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6th April 1936 Zahlungsbefehl 1/2 See 06.04.1936 - 24/78 (Order to Pay document) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

30th January 1939 Hitler's Speech, Berlin 30th January 1939 Hitler's Speech, Berlin 1/1 Propaganda postcard depict Adolf at the podium, with the caption, 'The Führer during his historic Reichstag speech on 30 January 1939'. The postal cancellation (ref: JB:Danzig2/201) from Danzig reads 'Der Führer hat uns befreit' (The leader has freed us). Note: Hitler's speech of the 30th January was not regarding Danzig. Ref: 01.09.1939 Hitlers Speech of 30th January 1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Studio portrait of Edda Goring (1938-2018). Ross-Verlag. Unused. Ref: 02.06.1938 (D.O.B.) 2nd June 1938 Edda Göring 02.06.1938 Edda Goring reverse.jpeg 02.06.1938 Edda Goring reverse.jpeg 1/1 Studio portrait of Edda Goring (1938-2018). Ross-Verlag. Unused. Ref: 02.06.1938 (D.O.B.) Edda Göring (1938-2018) Edda Carin Wilhelmine Göring was the only child of German politician, military leader, and leading member of the Nazi Party Hermann Göring, by his second marriage to the German actress Emmy Sonnemann. The historian Giles MacDonogh later described the German reaction to the birth: 'The Reich was jubilant on 2 June. Its first lady, Emmy Göring, gave birth to a baby girl. The child was named Edda. The actress was 45, and her husband had been shot in the groin during the Beer Hall Putsch, so there was talk of virgin birth. When Hermann came to pick up his wife and child from the sanatorium 10 days later, the streets were black with cheering crowds.' During the closing stages of the Second World War in Europe, Göring retreated to his mountain home at Obersalzberg, near Berchtesgaden, taking Emmy and Edda with him. On 8th May 1945, Armistice in Europe Day, the German Wehrmacht surrendered unconditionally, and on 21st May, a few days before her seventh birthday, Edda was interned with her mother in the U.S.-controlled Palace Hotel, code-named Camp Ashcan, at Mondorf in Luxembourg. By 1946, the two had been freed and were living at one of their own houses, Burg Veldenstein, in Neuhaus, near Nuremberg. There they were visited by the American officer John E. Dolibois, who described Edda as 'a beautiful child, the image of her father. Bright and perky, polite and well-trained.' In her later years, Edda worked in a hospital laboratory and was hoping to become a medical technician, then later in a rehabilitation clinic in Wiesbaden where she devoted herself to taking care of her mother, remaining with her until she died on 8th June 1973. After that, for five years in the 1970s, Edda was the companion of the Stern magazine journalist Gerd Heidemann. Heidemann had bought the yacht Carin II , which had been Hermann Göring's, and according to Peter Wyden 'He charmed Edda, pretty, not married, and devoted to the memory of her father, the Reichsmarschall, and started an affair with her. Together, they ran social events aboard the boat. Much of the talk was of Hitler and the Nazis, and the guests of honor were weathered eyewitnesses of the hallowed time, two generals, Karl Wolff and Wilhelm Mohnke.' For some years Edda made public appearances, attending memorials for Nazis and taking part in political events, but she later became more withdrawn. Unlike the children of other high-ranking Nazis, such as Gudrun Himmler and Albert Speer, Jr., she never commented publicly on her father's role in the Third Reich or the Holocaust. In the 1990s, she said of her father in an interview: 'I loved him very much, and it was obvious how much he loved me. My only memories of him are such loving ones, I cannot see him any other way. I actually expect that most everybody has a favorable opinion of my father, except maybe in America. He was a good father to me.' The governments of West Germany and the reunited Germany denied Edda Göring the pension normally given to the children of government ministers of the old German Reich . As of 2015, she was reported to be still living in Munich. In that year, she unsuccessfully petitioned the Landtag of Bavaria for compensation with respect to the expropriation of her father's legacy. A committee unanimously denied her request. She died on 21st December 2018, aged 80, and was buried at an undisclosed location in the Munich Waldfriedhof. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Main image: Mi.684 (Ref: 16.01.1939), secondary image: Mi.685 (Ref: 04.12.1938 - 4/32) Mi.684-685 (02.12.1938) 1/1 Main image: Mi.684 (Ref: 16.01.1939), secondary image: Mi.685 (Ref: 04.12.1938 - 4/32) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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31st July 1943 JB: Krieglach 31st July 1943 JB: Krieglach 1/1 Postcard depicting the 'Rosegger Denkmal' in Graz. Featuring postage stamp Mi.856 from the 100th Birthday of Peter Rosegger issue. Also featuring special cancellation JB:Krieglach2/450 issued from Roseggers birthplace. Ref: 31.07.1943 KRIEGLACH cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Krieglach2/450 - 'Zum/ 100.Geburtstag/ des Heimatdichters/ und Volkstumkämpfers/ Peter/ Rosegger/ 31.7.1943'. Ref: 31.07.1943 Note that the above cancel was only used in conjunction with Rosegger commemorative stamps Mi.855-56 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

23rd December 1947 J. Hahn 23rd December 1947 J. Hahn 1/1 Commercial letter-sheet sent from J. Hahn 'Briefmarken-Versand' in Kottern b.Kempten to an address in Heilbronn. Featuring a five-page price list of postage stamps. Ref: 23.12.1947 - 17/20 1st page 2nd & 3rd pages 4th page 5th page Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.20-37 (29.07.1939/1942) B&M definitives Mi.20-37 (29.07.1939/1942) B&M definitives 1/1 Registered cover sent from Prerov to an address in Slezská Ostrava. Featuring various postage stamps of Bohemia and Moravia (Mi.22, 24 & 32) tied with a Czech language 'C.S.P.' date cancel (valid up to 30th June 1940). To the reverse is a vignette depicting female dancers. The commemorative label was issued for the 10th All-Sokol Rally in July 1938. This All-Sokol Rally took place in Prague at the Strahov Stadium and was attended by over 300,000 athletes from several European countries and over 2.3 million spectators. Both the Czechoslovak army and soldiers from the states of the Little Entente took part in the rally itself. The entire gathering took place at a time of increased political tension between Czechoslovakia and neighbouring Germany and underlined Czechoslovakia's determination for unity in difficult times. The placing of this vignette to the envelope could be seen as an act of defiance. Ref: 31.10.1939 Mi.20 - 37 Definitives Mi.20 in a group of four (30.08.1939). Ref: 21.11.1939 - 15/65 Mi.21 (30.08.1939). Ref: 17.01.1942 - 1/83 Mi21 ZW ndgz (gutter not perforated). Ref:12.12.1941 - 15/61 Mi.22 (30.08.1939). Ref: 21.11.1939 - 15/65 Mi22 ZW ndgz (gutter not perforated). Ref:12.12.1941 - 15/61 Mi.23 (30.08.1939). Ref: 21.12.1940 - 17/9 Mi.24 (30.08.1939). Ref: 31.10.1939 - 9/40 40h see 1.12.1939 - 25/49 50h see 07.06.1940 Mi.27 (29.07.939). Ref: 06.06.1941 - 15/66 1K see 24.10.1940 Mi.30 (15.08.939). Ref: 09.12.1939 Mi.31 (15.08.1939). Ref: 09.12.1939 Mi.32 (15.08.1939). Ref: 31.10.1939 - 9/40 Mi.33 (a or b? Nov.1939). Ref: 17.07.1940 Mi.34a (01.12.1939). Ref: 13.09.1940 - 9/24 Mi.34a LS lower field (01.12.1939). Ref: 10.03.1941 17/76 Mi.34a LS upper field (01.12.1939). Ref: 10.03.1941 17/76 Mi.34a with 2 stars to right edge piece - see 24.10.1940 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

10th January 1943 10th January 1943 1/0 Commemorative postcard for the 'Tag der Briefmarke' in Gießen (postmarked Berlin). Imprint: K/0388 Ref: 01.10.1943

Rohrpostbrief sent from Berlin Wilmersdorf 1 at 18.00 and received at Berlin Charlottenburg 2 at 18.10. Postcard imprint 'Adler (12. 31)'. Ref: 01.09.1936 - 25/18 1st September 1936 Berlin - Rohrpost 01.09.1936 Berlin Rohrpost reverse.jpeg 01.09.1936 Berlin Rohrpost reverse.jpeg 1/1 Rohrpostbrief sent from Berlin Wilmersdorf 1 at 18.00 and received at Berlin Charlottenburg 2 at 18.10. Postcard imprint 'Adler (12. 31)'. Ref: 01.09.1936 - 25/18 See 05.02.1940 - 30/36 Berlin - Rohrpost (also see The London Philatelist vol.102 Oct.1993 #1209 & Nov.1993 #1210 ) The Rohrpost in Berlin, was a pneumatic tube postal service, which existed from 18th November 1865 until 1963 in West Berlin and in East Berlin until 1976. In 1940, the Berlin pneumatic post network reached its greatest expansion with a maximum route length of almost 400 km. 79 post and telegraph offices were connected and at that time processed about 8 million shipments annually. Registered cover sent from Berlin (via Rohrpost - pneumatic mail - at 19:20 from SO 36 - see map below) to an address in Plauen. Featuring various stamps, including Mi.902 & Mi.903 (German Association for goldsmith art issue). The complete value of the postage is 52 Pf. This can be broken down to 12 Pf for the letter being sent inland at the 'distant' rate, 30 Pf for the letter being registered (signed for) and 10 Pf for it being posted via pneumatic mail within Berlin. Ref: 19.09.1944 The operation of the Berliner Rohrpost as a publicly accessible system of message transmission was finally discontinued in 1976. In East Berlin, telegrams were still delivered to the delivery offices by pneumatic post until 1986 An analysis of the route plan of the Berliner Rohrpost shows that the development of the network first served economic interests. It was the connection between the main telegraph office and the stock exchange, which was followed by the expansion of the pneumatic delivery network into the newspaper district and the banking district of Berlin. Later even the sparsely populated upper and lower middle-class residential districts as well as the villa areas of the West were connected (Charlottenburg, Grunewald, Lichterfelde, Schöneberg, Wilmersdorf, Zehlendorf), while the pronounced working-class districts (Kreuzberg, Lichtenberg, Neukölln, Wedding) and the formerly clearly rural urban districts on the periphery received little or no coverage by pneumatic postal network. The pneumatic mail system, Berlin 1945 (Source: Wikipedia) Parts of the pneumatic postal network were destroyed or damaged during the Second World War due to allied air raids on Berlin. However, the operation of some pneumatic post lines in the centre of Berlin is documented until the end of March 1945. The pneumatic post in Berlin remained in operation 'de jure' until the surrender of the German Wehrmacht on 8th May 1945. The express delivery service of the post office, on the other hand, was discontinued on 14th August 1944, due to a shortage of personnel and an extremely increased volume of mail. Source: Wikipedia (2024) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover sent from stamp dealer Walter Behrens in Braunschweig. Featuring KZ29.2 (Mi.516+Z+Z+Mi.517 - gutter with five vertical bars) from MHB 45.2. Ref: 20.01.1938 20th January 1938 MHB 45 20.01.1938 MHB 45 reverse.jpeg 20.01.1938 MHB 45 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from stamp dealer Walter Behrens in Braunschweig. Featuring KZ29.2 (Mi.516+Z+Z+Mi.517 - gutter with five vertical bars) from MHB 45.2. Ref: 20.01.1938 Stamp sequences from booklet sheet MHB 45 KZ29.2 (Mi.516+Z+Z+Mi.517 - gutter with five vertical bars) from MHB 45.2. Ref: 20.01.1938 W69 (Mi.515+Mi.516) from MHB 45. With perforated edge piece from booklet H-pane 92. Ref: 20.09.1938 - 16/12 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page