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15th October 1945 15th October 1945 1/1 Self addressed (?) philatelic postcard sent from/to Berlin Tempelhof. Featuring American printing Mi.4, Mi.5, and Mi.7, together with a Stadt Berlin Mi.4A (Perforated). Ref: 15.10.1945

6th February 1945 6th February 1945 1/1 Repurposed feldpost letter sheet/envelope sent from FPN45057B (Stellungs-Beobachtungs-Abteilung 48) to a family member in Vienna. The envelope has the printed Latvian text, 'Zemkopibas minitrijas/ Mežu departamentam/ Rīgā' (Ministry of Agriculture/ Forestry Department/ Riga). Ref: 06.02.1945 Stellungs-Beobachtungs-Abteilung 48 (Position Observation Department 48) used primarily to locate enemy artillery and to spot for ones own artillery. Advance warning units were located close behind the front, and sound measurement troops who were equipped with microphones and recording devices, as well as telephone and radio teams were ready to inform the batteries. 'Position observation department 48' was set up on July 22, 1942 near Tschudowo in northern Russia (south of Leningrad). The department was created as an army troop from soldiers of 'Position sound measurement battery 643' and 'Observation replacement department 2'. In October 1943 the department was renamed 'Observation Department 48 (tbew.)' At the end of the war, the division was in action with the L (50th) Army Corps in Kurland. The corps was then enclosed in the Kurland Basin and deployed north of Mitau. At the turn of the year 1944/45, the corps fought in the Rubeni area to the northeast of Lake Lielauce. In March 1945 the corps was returned to the 18th Army. On May 8, 1945, the corps was captured in the Kurland kessel.

9th May 1945 Pages from 'PUNCH' 9th May 1945 Pages from 'PUNCH' Punch icon.png Punch icon.png 1/1 Cartoon from PUNCH magazine 9th May 1945. Emperor Hirohito of Japan ominously looks down upon the fallen thrones of the Axis. The caption reads THE FALLEN THRONES Emperor Hirohito From Wikipedia: Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa , was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. His reign of over 62 years is the longest of any historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. He was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japan's imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in World War II. Under Hirohito, Japan waged a war across Asia in the 1930s and 1940s. After Japan's surrender, Hirohito was not prosecuted for war crimes, for General Douglas MacArthur thought that an ostensibly cooperative emperor would help establish a peaceful Allied occupation and would help the U.S. achieve its postwar objectives. On 1st January 1946, under pressure from the Allies, the Emperor formally renounced his divinity. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

16th January 1943 16th January 1943 1/1 Re-used cover sent from Metz to the 'Deutsche Filmvertreibsges' in Frankfurt a.M. Ref: 16.01.1943 Question: The envelope has 'Tobis' machine postal meter frankings and yet the return address is written as 'Deutsche Filmvertreibsges' . Why? From Wikipedia: ' During the Nazi era , Tobis was one of the four major film companies along with Terra Film , Bavaria Film and UFA . In 1942 all these companies were merged into a single state-controlled industry bringing an end to Tobis' independent existence, though films continued to be released under the Tobis banner.'

7th August 1941 Hinterzarten 7th August 1941 Hinterzarten 1/1 Postcard depicting a view of Hinterzarten. Ref: 07.08.1941 Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest, located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. Vignette extolling the virtues of Hinterzarten - 'Air, Sun, Water'. Ref: 14.11.1947 - 16/38 The Birklehof in Hinterzarten, an elite boarding school, was converted into a state reformatory during the Nazi era. Despite this, the students were largely spared from the Gleichschaltung . [ The Nazi term Gleichschaltung or 'coordination' was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society 'from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education'. Although the Weimar Constitution remained nominally in effect until Germany's surrender following World War II, near total Nazification had been secured by the 1935 resolutions approved during the Nuremberg Rally, when the symbols of the Nazi Party and the state were fused and German Jews were deprived of their citizenship. The tenets of Gleichschaltung also applied to territories occupied by the Nazis. ] Source: Wikipedia & Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Postcard depicting a view of Hinterzarten. Ref: 23.10.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

ABP Munich - Pass-Through Stamp 1/0

22nd July 1941 22nd July 1941 1/1 Feldpost cover with a few anomalies: Bochmann - JB:Unterschondorf1/737 is not listed (skips from 1937 to 1944); feldpost stempel states FPN 14783, though address to reverse states FPN 01133. Reply via Twitter (07.02.2023), '14783 belongs to HQ, 01183 to HQ Co, Schützenregiment 2, attached to 2.Panzerdivision. That fits. It's not unusual that the Bochmann does not list all years of usage of a cancellation.' Ref: 22.07.1941

Paketkarte featuring stamps Mi.437 and Mi.481. Ref: 17.05.1933 - 10/6 17th May 1933 1/1 Paketkarte featuring stamps Mi.437 and Mi.481. Ref: 17.05.1933 - 10/6 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Spanish Civil War. Commercial cover sent from an opticians in Melilla to glasses manufacturer 'Marwitz & Hauser' (Marwitz & Hauser GmbH was founded in 1919 in the town of Aalen, near Stuttgart, and although ownership passed to Carl Zeiss in the 1960s, the founder continued to work for the company. In the 1940s the 'Comfort' collection was very popular, with a thin metal frame, much in demand at the time and then back in vogue. Production in the 1960s and 1970s was also very successful with metal spectacles, often laminated in gold or silver, with celluloid inserts. In the 1970s, the 'Conquistador Marwitz Berlin' was founded, which is still in operation). The cover features postage stamps Mi.772 (25 c.) and Mi.778 (1 Pta.), together with a censor hand-stamp and propaganda cachet. Ref: 06.05.1938 - 16/54 6th May 1938 SCW - Melilla 06.05.1938 - 16_54 Melilla reverse.jpeg 06.05.1938 - 16_54 Melilla reverse.jpeg 1/1 Spanish Civil War. Commercial cover sent from an opticians in Melilla to glasses manufacturer 'Marwitz & Hauser' (Marwitz & Hauser GmbH was founded in 1919 in the town of Aalen, near Stuttgart, and although ownership passed to Carl Zeiss in the 1960s, the founder continued to work for the company. In the 1940s the 'Comfort' collection was very popular, with a thin metal frame, much in demand at the time and then back in vogue. Production in the 1960s and 1970s was also very successful with metal spectacles, often laminated in gold or silver, with celluloid inserts. In the 1970s, the 'Conquistador Marwitz Berlin' was founded, which is still in operation). The cover features postage stamps Mi.772 (25 c.) and Mi.778 (1 Pta.), together with a censor hand-stamp and propaganda cachet. Ref: 06.05.1938 - 16/54 Melilla Melilla is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi). It was part of the Province of Málaga until 14th March 1995, when the Statute of Autonomy of Melilla was passed. The July 1936 military uprising in Melilla occurred at the start of the Spanish Civil War. The rebels seized the main garrisons of the Spanish Army in Africa and by 18th July had crushed the resistance of the army officers loyal to the Republican government. The supporters of the Second Spanish Republic were detained or shot. The leader of the plot, Emilio Mola, had ordered the Army of Africa to revolt at 5 a.m. on 18th July, but the plan was discovered by Republican officers of Melilla on 17th July, and the leader of the plot in the city, Colonel Segui, decided to start the rising on Melilla and arrested General Romerales. The rebels seized the radio station and proclaimed the estado de guerra . The Legionnaires, the Regulares , and the Assault Guards in Melilla joined the uprising. Seizing key buildings, they crushed the resistance in the working class quarters. General Romerales, the major of Melilla, the government delegate, the aerodrome commander, Virgilio Leret Ruiz, and all those who resisted the rebellion were shot. When General Morato discovered the rising, he took an airplane to Melilla, but he was arrested by the rebels as soon as he landed. By 18th July, the Spanish Army of Africa had seized all of Spanish Morocco and crushed the resistance. The same day, Francisco Franco started the rising in the Canary Islands. Then he took a De Havilland Dragon Rapide aircraft, paid for by Luis Bolín, and flew to Casablanca in French Morocco. On 19th July, Franco continued on to Tetuan and appointed himself chief of the Spanish Army in Morocco. Most of the Republican Navy remained loyal to the government. The loyal ships patrolled the Strait of Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco was isolated from the rebel-held cities in Andalusia; Seville, Cadiz, Cordoba and Granada. Nevertheless, with the aid of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the Nationalists managed to transport the Army of Africa's troops to the mainland and start their advance towards Madrid. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

6th January 1940 1/1 Souvenir sheet for 'The Day of the Stamp' on 6th January 1940. Featuring stamp Mi.732 (although not exclusive, as other stamps from this issue were used). Ref: 06.01.1940, SSB40/7

Mi.764 - 767 (01.03.1941) Leipzig Spring Fair Mi.764 - 767 (01.03.1941) Leipzig Spring Fair 1/1 Cover to sent from Oberurbach to a family member in Göppingen. Featuring 2 x 12 Pf postage stamps from the 1941 Leipzig Spring Fair issue (M.766). Note the vignette to the reverse flap for an award given at the 4th State Food Society Show in Munich (1937). Ref: 17/43 - date difficult to read. Mi.764 - 767 Leipzig Spring Fair Notes: Engraving: Erich Stahl. Photogravure, State Printing Works, Vienna. Sheets 5 x 10. Without watermark. Perf. 14. Quantity issued: unknown. Valid until 31.12.1942 Mi.764 (3 Pf - House of Nations). Ref: 02.09.1941 Note on Mi.764 (3 Pf) - exists in which the year reads '19 2 1' instead of '19 4 1'. Mi.765 (6 Pf - Cloth Hall - 'Gewandhaus'). Ref: 02.09.1941 Mi.766 (12 Pf - Old Weigh House). Ref: 17/43 Mi.767 (25 Pf - Central Station). Ref: 02.09.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

26th April 1945 Last mail to Berlin (I) 26th April 1945 Last mail to Berlin (I) Postcard (unsuccessfully) sent from Hamburg to Berlin. With violet hand-stamp, 'Zurück/ Zt. nicht zustellbar' (Return/ Currently not deliverable). Reverse. Postcard (unsuccessfully) sent from Hamburg to Berlin. With violet hand-stamp, 'Zurück/ Zt. nicht zustellbar' (Return/ Currently not deliverable). Reverse. 1/1 Postcard (unsuccessfully) sent from Hamburg to Berlin. With violet hand-stamp, 'Zurück/ Zt. nicht zustellbar' (Return/ Currently not deliverable). Ref: 26.04.1945 Further information regarding the Battle of Berlin to be added here. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page