Mi.150-155 (12.02.1946) Farewell Series Mi.150-155 (12.02.1946) Farewell Series Mi.150-Mi.155 Farewell Series CTO postcard depicting the Hauptbahnhof at Leipzig and featuring a complete set of the definitive 'Farewell Series', Mi.150-155. Ref: 14.02.1946 - 10/59 Allied Occupation - Soviet Zone - West Saxony 'Farewell Series' Mi.150X/Y - 155X/Y issued 12th February 1946 3pf - Mi.150 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946 4pf - Mi.151 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946 5pf - Mi.152 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946 6pf - Mi.153 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946 8pf - Mi.154 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946 12pf - Mi.155 (X or Y?). Ref: 14.02.1946

2nd January 1946 'Germisan' 2nd January 1946 Germisan Advertising postcard for the agricultural chemical 'Germisan'. Sent from the 'Savings and Loan Society' in Rischenua. The message reads, 'On Sunday, 6 January 1946 at 2 p.m., an extraordinary general meeting will be held in the school in Rischenau for the purpose of electing a new board of directors and supervisory board.' Ref: 02.01.1946 'Germisan' The postcard bears the slogan: '2 Combatants Germisan dry - Germisan wet In the fight to secure food freedom for the German people' A germicide invented by Professor Dr. August Klages of Göttingen, and manufactured (in 1941) by the saccharine factory of I.G. Farben in Magdeburg. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st July 1946 1st July 1946 Grant Custer POW Cover and enclosed letters with mismatched correspondents and dates (Captain Kenneth B. Gundry being identified as Captain Charles Gundry)... with a heartfelt letter from former Camp Grant POW Wilhelm Struckmann. Together with a copy reply from 'Hauptmann' Gundry. Ref: 01.07.1946 - 13/5 Enclosed letter and copy reply Letter from Wilhelm Struckmann to Captain Charles Gundry, dated 1st July 1946. Copy of the reply sent by 'Kenneth B. Gundry, Hauptmann, Infantry' to Wilhelm Struckmann, dated 19th August 1946

16th March 1946 Stuttgart Zurück 16th March 1946 Stuttgart Zuruck 'Fee paid' 'Zurück' cover sent from Bendorf to Stuttgart. With postal authorities hand stamp to reverse stating, 'Recipient and street in Stuttgart unknown'. Ref: 16.03.1946 - 16/13 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

10th February 1946 FDGB 10th February 1946 FDGB Commemorative postcard for the general delegates conference of the Free German Trade Union Federation for the Soviet occupied German territory. Unused but featuring postage stamps tied with a commemorative cancellation for the philatelic collector (Mi.7a - 12 pf, Mi.97 - 12 Pf, Mi.929 - 40 Pf, JB:Berlin394/133). To the reverse is a printed quote from Karl Marx stating, 'The trade unions are the schools for Socialism'. Ref: 10.02.1946 - 16/47 Free German Trade Union federation The Free German Trade Union Federation was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which existed from 1946 to 1990. As a mass organisation of the GDR, nominally representing all workers, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In spring 1946, the former ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau bei Berlin, which before Nazi rule had belonged to the Allgemeiner Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) (Federation of German Trade Unions), was given to the FDGB to use as a training centre. After some restoration work, the school opened in 1947 under the name FDGB-Bundesschule 'Theodor Leipart' (Theodor Leipart FDGB Trade Union School). In January 1952 it was given degree awarding status and renamed Gewerkschaftshochschule 'Fritz Heckert' (Fritz Heckert Trade Union College). In the early 1950s the FDGB considerably increased the size of the school, constructing new buildings on the site, in addition to those of the former ADGB school. The original part of the school, completed in 1930, was a project of the Bauhaus design school and in 2017 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.64-65 (06.02.1946) Reconstruction Mi.64-65 (06.02.1946) Reconstruction Mi.64 Mi.65 Reconstruction Cover featuring both Mi.64 and Mi.65, the two stamps in the 'Reconstruction' series issued on 6th February 1946. Ref: 04.07.1946 Allied Occupation - Soviet Zone - East Saxony 'Reconstruction' Mi.64 - 65 issued 6th February 1946 Mi.64 (6+44 Pf). Ref: 04.07.1946 - 10/68 Mi.65 (12+88 Pf). Ref: 04.07.1946 - 10/68

23rd March 1946 Herbert Lange 23rd March 1946 Herbert Lange Commercial cover sent from stamp dealer Herbert Lange to an address in Berlin. Featuring 'Volkssolidarität' 6 Pf (Mi.141) and 12 Pf (Mi.144). With a large 'Briefmarken Lange' vignette to the reverse. Ref: 23.03.1946 - 15/82 Herbert Lange Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Eilenburg (Saxony) Unofficial issue (June 1946) Eilenburg (Saxony) Unofficial issue (June 1946) Eilenburg Charity Stamps 'Eilenburg' unofficial charity stamps without postal value. Issued June 1946. Available with both diagonal (Mi.I-III) and horizontal (Mi.IV-VI) 'Eilenburg' overprint. Issued both perforated (A) and imperforate (B). Ref: 10.06.1946 - 13/35 Eilenburg Mi.IA. Ref: 10.06.1946 - 13/35 Eilenburg Mi.IIA. Ref: 10.06.1946 - 13/35 Eilenburg Mi.IIIA. Ref: 10.06.1946 - 13/35

16th May 1946 Straße der SA 16th May 1946 Prohibited address Strasse der SA Commercial cover sent from Wuppertal with the original senders address of 'Straße der SA 157a' struck through and replaced with a hand written, 'Fr. Ebert - Str. 157a'. Also featuring postage stamps Mi.6 (10 Pf American Printing), and 2 x Mi.17 (3 Pf German Printing). Ref: 16.05.1946 - 14/77 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.1-7 (01.01.1946) Children's Aid Mi.1-7 (01.01.1946) Children's Aid Mi.1-7 Children's Aid Rettet die Kinder Mi.6 (12pf - Mi.71X) on cover of the Kramer-Innung with the slogan 'Rettet die Kinder' (Save the Children) that originally sold for 1 Mark. Ref: 17.01.1946 - 10/16 Mi.6 (12pf - Mi.71X) on cover of the Kramer-Innung with the slogan 'Rettet die Kinder' (Save the Children) that originally sold for 1 Mark. Ref: 17.01.1946 - 10/16 Allied Occupation - Soviet Zone. Children's Aid. Stamps Mi.66-Mi.72 with red overprint of reverse side (from top to bottom and bottom to top). Rouletted. Mi.6 (Mi.71X) 12pf rouletted (from 'Rettet die Kinder' cover). 30,000 issued. Ref: 17.01.1946 - 10/16

16th March 1946 16th March 1946 Stuttgart Obliteration P300 Obliterated Hitler Head postcard (Mi.P300 - RPD Stuttgart). Sent from the stamp dealer Ernst Reinhardt in Friolzheim to a client in Stuttgart. Featuring postage stamps Mi.1 (3 Rpf American printing), and Mi.916 (6 Rpf - 1st Control Commission Issue). Ref: 16.03.1946 - 13/110 The message reads, in part, 'I have received your mailing of 11.3. today, as well as the transfer from Leonberg, thank you very much! I can give you something from your missing list, unfortunately not much, because I would have to break up the sets... Would you take (possibly in exchange) unused D. Reich, Michel 730/733 each 8 pieces, 734 10 pieces, 735/736 each 8 pieces? 737/38 unfortunately nothing.... As you informed me that you have the second part of the Michel 1944/45, would you not leave it with me... so that I can make additions to the Michel 1943...' Notes: Mi.730 to Mi.738 refer to the Winter Relief Buildings set of nine values, issued on the 27th October and 9th November 1939. In the Michel Monats Berichte No1. September 1941the Hitler Head issues are catalogues 781-798. This is the same in their German Specialised of 2016. However, due to the inclusion of high value Hitler Head definitives (of 1944), the catalogue numbering is thrown out of sequence. So, the 9th September 1941 issue for horseracing, 'The Grand Prize of the Reich Capital City', catalogued in 1941 as Mi.799, is now catalogued as Mi.803. Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

20th July 1946 Mi.P951 a & b 20th July 1946 Mi.P951a Example of postcard Mi.P951a (grey-violet) self-addressed in Bielefeld. Ref: 20.07.1946 Mi.P951 b Dark-grey-violet Mi.P951 b (dark-grey-violet) with additional postage. Ref: 01.08.1946 - 16/68 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page