23rd January 1947 Friedrich Schneider 23rd January 1947 Friedrich Schneider 23.01.1947 - 16_34 Schneider reverse.jpeg 23.01.1947 - 16_34 Schneider reverse.jpeg 1/1 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

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15th July 1940 Orléans 1/0 See 15.07.1940 - 23/100 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

4th December 1939 4th December 1939 1/1 Postcard depicting the German light cruiser 'Emden'. Ref: 04.12.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st April 1940 Luftgaupostämt 1/0 Example of a Vorbindezettel (Pre-tie label), imprint 'Fp 4 zu 12 Din A3'. Featuring a 'Frankfurt (Main)/ a/ Luftgaupostamt' cancellation. Sent from FPN 31554 (Regimentsstab u. Nachrichten-Zug Flak-Regiment 38). Ref: 01.04.1940, MFP4/52 The Luftgaupostämter were subordinate to the 'Deutsche Feldpost' and directed postal traffic to and from Luftwaffe offices and units. The postmarks used there were generally only used internally and are very rare. They also appear on parcel cards of the service post. Loose translation from MFP Variations Luftgaupostämter - 'Frankfurt (Main)/ a/ Luftgaupostamt' cancellation on a Vorbindezettel. Ref: 01.04.1940, MFB4/52 Luftgaupostämter - 'Hamburg/ b/ Luftgaupostamt' cancellation on a Vorbindezettel. Ref: 10.12.1940 - 32/1, MFB5/52 Also see 19.01.1940 - 30/34 - FPN 31554 (Berlin PSST cancel) 30/77 - 'Luftgaupostamt Munchen 2' hand-stamp to reverse of envelope - Also see 02.12.1940 - 30/89 hand-stamp briefstempel bearing 'Luftgaupostamt Munchen 2' name. 32/14 - 'Luftgaupostamt Hamburg 1' hand-stamp briefstempel. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

4th January 1940 Mi.P289 1/0 See 06.01.1940 - 30/45 (cancel - Danziger Marienkirche) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mixed postage cover featuring the cancel 'Wir sind frei!' (We are free!). Stamps: 3pf Mi.513; 1Kč - Mi.396. Ref: 03.10.1938, MFP31P40 3rd October 1938 Hitler's speech in Eger 03.10.1938 EGER reverse.jpeg 03.10.1938 EGER reverse.jpeg 1/1 Mixed postage cover featuring the cancel 'Wir sind frei!' (We are free!). Stamps: 3pf Mi.513; 1Kč - Mi.396. Ref: 03.10.1938, MFP31P40 Link to JB:Eger cancellations Hitler's speech in Eger, 3rd October 1938 In part, 'Today, for the first time, I may greet you as my Egerlanders! Through me, the entire German Volk greets you! At this moment, it not only greets you but the entire Sudeten German territories which will, in a few days’ time, belong to the German Reich in its entirety. This greeting is at the same time an avowal: never again shall this land be torn from the Reich! This Greater German Reich is protected by the German shield and by the German sword. You yourselves form part of this protecting umbrella. From now on, like all other Germans, you will have to do your part. It is a cause of great pride for all of us that each and every German son will participate not only in Germany’s joy, but also in our duties and, if need be, in our sacrifices as well. For you, this nation was willing to draw the sword! And you will all be willing to do likewise wherever German lands or the German Volk be threatened. In this community of will and fate, the German Volk will, from now on, mold its future. And no power on earth will ever be a threat to it again! And so all of Germany, from East to West, from North to South, stands prepared to stand up for each other. There is great happiness in all of Germany these days. Not only you feel this, it is felt by the entire nation which rejoices with you. Your happiness is the happiness of the seventy-five million who have made up the Reich until now, just as your sorrow was their sorrow until a few days ago. And thus you step forth onto the path leading to Germany’s great future! In this hour, let us thank the Almighty who has blessed our paths in the past, and let us pray to Him: may He lead us forth onto the path of righteousness in the future as well.' Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.857 - 858 (14.08.1943) Mi.857 - 858 (14.08.1943) 1/1 Mi.857 (Ref: 23.08.1943) next stamp issue Mi.858 (Ref: 23.08.1943)

Postcard depicting the Crane Gate at Gdańsk (Danzig). Imprint '362'. Ref: 23.07.1936 23rd July 1936 1/1 Postcard depicting the Crane Gate at Gdańsk (Danzig). Imprint '362'. Ref: 23.07.1936 Note: Gdańsk and Danzig are two different names for the same city (one Polish the later German) - Danzig, is a Germanised version of the Polish name. The post-war status of the city is still in dispute due to no formal treaty being agreed following the collapse of the 3rd Reich. Stamps of the Free City of Danzig as held within the collection of Briefhistory.co.uk Mi.216y (Oct. 1935) Ref: 22.07.1936 Mi.A241 (overprinted 13th July 1936 - 8Pf on 7Pf - Mi236a). Ref: 23.07.1936 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

3rd March 1936 1/2 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

20th April 1946 20th April 1946 1/0 Cover featuring a lesser seen cilivilian-use Feldpost R-Label. Sent from Frankfurt a.M. by Willy Plock to Walter Kunath. There is speculation that such 'Kunath' covers are in fact forgeries or false in some way... Ref: 20.04.1946 - 10/15

Postcard advertising the 'Karl May Spiele'. Ref: 28.07.1938 28th July 1938 Karl May 1/1 Postcard advertising the 'Karl May Spiele'. Ref: 28.07.1938 Also see 08.07.1939 - 29/66 BV2306 JB:Rathen3/635 JB:Rathen5/635 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page