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Official 'Polizeiptäsident in Berlin' letter featuring stamps Mi.132 (3 Pf) and Mi.515 (5 Pf with perfin Mi.B13a). Ref: 16.06.1937 Mi.132-143 (18.01.1934) Official stamps for State 1/0 Official 'Polizeiptäsident in Berlin' letter featuring stamps Mi.132 (3 Pf) and Mi.515 (5 Pf with perfin Mi.B13a). Ref: 16.06.1937 Mi.132 - 143 Official stamps for State officials (Swastika watermark - issues Mi.166-177 from 1942/43 are without watermark) Mi.132 (3 Pf). Ref: 16.06.1937 Mi.133 (4 Pf). Ref: 09.03.1935 - 17/10 Mi.134 (5 Pf). Ref: 14.01.1938 Mi.135 (6 Pf). Ref: 11.11.1940 Mi.136 (8 Pf). Ref: 21.06.1934 Mi.138a (12 Pf). Ref: 22.08.1940 Mi.140 (20 Pf). Ref: 06.08.1936 - 17/16 Mi.142 (40 Pf). Ref: 09.03.1935 - 17/10 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.79-82 (26.10.1941) B&M Mozart Mi.79-82 (26.10.1941) B&M Mozart 31.10.1941 Mozart reverse.jpeg 31.10.1941 Mozart reverse.jpeg 1/1 Registered cover (CTO) sent from the Prague Post Office to a collector in Chemnitz. Featuring the complete issue of postage stamps for the 150th anniversary of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Mi.79-82). Ref: 31.10.1941 Mi.75-82 150th anniversary of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mi.79 W Zd 25 (79/Zf). Ref: 31.10.1941 Mi.80 W Zd 29 (80/Zf). Ref: 31.10.1941 Mi.81 W Zd 233 (81/Zf). Ref: 31.10.1941 Mi.82 W Zd 37 (82/Zf). Ref: 31.10.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.863 (05.11.1943) March to the Feldherrn Hall 1923 Mi.863 (05.11.1943) March to the Feldherrn Hall 1923 09.11.1943 Mi.863 reverse.jpeg 09.11.1943 Mi.863 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Munich. The address appears incomplete and the envelope hasn't been opened indicating that this is a collectors cover. Featuring Mi.863 tied with cancel JB:Munich189/562 (the cancel was only used on this day - the anniversary of the Munich 'putsch' of 1923 - and only on stamps with a surcharge (according to Bochmann), in this case 26 Pf). Ref: 09.11.1943 Mi.863 Commemorating the march to the Feldherrn Hall of 9th November 1923 Mi.863. Ref: 09.11.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.55-61 (20.11.1940/1941) B&M definitives: Linden & scenery 1/1 Parcel card for a package sent from Prague to Göggingen in Germany. Featuring the lesser seen 20 K postage stamp (Mi.61). Ref: 02.01.1942 - 15/64 Mi.55 - 61 Bohemia and Moravia definitive stamps: Linden twig (with fruit) and scenery Mi.55 ZW ndgz (gutter not perforated). Ref: 12.12.1941 - 15/61 Mi.57 (a or b? Nov.1940) LS. Attached field - vertical pair. Ref: 15.06.1942 - 10/57 Mi.57 b Pl.St. (margin piece with 2 plate stars. Also with attached horizontal blank field. Ref: 08.06.1942 - 9/32 Mi.58 (Nov.1940). Ref: 28.06.1941 - 15/63 Mi.60 (Nov.1940). Ref: 28.06.1941 - 15/63 Mi.61 (Nov.1940). Ref: 02.01.1942 - 15/64 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

30th August 1939 Barlog 8703 30th August 1939 Barlog 8703 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a group of soldiers playing cards with an NCO at their door. Bestell-Nr.8703. Written by a soldier at Eschwege Luftpark. Ref: 30.08.1939 The caption reads: 'Wunsch träum' (It’s all a dream): The smiling Corporal being greeted by the card school with shouts of 'I’ve just won!', 'Cheers Corporal!' and 'Share a bottle with us!'. Eschwege Luftpark Eschwege (GER) (51 12 00 N – 10 01 40 E) General: airfield (Fliegerhorst) 41.6 km ESE of Kassel in Hesse and 2.4 km NW of Eschwege. History: construction began on 1 October 1935 and the airfield was officially opened on 30 March 1936. Officially designated a Lw. Fliegerhorstkommandantur on 1 October 1936. Existed mainly for the air park (Luftpark) there, but also used by bomber and short-range reconnaissance units to 1940. Wartime role was storage, aircraft maintenance training and aircraft maintenance replacement. Dimensions: approx. 915 x 1050 meters (1,000 x 1,150 yards). Runway: grass surface with paved hangar apron and perimeter road surrounding the landing area. Infrastructure: fuel, oil, water, ammunitions and communications available. The building area was at the S end of the field and consisted of 5 hangars including a large repair hangar, additional workshop buildings adjacent to the hangars, a flight operations building (Flugleitung), a motor pool with garages, supply buildings, barrack blocks, messes, station HQ and dispensary. A sports ground and swimming pool were sited on the W side of the landing area. A branch railway ran to the rear of the hangars and to storage warehouses at the SW corner of the airfield. Dispersal: a small area with 4 open aircraft shelters at the SE corner of the field. Defenses: a single tower for light Flak off the SSE boundary. Remarks: repeatedly bombed and strafed during the war beginning the night of 18/19 July 1940. 19 Apr 44: bombed by 53 B-17 Fortresses. 27 Sep 44: low-level attack by VIII Fighter Command P-51s – claimed 1 x Fw 190 and 1 x Ju 88 destroyed. 22 Feb 45: town marshaling yards bombed by 30 B-24 Liberators but some of the bombs fell on the airfield. 3 Apr 45: airfield taken by U.S. forces and a USAAF tactical reconnaissance group moved in on 9 April after repair work was completed. Operational Units: II./KG 254 (Apr 37 – Mar 38); Stab, 1.(H), 2.(H), 4.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23 (Nov 38 – Aug 39); II./KG 1 (Nov 39 – Jan 40); 3. (H), 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23 (Dec 40 – Apr 41); Stab, 1., 2., 3./NSGr. 2 (Mar-Apr 45). Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. A Eschwege (1940); Fl.Pl.Kdo. A 25/VI (c. Feb 43 – Mar 44); Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 13/VI (Apr 44 – Apr 45). Kommandant (prior to the establishment of a numbered station command – not complete): Maj. Siebel (fall 36 - Aug 38). Station Units (on various dates – not complete): Luftpark Eschwege (fall 1936 - 1940); Feldwerft-Ers.Abt. (c.1941-45); NSFK-Gruppe “Mitte”; Ln.-Techn.Kp. (Bord) 1 (Jan 45); Ln.-Heimatreparaturbetrieb 4/VI (Wanfried, c.1942-45). Source: ww2.dk Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

5th November 1945 5th November 1945 1/1 Cover sent from Halle (Saale) to the Handwerkskammer (Chamber of Crafts )in Halle. Featuring stamps Mi.67 and Mi.68. Ref: 05.11.1945

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1/1 Czechoslovakia The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakian postage stamps Postage stamps within the Brief History collection which have been use for correspondence to Germany from 1933 Haida ' Der Führer in Haida 6.Okt.1938' Occupation Feldpost (15.03. - 30.04.1939) German feldpost covers, postcards, caches and cancels 18.03.1939 24.03.1939 26.03.1939 Exhibition of Czechoslovakia Stamps As displayed in London, 1943 Third Czechoslovak Republic The Third Czechoslovak Republic, officially the Czechoslovak Republic, was a sovereign state from April 1945 to February 1948 following the end of the Second World War . Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover (self-addressed?) cancelled in Frankfurt. Featuring a commemorative cancellation for the 'Führerkorps' tour of Hessen-Nassau (JB:Hessen-Nassau1/385). Ref: 10.10.1936 10th October 1936 JB: Hessen-Nassau 10.10.1936 Fuhrerkorps cancel reverse.jpeg 10.10.1936 Fuhrerkorps cancel reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover (self-addressed?) cancelled in Frankfurt. Featuring a commemorative cancellation for the 'Führerkorps' tour of Hessen-Nassau (JB:Hessen-Nassau1/385). Ref: 10.10.1936 HESSEN-NASSAU cancellation as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB: Hessen-Nassau1/385 - 'Treffen Hessen-Nassau/ 1936/ Das alte/ Führerkorps/ der NSDAP'. Ref: A mobile post office accompanied the excursion of the participants. The post office stamped the cancellation on the mail items and handed them over to the next post office, which cancelled the stamps. It sold postcards with the cancellation already stamped upon them. Cancellations from places that were not visited and from a later date can be found. Source: Bochmann Note: JB: Hessen-Nassau1/385 was the only special cancellation issued for the Hessen-Nassau province during the 3rd Reich period. 'Das alte Führerkorps' tour of 1936 More research required Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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2nd September 1943 2nd September 1943 1/1 Cover sent from Rome to an Italian POW (via Bombay) in Camp 28, Yol, northern India. Featuring Italian and British censors (and what looks like German red numbered hand stamps and ribbed closed tape). The date on the Italian cancellation is the day before the Italian surrender to the Allies - the Armistice of Cassibile. Ref: 02.09.1943

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'. Ø 57mm (dark violet). Ref: 24.09.1941 - 17/82 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th August 1942 U-Boat Acceptance Commission 15.08.1942 'IBERIA'.jpeg 15.08.1942 'IBERIA'.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost postcard with military illustration by Rudolf G. Werner (PK.) - PK = Propaganda Kompanien. Posted from FPN 31001 (Stab u. 1.-3. Kompanie Landesschutzen-Bataillon 983) to an address in Danzig. The address includes 'U.A.K. (T or I)' and the name 'Iberia'. 'U.A.K.' = Unterseeboots Abnahme Kommando - this being the U-Boat acceptance commission, the department that inspected and took receipt of new submarines from the shipyard. The name 'Iberia' was that of the barracks ship. The addressee appears to be a Oberfähnrich (with some letters missing). This meant he was a senior officer cadet with the assimilated rank of Oberfeldwebel. Ref: 15.08.1942 Organization of the U.A.K. The U.A.K. (Unterseeboots Abnahme Kommando - the U-Boat acceptance commission, the department that inspects and takes receipt of new submarines from the shipyard) is placed under the military E.K.K. (Erprobungskommando für Kreigsshiffbauen - Operational test command for warship construction and new vessel trials). All test run affairs are reported directly to the U.A.K. by Navy High Command orders. The U.A.K. is made up of staff which is based in Kiel, and quartered in a U-boat tender the 'Acheron' and 6 submarine acceptance groups (U.A.G. - Unterseeboots Abwehr Gruppe - U-Boat acceptence section). The U.A.G. 1, 3 and 5 have their base in Danzig, and are housed aboard the 'Messina' and 'Iberia'. U.A.G. 2, 4 and 6 are based in Kiel and are housed aboard the 'Amazone'. Chief of the U.A.K. is a Senior Captain. The staff of the U.A.K. is based together with his staff officers and staff members, the required officers, upper and middle construction officials for the ship and machine construction and the corresponding lower staff. Every U.A.G. is passed by the head, the Military advisor, higher construction office for ship and machine construction and the required lower staff. The U.A.K. is the superior service of the U.A.G.s. All corresponding matters from the U.A.G.s passes through the U.A.K. In Danzig the head of the U.A.G. is the permanent representative of the chiefs of the U.A.K. He is the head of groups 3 and 5 over which all military and important test run issues are reviewed. The U.A.K. has the administrative authority. (Link to documents captured aboard U-505 on 4th June 1944) The 'Iberia' of the Hamburg-America Line used as barracks in Danzig Postcard (unused) depicting the 'Iberia' whist in the service of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. At this time the liner could accomodate 350 passengers. Ref: 15.08.1942 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page