26th October 1947 26th October 1947 CEPHILA Commemorative postcard issued for the 'Tag der Briefmarke' in 1947. The event in Celle titled 'CEPHILA'. Featuring an exhibition label beneath an 8 Pf Second Control Commission stamp (Mi.945). Ref: 26.10.1947 - 13/43, JB:Celle1/190 'CEPHILA' label. Ref: 26.10.1947 - 13/43

26th February 1947 26th February 1947 Mi.1-13 Corner Edge Printing Date Registered cover posted from Kaiserslautern to Landsweiler-Reden. Featuring a French Zone 8 Pf definitive with corner edge printing date (27.8.1946). Ref: 26.02.1947 - 14/101 French Zone definitives (Mi.1-13) with corner edge printing dates 5 Pf with printing date 14.03.1946 - see 28/49 8 pf (Mi.4) with printing date '27.8.1946' (machine 16). Ref: 26.02.1947 - 14/101 15 Pf (Mi.7) with printing date '4.9.46' (machine 17). Ref: 14.04.1948 - 15/30 30 Pf (Mi.10) with a feint '46' to margin and no other numbers visible. Ref: 23.01.1947 - 16/34 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

American & British Zone Postage Stamps 1945-1947 American & British Zone Postage Stamps 1945-1947 American and British Zone Postage Stamps Also see 19/38; stamps with blue crayon cross as cancel. American and British Zone (Bizone) Postage Stamp issues 1945-1946 American Printing Mi.1-9 (19.03.1945) (Pfennig values - 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15,25) English Printing Mi.10-15 (28.08-19.09.1945) (Pfennig values - 3,4,5,6,8,12) German Printing Mi.16-35 (18.08.1945-17.01.1946) (Pfennig values - 1 ,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15, 16 , 20 , 24 ,25, 30 , 40 , 42 , 50 , 60 , 80 , 1RM ) Unique in bold text Currency Reform Mi.36-51 Overprints (21.06.1948) Definitive Stamps: Part 2nd Control Commission (1947-48), part new issue Mi.52-68 Overprints (21.06.1948 onwards) Definitive Stamps: Part 1st Control Commission (1946) Mi.69-72 (15.08.1948) 700th Anniversary of laying of cornerstone of the Cologne Cathedral Mi.73-100 (01.09.1948-1952) Definitive Stamps: Structure series Mi.101-102 (14.12.1948) Berlin-Hilfe Mi.103-105 (22.04.1949) Export Fair Hannover Mi.106-107 (15.05.1949) Bicycle Race 'Quer durch Deutschland' Mi.108-110 (15.08.1949) 200th Birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe AIRMAIL Mi.1 (01.05.1948) Airmail - Authorisation Stamps for Commercial Correspondence COMPULSARY SURTAX STAMPS ( 'NOTOPFER' ) Mi.1-2 (01.12.1948-1949) Emergency Assistance Berlin Mi.3-4 (03.-04.1950) Notopfer Berlin Mi.5 (03.1950) Notopfer Berlin Mi.6 (06.1950-01.1953) Notopfer Berlin Mi.7 (06.1950) Notopfer Berlin Mi.8 (01.1954-08.1955) Notopfer Berlin Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

28th August 1945 Mi.P671 28th August 1945 Mi.P671 Mi.P671 (reverse). Ref: 28.08.1945 There are two versions of Mi.P671 differentiated by the word 'werden' at the foot of the address panel. Ref: 28.08.1945 - standard 'w' font Ref: 30.08.1945 - 33/37 - double 'v' cross 'w' font Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

12th February 1945 Hanna Hertell 12th February 1945 Hanna Hertell Postcard featuring a depicting of Gottschee by artist Hanna Hertell. Produced for the VDA organisation. Imprint: '471', 'B.5, R.2 Nr.2'. Sent from Prague via feldpost (FPN 13003). Ref: 12.02.1945 Artworks by Hanna Hertell 'Gottschee' (VDA postcard B.5, R.2 Nr.2). Ref: 12.02.1945 Notes on Gottschee from Wikipedia. Kočevje, German: Gottschee , a town and the seat of Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. Some Gottscheer community leaders embraced Nazism and agitated for 'assistance' and 'repatriation' to the Reich even before the German invasion in 1941, but most Gottscheers had no interest in reuniting with Greater Germany or in joining the Nazis. They had been integrated into society with their Slovene neighbours, often intermarrying and becoming bilingual while maintaining their Germanic language and customs. But propaganda and Nazi ideology prevailed, and the Main Welfare Office for Ethnic Germans (VoMi) began planning the Gottschee resettlement from the Italian-annexed territory to the Rann Triangle (German: Ranner Dreieck ), the region in Lower Styria between the confluences of the Krka, Sotla, and Sava rivers. To achieve their goal, accommodation had to be made for the Gottschee settlers and, beginning in November 1941, some 46,000 Slovenes from the Rann Triangle region were deported to eastern Germany for potential Germanisation or forced labor. Shortly before that, propaganda aimed at both the Gottscheers and the Slovenes promised the latter equivalent farmland in Germany for the land relinquished in Lower Styria. The Gottscheers were given Reich passports and transportation to the Rann area straight after the forced departure of the Slovenes. Most left their homes following coercion and threats as the VoMi had set 31st December 1941 as the deadline for the movement of both groups. Though many Gottscheers received houses and farmland, inevitably there was great dissatisfaction that many properties were of lesser value and quality than their original lands, and many were in disarray after the hasty expulsion of their previous occupants. From the time of their arrival until the end of the war, Gottscheer farmers were harassed and sometimes killed by Yugoslav partisans who saw them as an instrument of the Axis powers. The attempt to resettle the Gottscheers proved a costly failure for the Nazi regime, which needed to deploy extra manpower to protect the farmers from the partisans. The deported Slovenes were taken to several camps in Saxony, Silesia, and elsewhere in Germany, where they were forced to work on German farms or in factories from 1941 to 1945. The laborers were not always kept in formal internment, but often in nearby vacant buildings. After the end of the war, most returned to Yugoslavia to find their homes destroyed. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

30th September 1947 VVN 30th September 1947 VVN Postcard issued by the VVN (Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes - Association of Victims of Nazi Persecution). The card reads, 'Those Against It/ Resistance in the Third Reich/ Exhibition/ of the Association of the persecuted of the Nazi regime/ Suttgart-Schlossplatz'. Ref: 30.09.1947 - 26/39 Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes Association of Victims of Nazi Persecution VVN postcard stating 'Honoring the dead/ The duty of the living'. Ref: 08.02.1948 - 26/56 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

3rd September 1947 JB: Leipzig 3rd September 1947 Bochmann Leipzig Souvenir Sheet for the Leipzig Autumn Fair featuring Mi.965 and Mi.966. Featuring cancelaltion JB:Leipzig198/486The image to the reverse depicts the charter where all three annual market/fair dates are confirmed for the first time by Royal Decree of the Roman-German King Maximilian I (appointed Holy Roman Emperor in 1508.) Ref: 03.09.1947 - 15/76 LEIPZIG cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Leipzig118/477 - 'Presse-/ Postamt/ Haus der/ Nationen/ Messestadt'. Ref: 02.09.1937 JB:Leipzig128 (C2 /ai)/478 - 'Reichsmessestadt'. Ref: 19.10.1945 Note on JB:Leipzig128/478 - This cancel was used in Leipzig between 1938 and 1946 with numerous alpha-numeric sequences (mostly C1 and C2). However, it is noted that cancellations post-war 1945 command a higher price in the Bochmann catalogue. C1 / o (11.01.1943 - 7/11), (10) C1 / cd (23.101.1945 - 19/48. Not listed in Bochmann) C2 / ai (19.10.1945), /i (29.06.1941 - 34/18), N22 / a (30.10.1945 - 19/23), JB:Leipzig135/480 and JB:Leipzig137/480 see 12.03.1939 JB:Leipzig143/481 - 'Gautag Sachsen' (watchman figure). Ref: 22.05.1938 JB:Leipzig144/481 - 30/57 JB:Leipzig163/483 - 29/51 JB:Leipzig164/483 - 34/55 JB:Leipzig179/484 - 7/11 JB:Leipzig183/485 - 7/11 JB:Leipzig185/485 - 'Volkssolidarität/ gegen/ Volksnot' (date dial to right). Ref: 28.01.1946 - 15/77 JB:Leipzig185/485 - 'Volkssolidarität/ gegen/ Volksnot' (band stamp). Ref: 29.03.1946 - 15/78 JB:Leipzig198/486 - 'Gedenkfeier 450 Jahre Messe-Privileg/ 1497 1947'. Ref: 03.09.1947 - 15/76 Notes on JB:Leipzig198/486 - The postmark was used by the special post office at the commemoration, where only invited guests were allowed to post. After the end of the fair, the fair office sold commemorative sheets with special stamps bearing this postmark. JB:Leipzig219/488 - 'Kampf/ gegen Krieg und/ Faschismus/ Woche des Friedens und der Völkerverständigung'. Ref: 12.09.1948 - 15/47 Generic cancellations JB:408/842 - see 33/100 JB:411/842 - 'Ein/ Postsparbuch/ bietet viele Vorteile!' Ref: 05.01.1944 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

27th November 1947 Joint Zone Mi.P962 27th November 1947 Joint Zone Mi.P962 Official issue postcard Mi.P962 (12 Pf). First issued March 1947. Featuring additional postage Mi.965 (12 Pf) and Mi.949 (16 Pf). The correspondence reads, 'I would be grateful if you would kindly send me your stock list for zone stamps and your exchange list. Reference: Your advert in the Stamp Exchange Register.' Ref: 27.11.1947, MPS422 Also see 34/58 (compare font and puntuation style) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

3rd April 1947 3rd April 1947 Newspaper envelope Envelope created from a French-language newspaper (titled 'Nouvelle ....' ?). Using a postcard for the address panel (originally printed for 'Der Oberbürgermeister' - three lines obliterated to the left panel) and sent from Hameln (Hamelin). Featuring Mi. 920 (12 pf x 2). Ref: 03.04.1947 - 16/70 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

23rd January 1947 23rd January 1947 Friedrich Schneider Commercial cover sent from 'Markenhaus Schneider' in Reutlingen to an address in Buchloe. Ref: 23.01.1947 - 16/34 Also see 28/56 (business postcard, 1944) Markenhaus Schneider Founded in1928 by Friedrich Schneider as a stamp mailing business known as Markenhaus-Schneider. Link to the current business in Reutlingen Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.7-33 (Dec 1945) Mi.7-33 (Dec 1945) Mi.7-33 Strausberg Overprints Strausberg 'Private Creations'. Main image: Mi.7 - 1pf on Mi.900. Ref:., gallery images Mi.8-33.

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