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7th September 1941 Mi.75-78: B&M Prague Trade Fair Cover (likely self-addressed) sent with Brünn (Brno) and featuring a complete set of postage stamps celebrating the Prague trade fair (Mi.75-78). Ref: 31.12.1941 Mi.75-78 Prague trade fair (7th - 14th September) Mi.75 ('Agriculture'). Ref: 31.12.1941 Mi.76 ('Agriculture'). Ref: 31.12.1941 Mi.77 ('Industry'). Ref: 31.12.1941 Mi.78 ('Industry'). Ref: 31.12.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
24th August 1941 'Fallschirmjäger' Official postcard from the NSDAP Kreisfilmstelle, Kreisleitung Chemnitz, postmarked 24th August 1941, to Party member Albert Langenhahn, Chemnitz. The reverse concerns the distribution to schools of the 1940 Tobis documentary Fallschirmjäger, a 31-minute film depicting the training and combat preparation of German paratroopers. The Kreisfilmstelle informs Langenhahn that it possesses only one copy, expects exceptionally heavy demand and therefore requires immediate booking for a specified day; significantly, it orders that the film must under no circumstances remain in any school for longer than one day. The card provides direct contemporary evidence of the NSDAP's organised distribution of military-themed films through its district film apparatus and their circulation within German schools, in this instance only three months after the highly publicised German airborne invasion of Crete. Ref: 24.08.1941 - 37/20 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
- August 1941
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1st December 1941 ABP Berlin: Stamp export permit Official Auslandbriefprüfstelle Berlin (Foreign Mail Examination Office) correspondence, postmarked Berlin-Charlottenburg on 1st December 1941, and addressed to Frau Tiedemann, Wesermünde, Berckumerstr. 36. The accompanying official document reads: “2 postage stamps. Removed from your letter dated 26th November 1941 to Zahnleiter, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. The export of postage stamps without an export permit is prohibited.” It then cites the relevant German regulations governing the prohibition of the export and import of goods, including the Order of 27th March 1939 and subsequent amendments of 1939 and 1940. The document therefore records the actual intervention of the German authorities: Frau Tiedemann had enclosed two postage stamps in a letter to the United States, which were discovered and removed during examination of the foreign mail because she did not possess the required Ausfuhrbewilligung (export permit). The surviving envelope and explanatory document provide particularly direct evidence of German wartime controls over the international movement of philatelic material. The timing adds further historical interest: the original letter was posted on 26th November 1941, and this notification was sent on 1st December 1941, only ten days before Germany declared war on the United States on 11th December 1941. Ref: 01.12.1941 - 37/19 (Front only - nothing of interest on reverse). 2 postage stamps. Removed from your letter of 26th November 1941 to Zahnleiter, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. The export of postage stamps without an export permit is prohibited. (Annex 1 to the Order concerning the prohibition of the export and import of goods of 27th March 1939 — Reichsanzeiger No. 75 of 29th March 1939, No. 303 of 28th December 1939, No. 112 of 16th May 1940.) Foreign Mail Examination Office, Berlin Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
1st December 1941 Adolf Hitler 1941 Booklet Parcel label (E/0147) detached from a larger envelope featuring H-Pane 121 with staple holes indicating it is taken from a stamp booklet (either 49.1, 49.2 or 49.3). Ref: 25.04.1942 Fridericus 1933 , Hindenburg 1933 , Wagner 1933 , Hindenburg 1934 , Professions 1934 , Folk Costumes 1935 , Olympic Games 1936 , Hindenburg 1936/37 , Modern Buildings 1936 , Hindenburg 1937/39 , Ships 1937 , Ostmark 1938 , Hindenburg 1939 , Buildings 1939 , Hindenburg 1940/41 , Buildings 1940 , Adolf Hitler 1941 Adolf Hitler 1941 Booklet Pane Variations H-pannes 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 & 122 H-pane 117 S270 (Mi.784 + Mi.781) from booklet H-pane117. Ref: 01.06.1942 H-pane 118 S274 (Mi.782+Mi.785) from booklet H-pane 118. Ref: 31.03.1942 H-pane 119 Upper section of H-Pane 119 with W151 (A13.3+Mi.783). A13.3, 'Spare bei der Postsparkasse!' (Save at the Post Savings Bank!). Ref: 23.12.1941 Lower section of H-pane 119 with W153 (A16.3 + Mi.783 + Mi.786). A16.3, 'Werde/ Postscheck-/ teilnehmer!' (Become a Postal Check user!). Ref :04.02.1942 - 15/6 H-pane 120 H-pane 121 H-Pane 121 (7 x Mi.785 + A 14.3, 'Glückwünsche/ durch/ Schmuckblatt/ telegramm' (Good wishes with an ornamental telegram!). Ref: 25.04.1942 H-pane 122 W157 (A15.2 + Mi.788) from booklet H-pane 122. A15.2, 'Tretet in die NSV ein!' (Join the NSV!). Ref: 04.02.1942 - 15/6 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
- NSLB - Frankfurt
4th August 1934 NSLB - Frankfurt See 04.08.1934 - 24/17, 37/14 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
- August 1934
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- KLV-Lager Directory
KLV-Lager Directory KLV-Lager Directory KLV-Lager Directory Commercial cover sent from Prague to the KLV-Lager Hauptschule located at Lipthal (Liptál - Czech Republic). Ref: 27.03.1943 KLV-Lager Directory The evacuation of children in Germany during the World War II was designed to save children in Nazi Germany from the risks associated with the aerial bombing of cities, by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk. The German term used for this was Kinderlandverschickung (abbreviated to KLV), a short form of Verschickung der Kinder auf das Land (relocation of children to the countryside). Germany Pension Haus Breitenbach, Bad Wiessee - see 19/11 Nr. 96 - Hotel Reichspost, Masserberg - see 23.01.1943 - 33/9 Bohemia and Moravia 'Haus Anna', Bad-Lettin, Pro/176 Postcard depicting Prague to a family member in Gevelsberg - see 37/13 Lipthal (Liptál, Czech Republic) , Pro/217 Commercial cover to the KLV-Lager Hauptschule, 1943 Notes: From early 1943 KLV-Lagers within Bohemia and Moravia used alphanumeric identification prefixes: 'Pro' = Protektorate, and later 'BM' = Bohemia & Moravia. Source: Hammonds (2019) Netherlands Ndl. 7 (Hotel Spijker - Beek bei Nijmegen) Cover with correspondence from the lager, 1944 - see 28/55 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
- prohibited Postal addresses
Controversial Postal Addresses Controversial Postal Addresses prohibited Postal addresses Commercial cover sent from Wuppertal with the original senders address of 'Straße der SA 157a' struck through and replaced with a hand written, 'Fr. Ebert - Str. 157a'. Also featuring postage stamps Mi.6 (10 Pf American Printing), and 2 x Mi.17 (3 Pf German Printing). Ref: 16.05.1946 - 14/77 Controversial and prohibited addresses within the Brief History collection During the 3rd Reich period Adolf Bartels Straße, Weimar - see 23.01.1943 Adolf Hitler Allee, Heilbronn Adolf Hitler Platz, Chemnitz - see 18.10.1935 Adolf Hitler Platz, Fellbach Adolf Hitler Platz, Großenhain Adolf Hitler Platz, Hannover (Archive only - 07.1943 - 23/47) Adolf Hitler Platz, Klagenfurt Adolf Hitler Platz, Radiumbad St. Joaoochimsthal (27.11.1944 - 27/76) Adolf Hitler Straße, Blumenhaus (Archive only - 28.01.1942) Adolf Hitler Straße, Burghausen Adolf Hitler Straße, Grafenwöhr - see 34/75 Adolf Hitler Straße, Heidenau Kleinsedlitz (Archive only - 05.1940 - 23/82) Adolf Hitler Straße, Kolmar (Colmar) Adolf Hitler Straße, Lichtenfels (See 27/56) Adolf Hitler Straße, Litzmannstadt - see 37/11 Adolf Hitler Straße, Lörrach Adolf Hitler Straße, Neugersdorf Adolf Hitler Straße, Offenburg (?) Adolf Hitler Straße, Schweinsburg-Pleisse Adolf Hitler Straße, Soldin (Myślibórz, Poland) Adolf Hitler Straße, Spaichingen (see 06.09.1942 - 34/13) Adolf Hitler Straße, Steyr ober Donau (See 29/85) Adolf Hitler Straße, Straßburg-Schiltigheim - see - 19/141 Adolf Hitler Straße, Weiler (Archive only - 09.1943 - 16/30) Adolf Hitler Straße, Willenberg Adolf Hitler Straße, Zeitz (Archive only - 10.1944 - 23/22) General Roettigstraße, Prague Hermann Göring Ufer, Frankfurt Hermann Göring Straße, Reutlingen (see 33/98) Horst Wessel-Allee, Nordhausen (Archive only - 01.1935 - 24/41) Horst Wessel Platz, Gmund Horst Wessel Platz, Wesermund - see 34/7 Horst Wessel Straße, Amberg - see 32/58 Horst Wessel Straße, Bad Wiessee - see 19/11 Horst Wessel Straße, Merzig Horst Wessel Straße, Werl SA Straße, Neuenhagen, Berlin Straße der SA, Schildow, Berlin Straße der SA, Schwarza, Saale - see 34/22 Straße der SA, Wuppertal-Elberfeld - see 33/34 Straße der SA, Eckernförde (Archive only - 25.11.1943 - Eckernförder Straße renamed Straße der SA in 1938 - renamed Eckernförder Allee in June 1946) Visible on post-war correspondence Straße der SA, Wuppertal Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
- Index C
Index C A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z C Canada 'End of war' cover featuring ration stamp - see 27/22 ' CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE' Postcard index (also including 'Biglietto Postale' - letter-sheets) for correspondence from Italian military personnel. Censorship Civil censorship in Germany 1939 - 1945 (see Auslandsbriefprüfstelle ) Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD) U.S. Civil Censorship cancellations - see 26/65 & 66 Riemer A.44 censor (15.11.1945) 'Military Censorship Civil Mails' (American) - Hand-stamp identification Austrian post-war censor (VM5a?) 1947 - see 27/80, also see 34/57 OTHER COUNTRIES - Romania 34/71, Cercel Petain G.V4/3-158 Ceylon Ceylon postage stamps within the Brief History collection CHANNEL ISLANDS Stamps of Guernsey M.I (2d bi-sect) - see 24.01.1941 - 19/101 Stamps of Jersey Mi.1 ( ½d) - see 19/107 Mi.3 ( ½d x 2) - see 19/108 Mi.4 ( 1d) - see 19/109 Mi.4 ( 1d) - see 19/111 Mi.3 ( ½d) & Mi.4 (1d) - see 19/103 Mi.5 (1½d) & Mi.6 (2d) - see 19/104 Mi.5 (1½d) & Mi.6 (2d) Note cancellation - see 19/113 Mi.7 (2½d) & Mi.8 (3d) - see 23/29, 19/102 Mi.3 ( ½d), Mi.5 (1½d) & Mi.6 (2d) - see 19/106 Mi.3 ( ½d) & Mi.4 (1d), Mi.5 (1½d) & Mi.6 (2d) - see 19/105 Christmas Feldpost postcard - 10.12.1940 - 32/2, 17.12.1940 - 32/5, 27.12.1940 - 30/21 Feldpost letter-sheet - 19.12.1940 - 32/6 Churches & Cathedrals Places of worship and religious affairs (LINK REQUIRED) Cinema and Film Films, film production and associated industries CITIES, TOWNS & VILLAGES Index of postcards depicting the cities, towns and villages of Germany with notes on their expansion, demise and reasons to be remembered. Bernburg 25/23 (orphan), Freudenstadt 25/50 (orphan) Collectors Cards (Sammlerausweis) A postal document (ID for the purchase of postage stamps), which entitles stamp collectors to continuously obtain a certain number of special postage stamps from a post office within a specified collection period. Colonial German colonial propaganda 1933 onward See 04.12.1938 - 25/86 (Die koloniale Schuldlüge ist tot!) 10/5 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) With further information on Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Concentration Camps Directory of references within the Brief History collection Mail G.V2/5-200 Consulates German consulate covers Foreign consulates in Germany - Swiss in Baden-Baden (34/72) Cologne Carnival 1939 3/4 Cologne Post Offices destroyed 11/8 Court documents & seals 'Gerichts Kosten Marke' (generic stamps) - see 28/37 Court document (postcard) - Plauen - see 19/120 Baptismal certificate request - Senftenberg district court 1936 Birth certificate request - Wittstock district court 1933 Will reading? - Meyenburg district court 1936 Zahlungsbefehl (Order to Pay) - Hannover district court document 1936 Postcard instruction sent to the district court in Zossen , 1937 - see 27/58 Postcard instruction sent from the district court in Heidelberg , 1937 - see 27/70 Letter-sheet from district court in Pankow , 1940 - 30/28 Official court (Amtsgericht) documents secured using a 'doily' seal and/or having an official court emblem printed or hand-stamped upon the envelope. Croatia Stamps of Croatia - see 25/51 (10 Kuna, 3.50 Kn ), Independent State of Croatia (stamps of) - see 35/40 (Independent State of Croatia (NDH) — commercial cover from Zagreb to Siemens-Schuckertwerke A.G., Nuremberg, Germany, postmarked Zagreb 1 on 20 September 1941. The cover is franked with two 2-dinar provisional stamps created by overprinting 4-dinar Kingdom of Yugoslavia King Peter II definitives with “NEZAVISNA DRŽAVA HRVATSKA” (Independent State of Croatia). This provisional issue was introduced on 16 May 1941, shortly after the Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia and the proclamation of the NDH on 10 April. The two stamps provide a total franking of 4 dinars. Their heavy black overprints, obscuring the portrait and Yugoslav identity of the original stamps, provide a particularly graphic postal manifestation of the political regime change. The envelope represents genuine contemporary commercial use of the provisional issue between Zagreb and Germany rather than a philatelically produced usage.) Cruise & passenger ships (also see Shipping Lines - including non-German ships) Directory of German cruise and passenger ships used into and during the 3rd Reich period. Cuba Hamburg to Cuba (shortly after Plebiscite) - Artist Philipp? Currency Banknotes and coins used with the Brief History period 10 French Francs (note, 1940) - see 29/100 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Index listing various aspects of Czech history, including feldpost, philately and The Third Republic.
- Heer formations
Wehrmacht Formations Heer (inc. SS) Wehrmacht Formations Heer (inc. SS) Heer formations Parcel label (detached) sent from Chemnitz to a soldier at FPN 17468 (Heavy Artillery Division 816: the feldpost number appears to date the label in early/mid 1942. In the winter of 41/42 the detachment was deployed around Rzhev - possibly Khoroshevo, Kowalevo, Zaytsevo). Featuring a permission stamp for feldpost packages (Mi.1 A - perforated). Ref: 16/6 Wehrmacht - Heer formations (as found on covers and postcards etc., within the Brief History collection) Without FPN 148th (5th West Prussian) Infantry - see 09.06.1936 (meeting invitation from the Association of Officers of the former...) - see 09.06.1936 ( World War One) 3./ W. K. Unterf. Lehrgang XI. (12.09.1942 - Archive only) Ausbildungs Abteilung, Amsterdam - see 13.08.1942 - 36/38 Beobachtungs Batterie 100 (document from Bb. 7 - Jüterbog). Ref: 17.11.1942 F.A.K. - Front Aufklärungs Kommando (Front reconnaissance headquarters) - see 34/63 Feldrekr.-Inf.-Rgt.265 I.Batl. 2.Komp - see 26.06.1940 - 23/95 2. (Funk-Ersatz) Kompanie, Nachrichten-Ersatz-Abteilung 27 (Augsburg) Heimkehr des Inf. Rgt. 40 (Augsburg) - see 28.09.1940 Infantry Replacement Battalion 488 (10.1942) Barlog cartoon postcard Landesschützen-Bataillon 675 (11.1941) Munster Lager Landesschützen-Bataillon 704 (11.1942) Barlog cartoon postcard Marschkompanie N2 , Liegnitz (12.1942) Cover to Scharnhorst Kaserne Panzertruppenschule I (Wünsdorf). Cover. Ref: 23.07.1941 Replacement Battalion 480 Infantry/ Training Battalion 480 (Schlan/Slany, B&M). Packet card. Ref: 13.05.1942 - Shown at Mi.65-72 B&M definitives Stammkp. M.G. Ers. Btl.4 (Horb a.N.) Typed letter Stellv. Gen. Kdo. X.A.K. (Representative of X. Army Korps, Wehrkreiskommando X). From Munster Lager. Ref: 21.08.1943 - 22/69 Telegraphenbauamt Ukraine/ Baubezirk IX (25.07.1943) Parcel label Weihnachtskarte Nr.2 einer westfälischen Division - see 25/38 (orphan) With FPN - Pre-September 1939 111569 (03.1939) With FPN - September 1939 - 1945 00246 (01.1942 - 32/65) 00349 (04.1940) 00757 (12.1940 - 32/3) 01167 (12.1940 - 30/21) 01177 (05.1941 - 36/26) 01422 (02.1940 - 30/40) 01485 (05.1942 - 32/71) 01489 (06.1943 - 23/27 - Archive only) 01747 (02.1944) 01751 (04.1941) 01776 (06.1943) 02231 (07.10.1939 - Archive only) 02445 (07.1942 - 32/66) 02871 (05.1943 - 33/74) 03894 (06.1940 - 23/92) 04518 (01.1941) 04583 (12.1939) 04668 (08.07.1943 - Archive only but might be worth its own page) 05374 (05.1943 - 33/74) 05522 (05.1940) 06029 (08.09.1939) 08499 (Stalag 325) 09149 (12.1944) 09379 (01.1943 - 34/47) 09569 (07.1940 - 23/98 - Archive only) 09643 (02.1942 - 32/58) 09721 (08.1940 - 30/49) 10612 (06.1940 - 23/91) 11111 (12.1939 - 30/10) 11152 (09.1939 - 29/81) 11333 (06.1940 - 23/87 - Archive only) 12410 (03.1942 - 32/53) 13003 (02.1945) 13837 (12.1940 - 30/25) 14132 (04.1941 - 25/82 - Archive only) 15457 (05.1940 - 23/82 - Archive only) 15615 (?, RAD 5/182 - 34/34) 16293 (07.1941) 17468 (1942?) 17469 (Yugoslavia 1941) 17860 (09.1939 - 29/83) 18379 (01.1944 - Archive only - where is this? ) 18768 (02.1940) 18791 (11.1940 - 30/78) 19705 (12.1940 - 30/90) 19922 (10.1940 - 30/69) 20148 (07.1943) 20358 (05.1943 - 25/37 - Archive only) 21462 (12.1940 - 32/2) 21611 (07.1941) 21631 (06.1941, 01.1941 - 32/27) Brussels 21687 (01.1941) 21720 (01.1942 - 32/63) 22929 (12.1944) 22974 (04.1944-19/129 Medical Transport Department 511) 23098 (09.1942) 23733 (07.1940 - 23/99) 23758 (03.1942 - 32/53 - AOK 4 Field Inspection Office?) 23909 (02.1942 - 32/56) 24044 (06.1943) 24401 (07.1941 - message written on a Russian postcard) 26243 (06.42) 26455 (08.1940 - 30/47) 27214 (12.02.1943) 27902 (06.1944 - 1/99 - Archive only) 28303 (16/82 - typed letter - no date. Waiting to be added) 29301 (06.1940 - 23/89 - Archive only) 29514 (01.1942 - 32/62 - Organisation Todt? Forced labour?) 29969 (09.1944 - 29/86) 30127 (10.1939) 30248 (07.1940 - 23/99) 30617 (03.1943 - Archive only - where?) 30995 (02.44 - 26/13 - Archive only - printed instructions on how to fold the letter-sheet) 31080 (12.1940 - 30/100) 31974 (12.1939 - 30/6) 32221 (02.1940 - 30/40) 32281 (12.1939 - 30/11) 33193 (10.1939) 33467 (12.1940 - 32/6) 34335 (06.1940 - 23/93) 34345 (10.1941) 35584 (?, Konigsberg - 34/33) 36301 (02.1940 - 30/40) 36365 (05.1940) 36472 (07.1941) and 12.1940 - 30/91 37445 (11.1943? - 18/34) 37596 (05.1942 -32/74) 37810 (06.1942 - 19/135 - 3. Leichkr. Kriegslaz. Kriegslaz.Abtl. 604) 38093 (12.1940 - 32/5) 38403 (05.1941 - 25/89) 39004 (05.1942) 39154 (02/1940 - 30/40) 39371 (08.1943 - 19/13). The 603rd Economic Motor Transport Regiment z.b.V. was formed on 30 October 1941 by Military District VII from the Lauterbach Special Staff, which had been established on 23 September 1941. The regiment was organised into four battalions comprising a total of 12 companies. On 11 November 1941, the regiment was renamed the Economic Motor Transport Brigade z.b.V. 1 and reorganised. The brigade staff commanded Economic Motor Transport Regiments 603–606 on the Eastern Front. The brigade was subordinate to the Economic Road Transport Service East in Warsaw. On 1 May 1943, it was renamed the Economic Road Transport Brigade z.b.V. 1. On 30 April 1944, the brigade staff was disbanded. 39481 (04.1940 - 23/71) 39827 (05.02.1940 - 30/37) 42610 (10.1944 - Zugwach - Kp.505 - see 19/121 ) 43982 (04.1944 - Archive only - Where?) 44050 (Martha Keller series, 1942-1944) 44744 (01.1942) Newspaper wrapper 46155 (03.1942 - 32/82) 46198 (06.1943) 46797 (24.07.1943 - further research required into correspondence address) 48820 (02.1944) 59011 (late 1943 - 25/58) Label with instructions to reverse (Wehrpass?) 64075 (10.1944) Waffen-SS with FPN 38623 (11.1940) 47456 (07.1943) Waffen-SS without FPN 1.SS Panzer Corps at SS-Lager Oranienburg - see 26.07.1943. Possibly on the first day of being raised as a Corps. Sanitätswesen der Waffen-SS , SS-Lazarette Prag (?) - Medical Service, no date, archive only 16/31 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
12th December 1941 Feldpost: FPN 17469, Yugoslavia German Feldpost letter written on 5th December 1941 and cancelled on 12th December 1941, sent under Feldpostnummer 17469 to Frau Erna [surname presently unidentified] in Dresden. FPN 17469 was associated with a Wehrmacht Propaganda-Kompanie: surviving bibliographical records identify the Armee-Nachrichtenblatt: Frontzeitung unserer Armee, published between 1939 and 1944, as being issued by “Prop. Komp. Feldpost Nr. 17469.” The Feldpost number is also recorded in connection with the army newspaper Der Sieg. These publications formed part of the Wehrmacht's organised dissemination of military news, political material and propaganda to German servicemen. The most unusual feature is the paper itself. It bears the Cyrillic heading “КАБИНЕТ МИНИСТРА ДВОРА” — “Kabinet Ministra Dvora”, or “Cabinet/Office of the Minister of the Court” — together with the royal heraldry of the Karađorđević dynasty of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, rather than Imperial Russian arms as initially believed. The Serbian Royal Family's heraldic history confirms the distinctive royal and dynastic arms employed by the Karađorđević monarchy. The German serviceman was therefore reusing official Yugoslav Royal Court stationery only months after the Axis invasion and defeat of Yugoslavia in April 1941. This raises the intriguing possibility that the paper was acquired as a consequence of the German occupation, although neither the stationery nor the Feldpost number alone proves that the writer was personally stationed in Yugoslavia when the letter was written. The letter also refers to receiving a parcel and cigarettes and to the hope that the unit would eventually reach a “better area”. Taken together, the Wehrmacht propaganda connection and the reuse of former Yugoslav Royal Court stationery make this a particularly interesting piece of wartime Feldpost. Ref: 12.12.1941 - 37/10 First half-page from a two-page sheet. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page




