrück) to an address in Cruxhaven. Featuring two Mi.963 stamps. The stamp to the right being 'shortened' due to a perforation set up error. Ref: 17.07.1947 - 14/4 Detail of the perforation error Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page