Mi.943-963 (01.03.1947+) Second Control Commission Issue Mi.943-963 (01.03.1947+) Second Control Commission Issue 1/1 Commercial cover from Albert Brückner Briefmarken. Featuring two 2 Pf 1st Control Commission Issue postage stamps (Mi.912) and a single 80 Pf Second Control Commission Issue postage stamp (Mi.957). Ref: 01.11.1947 - 17/46 Mi.943 - 962 Joint Allied Occupation Issue - Second Control Commission Issue Issued between 1st March 1947 and 1st February 1948 Mi.943 (2 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 25.07.1948 - 15/46 Mi.944 (6 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 25.07.1948 - 15/46 Mi.945 (8 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 25.07.1948 - 15/46 Mi.946 (10 Pf - February 1947). Ref: 25.07.1948 - 15/46 Mi.946 (February 1948) alongside the privately printed black o/print commemorating the 2nd North German Stamp Dealer Day (referenced in Michel Specialised 2015 p.265). Ref: 22.06.1948 - 13/1 Mi.947 (12 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 21.11.1947 - 10/65 Mi.949 b (16 Pf - March 1947 - blackish to black-green-blue). Expertised. Ref: Prophila38 Mi.951 a,b,c, or d? (24 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 03.09.1947 - 17/47 Mi.956 a or b? (60 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 03.09.1947 - 17/47 Mi.957 (80 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 01.11.1947 - 17/46 Mi.958 a,b or c? (84 Pf - March 1947). Ref: 08.04.1947 - 17/44 Mi.959 (1 M - May 1947). Ref: 02.11.1947 - 10/54 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th April 1947 15th April 1947 Official letter regarding a 'Notice of Advance Payments'. Featuring stamp Mi.8 (Allied Occupation - French Zone - Rhine Palatinate) depicting Worms Cathedral. The document has two ink obliterations of the 'Parteiadler'. Ref: 15.04.1947 - 8/27 Official letter regarding a 'Notice of Advance Payments'. Featuring stamp Mi.8 (Allied Occupation - French Zone - Rhine Palatinate) depicting Worms Cathedral. The document has two ink obliterations of the 'Parteiadler'. Ref: 15.04.1947 - 8/27 1/1 Allied Occupation (French Zone). Rhine Palatinate. Definitive stamps Mi.1-15 Mi.8 - 24 Pf. Ref: 15.04.1947 - 8/27

7th July 1943 Stalag 371 Zweiglager Stryj 7th July 1943 Stalag 371 Zweiglager Stryj Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Stalag 371 Zweiglager Stryj See 07.07.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st July 1943 Feldpost 'n' designation 1st July 1943 Feldpost 'n' designation 01.07.1943 'n' designation reverse.jpeg 01.07.1943 'n' designation reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost cover (with personalised envelope and letter heading), with clear 'n' designation to the cancel (level position). Ref: 01.07.1943 'FELDPOST ' designation letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o , a1etc. , Aa etc. , Misc. Feldpost designation letter 'n' variations Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

22nd November 1947 F. Walter Dietz 22nd November 1947 F. Walter Dietz 22.11.1947 F. Walter Dietz reverse.jpeg 22.11.1947 F. Walter Dietz reverse.jpeg 1/1 Commercial letter-sheet sent from F. Walter Dietz Briefmarken, Trier. Ref: 22.11.1947 - 15/1 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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3rd January 1937 3rd January 1937 1/1 3rd January 1937 Leustetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! It was awfully sweet of you to send us that nice book. Thank you ever so much for it. I read it immediately and I like it very much. It is very interesting and well written. I love D’Arcy but Lady Catherine de Bourgh is just a haughty and stupid woman. Lizzy & Jane are both very good girls, almost too good to be true. Shall I tell you how we spent our Christmas? The whole day of 24th our sitting room is closed and only Mami, Ludwig & Deidi may enter it in order to help the “Christkind” as we call Jesus. Rasso is told it is him who brings all the lovely things and the Xmas-tree down from the sky. Only in the morning, about 6 o’clock, the whole family assembles and on the sound of a bell, the door opens and we all enter the salon. Some people sing, but as we are all incapable of it, we don’t. We all admire the Xmas tree and the (I don’t know the word for it in English, Krippe Creche in French). Ours is very sweet, all figures in wax. It stands beneath the Xmas tree. All round the room stand tables covered with white linen cloth. On them are displayed all our gifts. We got ski outfits, all of us. Muck and I got evening frocks. Mine is most beautiful, light blue resembling the Empire fashion, Mucks is a taffeta in the colour of her hair. And then I got a book about the Churches, Castles and Hotel de Ville of Flanders and a bag of silver leather for the evening and some yards of yellowish wool to make a dress of it, but I wont make it myself. I have had enough of the pinafore, which I really did finish myself. The others also got books and such things. Baby got a book about the famous Admiral Byrd, who explores the South Pole. She is very fond of it and admires him very much. The other day we went to see the circus. Rasso was very excited and admired it. It was the first he ever saw. Then we took him to the opera to see “Christ-Fairy” and “The Princess and the 7 dwarfs”. Tonight we go to see “Rienzi” over again or maybe Deidi and I go look at Richard II by Shakespeare. They play many Shakespearean plays here and I like them very much. They are much better than some Germans. My favourite will always remain Schiller but I don’t like Goethe. My first film I saw since I am here was “Burgtheater” with Werner Kraus. He is the most famous actor in Germany. I saw him also on the stage in King Lear. I was greatly impressed by it. The film is one of the best. Sorry you have no chance of seeing it. It was worthwhile. Next week carnival begins and I hope I may enjoy some parties and balls. I am so fond of dancing. I sometimes hear on the radio some of the records we used to dance at Middelkerke “The music goes round & round”! Le plus beau de tous les tangos du monde. Tous va tres bien Madame La Marquise”. You remember them don’t you? Do you know the record “Lollipop Shop”. I heard it at Radio Luxemburg. Give my best regards to your family With best love Lolli-pop Please tell your Aunt Eileen we all thank her very much for her cards and wish her a happy New Year. Love Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

19th September 1937 Gössnitz Philatelic Society 19th September 1937 Gössnitz Philatelic Society 19.09.1937 Gossnitz reverse.jpeg 19.09.1937 Gossnitz reverse.jpeg 1/1 Commemorative postcard for the 50th anniversary (1887-1937) of the joining of Gössnitz in the German Philatelic Association. Note: This postcard is without a 3 Pf imprint which is listed in BV296 and F1107. The medal at the centre of the design features a depiction of German philatelist A.E. Glasewald. Ref: 19.09.1937 A.E. Glasewald (1861-1926) From Wikipedia: Arthur Ernst Glasewald was a book seller and later stamp dealer in Gössnitz near Leipzig who was a pioneer in the study of German private posts. He founded the Internationale Verein für Localmarkenkunde and was editor and publisher of the journal Neueste Privatpost-Nachrichten . He was joint author and publisher of the Handbuch der deutschen Privatpostmarken . Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

27th December 1939 27th December 1939 27.12.1939 voraus gegen Engeland reverse.jpeg 27.12.1939 voraus gegen Engeland reverse.jpeg 1/1 Propaganda postcard featuring an illustration by artist Harry Tress. The slogan translates to 'In 1940 full speed ahead against England', note that 'A.K.' is the abbreviation of 'äußerste Kraft', a naval term for full speed ahead. With feldpost cancel (Type 22) over a red feldpost number cachet (FPN 27928 - Minenschiff 'Kaiser'). Ref: 27.12.19 Story of the Kaiser Postcard depicting the turbinen-schnelldampfer 'Kaiser'. Launched 1905. Fate: scrapped 1954. During WWII converted to a minelayer for the Kriegsmarine. Armed with two 8.8cm guns and could lay up to 180 mines. In 1943 temporarily under the command of Carl Kircheiß. The ship ended her days in Poland as a stationary training and accommodation ship in Stettin. Ref: 07.06.1933 Reverse Extract fro m Wikipedia.de The Kaiser was commissioned by the Nordsee-Linie Dampfschiffs-GmbH from the Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan in 1904. When HAPAG took over the North Sea Line on 1st January, 1905, it also bought the Kaiser , which was still under construction on the slipway, along with its three other ships – Cobra , Prinzessin Heinrich and Silvana . The launch took place on 8th April, with commissioning on 10th September, 1905. The Kaiser was in service from Hamburg - Helgoland and from there deployed to Sylt or Norderney. The travel time from the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken to Helgoland was around four and a half hours, and from there to Norderney another three hours. Kaiser Wilhelm II used the ship for occasional trips on the North Sea . The Imperial Navy requisitioned the Kaiser on 4th August, 1914 and had her converted to an auxiliary mine ship (having the rear funnel removed). The ship could hold up to 200 mines. Under the command of Korvettenkapitän von Bülow, together with the mine cruisers SMS Albatross and SMS Nautilus , it laid a large mine barrier in the North Sea on September 9th September, 1914. However, the speed of the Kaiser proved to be too slow for a warship. At the end of the First World War she was the flagship for the flotilla 'Elbe' under commander Erich Graf von Zeppelin. In 1918 she was damaged by a mine and had to be made seaworthy again at a repair yard. Following the German surrender the Kaiser was requistioned by Great Britain. However, it was not put into service there and was bought back by HAPAG on 23rd September, 192. In 1922 there was a conversion at the Bremer Vulkan shipbuilding and machine works in Vegesack. On 17th June, 1923, the British steamer Bellbro and the Kaiser collided below the Stör. The starboard side of the Kaiser was damaged above the waterline. One of 1,887 passengers was killed and four were seriously injured. Initially back in service between Hamburg and Helgoland and to Amrum, Föhr and Sylt, the Kaiser sailed from 1st July, 1934, equipped with additional cabins, for the East Prussia sea service . During the Second World War, the Kaiser was converted into a mine ship by the Kriegsmarine. It was armed with two 8.8 cm guns and could carry up to 180 mines. She was temporarily under the command of Carl Kircheiß and was used as a test ship by the Navy from 1943. After the war, the Kaiser was once again given to Great Britain, from where she was handed over to the Soviet Union in 1946 and subsequently then to the People's Republic of Poland in April 1947. In 1949 (as the Beniowski ) she became a training ship of the Polish Navy. The Beniowski was laid up in Gdynia from 1950 and served as a stationary training and accommodation ship in Stettin until she was demolished in 1954. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th April 1939 17th April 1939 1/0 17th April 1939 Leutstetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! Many thanks for your long letter and the Easter wishes. I am sorry I can’t return your wishes as it is late now. I had a very nice time staying with a cousin, Countess Therese Preysing. She, or rather her mother has a marvellous castle in Low-Bavaria. Somewhere between Regensburg and Parsau. I am again looking forward to a wedding. Muck and I are going to be bridesmaids. As we shall be wearing the same dresses as at Baby’s wedding, I shall ask Mami to let me have a new evening gown for the soiree. The wedding will be at Nymphenburg Palace, just like Deidi’s. The date is the 6th May. I seem to do nothing except attend weddings the whole year round. Muck and I went skiing up on the mountains near Garmisch-Partenkichen. It was a glorious day with the sun shining, or rather burning. I wish you could have seen us both, we looked like tomatoes. Muck’s nose is peeling off, mine not yet. Did I write to you that Polzer is back in the opera. I am looking forward to seeing him in “Tristan and Isolde”. I hope it is not to long. The last opera I saw was Eugene Onegin by Tchaikowsky, Das Herz by Pfitzner, Wildschutz by Lortzing. I didn’t like “Das Herz”. The music is simply awful. I am looking forward to see Rigaletto, The Girl Of The Golden West and Friedenstag. I saw the film “Kidnapped” and liked it very much. Fondest love Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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