21st December 1940 JB: Iglau (B&M) 1/1 Decorative cover and cancel for the Christmas period in 1940. Franked but not postally used (collectors cover) from Iglau - Jihlava in Bohemia and Moravia. The cover depicts the nativity scene below which is the verse , 'Hell leuchten Die kerzen am Igelstrand,/ heisz glühen die herzen in Igelland,/ Die Flammen lodern zum himmel hinauf,/ Dir deutsche heimat: Glück auf! Glück auf!' (The candles glow brightly on the hedgehog shore, the hearts in hedgehog country glow hot, the flames blaze up to the sky, to my German homeland: Good luck! Good luck!). Ref: 21.12.1940 - 17/9 The origin of the city's name (Iglau in German) is unclear. Most common theory has it derived from the German word Igel, meaning 'hedgehog', usually in reference to the city's coat of arms. However, the name was in use since before the symbol of a hedgehog was. It is more likely the city is named for the river that flows through it, the name of which is also unclear in its origin, either being derived from the German word Igel as the first theory suggests, or from Slavic word jehla (i.e. 'needle'), referring to sharp stones in the Jihlava river bed. (Source: Wikipedia) IGLAU (JIHLAVA) cancellations Iglau 1 - Jihava 1 - '2 Weihnachten in befreiten Iglau'. Hand-stamp dated 21st December (with subsequent franking of definitive stamps on 31st December). Ref: 21.12.1940 - 17/9 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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12th July 1940 Mi.P290 1/0 See 13.09.1940 - 30/66 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Souvenir Sheets General Purpose (C) Souvenir Sheets General Purpose (C) Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 SOUVENIR SHEETS Without a printed date, for general purpose use (C) C12 - 'Deutsche/ Sondermarken/ im Kriege' (between two Iron Crosses) B&M Mi.85-88 (1942) C14 - 'Deutsche/ Sondermarken/ im Kriege' (between an Eagle and Iron Cross) Mi.812 C16 - 'Deutsche/ Sondermarken/ im Kriege' (between two Iron Crosses) Mi.850-853 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th July 1937 MHB 41 17th July 1937 MHB 41 17.07.1937 KZ24 reverse.jpeg 17.07.1937 KZ24 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Commercial cover sent from Gebrüder Schneider in Bad Kreuznach to a correspondent in Berlin. Featuring KZ24 from MHB 41. Ref: 17.07.1937 - 10/5 Stamp sequences from booklet sheet MHB 41 KZ24 (Mi.512+Z+Z+Mi.517) from MHB 41. Ref: 17.07.1937 - 10/5 KZ24 (Mi.517+Z+Z+Mi.512) from MHB 41. Ref: 27.11.1936 - 3/127 S138 (Mi.517+Mi.512+Mi.517) from MHB 41. Ref: 30.05.1937 - 15/52 W65 (A8.1+8+1) from MHB 41. A8.1, 'Support N.S. charity'. Ref: 17.02.1937 - 15/67 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

5th May 1937 SCW - Mallorca 5th May 1937 SCW - Mallorca 05.05.1937 verso.jpeg 05.05.1937 verso.jpeg 1/1 Commemorative cover featuring the image of General Franco. Sent air mail from Palma de Mallorca (local issue postage stamp for Mallorca 'Allepuz 97') to an address in Germany ('Adolf Hitlerstrasse'). Also featuring postage stamps Mi.776 (3 cts) and Mi.773 (30 cts). Ref: 05.05.1937 MALLORCA Spanish Civil War - Nationalist Local Issues 10 cms (issued 1937) - 'Cruzada Contra el Paro' (Allepuz 97, Edifil El-mal 97). Ref: 14.06.1937 Note: This stamp was issued by the authorities of the Island of Mallorca for the 'Crusade against Unemployment'. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

14th July 1937 14th July 1937 1/0 14th July 1937 Leutstetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine, Thank you so much for your good wishes for my engagement. I am very happy, I have found the best man one can imagine and we are awaiting with impatience for the day of our marriage. We fixed it to be the 19th August. It will be at Nymphenburg, a beautiful castle at the end of Munich, where I was born and where we always lived until after the Great War. Later I will live at the south of France near Cannes. We want to pass our honeymoon in Italy. I was very glad that you are coming to Germany for the summer. If you come to Bavaria we hope to see you too one day. You could visit us in August when you are in Munich. If you come in the beginning of August I could still see you and you would also see my fiancée, only don’t come in the last days before my wedding because we would have no time then. In Bavaria there are many beautiful towns to see, Wurzburg, Nurnberg, Rothenburg, Dinkelsbuhl, that is a little town just so now as it was hundred’s of years ago, Regensburg, Landshut, Hugsburg, Lindau and Munich and you would also go in the mountains. They are grand you will see. Muck is very pleased with the book you sent her, Loll will send you some photos, it is one she took on the sailing boat of me and my fiancée. Now I am a little lonely here because he had to go back to France to get some papers for our wedding. I hope soon to hear from you again and of your plans for the summer. With my love, Deidi Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

31st July 1940 Winifred Wagner Head and shoulders portrait of Winifred Wagner. Reverse. Head and shoulders portrait of Winifred Wagner. Reverse. 1/1 Postcard photograph of Winifred Wagner, featuring her original autograph signature to the lower edge. Unused yet franked with a special cancellation for the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, 1940 (over Mi.650). Ref: Fleurs & Papillons Winifred Wagner (1897-1980) Winifred Marjorie Wagner, the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner , the son of Richard Wagner , and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1945. She was a friend and supporter of Adolf Hitler , himself a Wagner enthusiast , and she and Hitler maintained a regular correspondence. In 1923, Winifred Wagner met Adolf Hitler, who greatly admired Richard Wagner's music. When Hitler was jailed for his part in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Wagner sent him food parcels and stationery on which Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf may have been written. Although Wagner remained personally faithful to Hitler, she denied that she ever supported the Nazi party. Her relationship with Hitler grew so close that by 1933 there were rumours of impending marriage (there were similar rumours about her love for English novelist Hugh Walpole). Haus Wahnfried , the Wagner home in Bayreuth, became Hitler's favourite retreat. Hitler gave the festival government assistance and tax-exempt status, and treated Wagner's children solicitously. According to biographer Brigitte Hamann, Wagner was reported to be 'disgusted' by Hitler's persecution of the Jews. In one notable incident, in the late 1930s, a letter from her to Hitler prevented Hedwig and Alfred Pringsheim (whose daughter Katia was married to Thomas Mann) from being arrested by the Gestapo. Alfred Pringsheim was a fan of Richard Wagner, who he corresponded with and supported financially. He was also a patron of the Bayreuth Festival. According to Gottfried Wagner, Winifred Wagner's grandson, she never admitted any error to her ways. After the war, her posthumous devotion to Hitler, whom she referred to as 'USA' – for Unser Seliger Adolf (our blessed Adolf) – remained undimmed. She corresponded with Hitler for nearly two decades. Scholars have not been allowed to see the letters, which have been kept locked away by Amélie Lafferentz, one of Winifred Wagner's grandchildren, who has insisted that they not be released until the whole family agrees to do so. Like Hitler, Wagner believed profoundly in the rite of a secular cult of German nationalism, of Nordic self-realisation, and völkisch aspiration. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, a denazification court banned her from the Bayreuth Festival, which she passed to her sons Wieland and Wolfgang. In the 1950s, she again became a political hostess. Her grandson Gottfried Wagner later recalled that, 'My aunt Friedelind was outraged when my grandmother again slowly blossomed as the first lady of right-wing groups and received political friends such as Emmy Göring , Ilse Hess , the former NPD Adolf von Thadden , Gerdy Troost , the wife of the Nazi architect and friend of Hitler Paul Ludwig Troost , the British fascist leader Oswald Mosley , the German NS-movie director Karl Ritter and the racist author and former Senator of the Reich Hans Severus Ziegler . ' She died in Überlingen , one of the best preserved medieval sites, on the shore of Lake Constance on 5th March 1980 at the age of 82 and was interred at Bayreuth. Source: Wikipedia (2024) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard depicting Baden-Baden posted to an address in Madrid (during the Spanish Civil War) and featuring a violet 'CENSURADA' (censored) hand stamp. Ref: 18.09.1936 18th September 1936 1/1 Postcard depicting Baden-Baden posted to an address in Madrid (during the Spanish Civil War) and featuring a violet 'CENSURADA' (censored) hand stamp. Ref: 18.09.1936 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th November 1947 17th November 1947 Belgo-American Association commemorative cover for the laying of the Bastogne Memorial corner stone and the flying of Ardennes earth to Washington. Dated 4th July 1946 Belgo-American Association commemorative cover for the laying of the Bastogne Memorial corner stone and the flying of Ardennes earth to Washington. Dated 4th July 1946 1/1 Cover sent from Victor Jonckheere of Brussels to Joseph Catalino in Norwood, Massachusetts. Inside the envelope a letter explains the gift of the Belgo-American Association commemorative cover (dated 4th July 1946). Ref: 17.11.1947 - 10/9

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