29th December 1939 Parole der Woche Nr.52 (1939) 29th December 1939 Parole der Woche Nr.52 (1939) 29.12.1939.jpeg 29.12.1939.jpeg 1/1 Parole der Woche Nr.52, 'Nur nicht weich werden, Mister Chamberlain!!' Parole der Woche Nr.52 (1939) Translation Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

9th December 1939 9th December 1939 Cover with Mi.31 1/1 Cover featuring three stamps of Bohemia and Moravia (Mi.22, Mi.30 and Mi.31). Ref: 09.12.1939 link to details of these stamps Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

24th June 1939 JB:Lüneburg 24th June 1939 JB:Lüneburg 24.06.1939 - 26_76 Luneburg cancel reverse.jpeg 24.06.1939 - 26_76 Luneburg cancel reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover featuring Lüneburg cancellation JB:Lüneburg2/511. Ref: 24.06.1939 - 26/76 LÜNEBURG cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Lüneburg2/511 - '"Land zwischen Meer und Heide"/Ausstellung 23.06.-2.7.39'. Ref: 24.06.1939 - 26/76 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Spanish Civil War Nationalist Propaganda Covers Spanish Civil War Nationalist Propaganda Covers 20.01.1939 - 3_80 SCW Pro Sevilla reverse.jpeg 20.01.1939 - 3_80 SCW Pro Sevilla reverse.jpeg 1/1 Spanish Civil War. Nationalist propaganda cover sent from Sevilla to Germany. Featuring various postage stamps, including a 'Pro Sevilla' 5 c. (Allepuz 15). Note regarding this cover: when purchased it was identified as having some relation to Legion 'Condor' due to the address?. Cannot find this link. Further research required. Ref: 20.01.1939 - 3/80 Spanish Civil War NATIONALIST PROPAGANDA COVERS & POSTCARDS Posted ???? Postcard from Malaga to Germany. Ref: 3/83 (date difficult to read). See TRSG 5/80 Posted 1937. Cover from Palma de Mallorca to Germany. Ref: 05.05.1937 Posted 1939. Cover from Sevilla to Germany. Similar to other covers with the addition of the swastika to the upper right corner. Ref: 21.01.1939 - 3/80 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Airmail cover sent from Düsseldorf to an address in Switzerland. Featuring the lower left corner of booklet sheet MHB 56. Ref: 26.05.1936 - 15/10 26th May 1936 MHB 56 26.05.1936 MHB 56 reverse.jpeg 26.05.1936 MHB 56 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Airmail cover sent from Düsseldorf to an address in Switzerland. Featuring the lower left corner of booklet sheet MHB 56. Ref: 26.05.1936 - 15/10 Stamp sequences from booklet sheet MHB 56 S237 (Mi.588+Mi.593). Ref: 17.03.1936 - 15/49 S241 (Mi.593+A7). Ref: 12.10.1935 Various combinations from the lower left corner of MHB 56. Ref: 26.05.1936 - 15/10 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

'Ross' Verlag postcard depicting film actress Lee Parry. Ref: 17.03.1933 17th March 1933 Lee Parry 1/1 'Ross' Verlag postcard depicting film actress Lee Parry. Ref: 17.03.1933 Lee Parry Lee Parry (born Mathilde Charlotte Benz, 1901 - 1977) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1939. Lee Parry was born Mathilde Charlotte Benz on 14th January 1901, daughter of the stage actor, opera tenor, and variety director Josef Friedrich Benz (1863–1928), who was popularly known as 'Papa Benz', and the singer Mathilde Benz (1880–1967). Parry was discovered by director Richard Eichberg in 1919, who she subsequently married. She made her film debut in Jettatore , followed by Sins of the Parents and Nonne und Tänzerin (all 1919), all of which were directed by Eichberg. Parry was at the pinnacle of her career when she starred in the historical drama Monna Vanna (1922) opposite Paul Wegener and Hans Stürm. She co-starred in several films with Bela Lugosi during the period in which he lived in Germany, including Hypnosis and The Curse of Man . In addition to acting in films, Parry also acted on the stage and starred in several Viennese operettas. She also embarked on a successful music career, recording popular songs such as 'Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt'. Her final screen appearance was in Adieu Vienne (1939). In 1956, Parry moved to Buenos Aires with her second husband, Siegmund Breslauer, who was a director at the German exile theater Freie Deutsche Bühne. Following a theatrical comeback in the play Manon , she continued to perform for several more years on various stages across South America. Parry died on 24th January 1977 in Bad Tölz. Source: Wikipedia (2024) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th March 1939 Vorläufer (tolerated ČSR) 15th March 1939 Vorläufer (tolerated ČSR) 1/1 Postcard sent through the feldpost service to an address in Osnabrück. The photograph depicting the town of Holešov in Bohemia & Moravia. A 'Vorläufer' postage stamp: The tolerated use of a Czech stamp (Mi.349) following the creation of the Protectorate. Ref: 21.03.1939 Vorläufer Note: Michel list the use of Czechoslovak stamps between 15th March and the 12th April 1939 as 'Vorläufer' (forerunners - after the creation of the Protectorate and before the first issue Mi.A1 - definitive depicting President Masaryk) and 'Mitläufer' (co-runners - used after Mi.A1 and before 15th December 1939). Stefánik 1936 Mi.V349 (60H - Štefánik 1936). Ref: 21.03.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

27th September 1942 JB:Bernburg 27.09.1942 Bernburg Wehrkampftag reverse.jpeg 27.09.1942 Bernburg Wehrkampftag reverse.jpeg 1/1 A collectors plain postcard featuring postage stamp Mi.818 (SA military sport exercises) and special cancellation for the event, JB:Bernburg5/149 (used on this day only). Ref: 27.09.1942 BERNBURG cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Bernburg5/149 - Wehrkampftag 1942/ 27./ IX'. Ref: 27.09.1942 Note: JB:Bernburg5/149 was the last special cancellation issued in Bernburg during the Third Reich period. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

10th December 1947 Anschar Nesshan 10th December 1947 Anschar Nesshan 10.12.1947 Anschar Nasshan reverse.jpeg 10.12.1947 Anschar Nasshan reverse.jpeg 1/1 Commercial postcard sent from 'Anschar Nasshan Briefmarkenversand' in Kaltenkirchen to an address in Barsinghausen. Ref: 10.12.1947 - 16/63 Anschar Nasshan Further research required Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Postcard sent from 'Seestadt Rostock' featuring special cancellation JB:Rostock3/649. Note: the cancellation states, 'Stamp advertising show "Griffin"'. Rostock has had three different coats of arms, known as the Signum, the Secretum and the Sigillum. The Signum, which can be traced back to 1367, was developed last and is to this day the coat of arms of the city. The Signum depicts a golden griffin (German: 'Greif') on a blue background, with bars of silver and red, the colours of the Hanseatic League, below. It can be seen not only on flags and houses, and at bus stops, but also on bridges, gullies, fences, ships and restaurants. Ref: 09.01.1938 - 28/76 9th January 1938 JB: Rostock 09.01.1938 Rostock reverse.jpeg 09.01.1938 Rostock reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard sent from 'Seestadt Rostock' featuring special cancellation JB:Rostock3/649. Note: the cancellation states, 'Stamp advertising show "Griffin"'. Rostock has had three different coats of arms, known as the Signum, the Secretum and the Sigillum. The Signum, which can be traced back to 1367, was developed last and is to this day the coat of arms of the city. The Signum depicts a golden griffin (German: 'Greif') on a blue background, with bars of silver and red, the colours of the Hanseatic League, below. It can be seen not only on flags and houses, and at bus stops, but also on bridges, gullies, fences, ships and restaurants. Ref: 09.01.1938 - 28/76 ROSTOCK cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Rostock3/649 - 'Briefmarken-Werbe-Schau "Greif"/ Tag der Briefmarke/ 1.38.-20'. Ref: 09.01.1938 - 28/76 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

30th August 1939 Barlog 8703 30th August 1939 Barlog 8703 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a group of soldiers playing cards with an NCO at their door. Bestell-Nr.8703. Written by a soldier at Eschwege Luftpark. Ref: 30.08.1939 The caption reads: 'Wunsch träum' (It’s all a dream): The smiling Corporal being greeted by the card school with shouts of 'I’ve just won!', 'Cheers Corporal!' and 'Share a bottle with us!'. Eschwege Luftpark Eschwege (GER) (51 12 00 N – 10 01 40 E) General: airfield (Fliegerhorst) 41.6 km ESE of Kassel in Hesse and 2.4 km NW of Eschwege. History: construction began on 1 October 1935 and the airfield was officially opened on 30 March 1936. Officially designated a Lw. Fliegerhorstkommandantur on 1 October 1936. Existed mainly for the air park (Luftpark) there, but also used by bomber and short-range reconnaissance units to 1940. Wartime role was storage, aircraft maintenance training and aircraft maintenance replacement. Dimensions: approx. 915 x 1050 meters (1,000 x 1,150 yards). Runway: grass surface with paved hangar apron and perimeter road surrounding the landing area. Infrastructure: fuel, oil, water, ammunitions and communications available. The building area was at the S end of the field and consisted of 5 hangars including a large repair hangar, additional workshop buildings adjacent to the hangars, a flight operations building (Flugleitung), a motor pool with garages, supply buildings, barrack blocks, messes, station HQ and dispensary. A sports ground and swimming pool were sited on the W side of the landing area. A branch railway ran to the rear of the hangars and to storage warehouses at the SW corner of the airfield. Dispersal: a small area with 4 open aircraft shelters at the SE corner of the field. Defenses: a single tower for light Flak off the SSE boundary. Remarks: repeatedly bombed and strafed during the war beginning the night of 18/19 July 1940. 19 Apr 44: bombed by 53 B-17 Fortresses. 27 Sep 44: low-level attack by VIII Fighter Command P-51s – claimed 1 x Fw 190 and 1 x Ju 88 destroyed. 22 Feb 45: town marshaling yards bombed by 30 B-24 Liberators but some of the bombs fell on the airfield. 3 Apr 45: airfield taken by U.S. forces and a USAAF tactical reconnaissance group moved in on 9 April after repair work was completed. Operational Units: II./KG 254 (Apr 37 – Mar 38); Stab, 1.(H), 2.(H), 4.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23 (Nov 38 – Aug 39); II./KG 1 (Nov 39 – Jan 40); 3. (H), 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23 (Dec 40 – Apr 41); Stab, 1., 2., 3./NSGr. 2 (Mar-Apr 45). Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. A Eschwege (1940); Fl.Pl.Kdo. A 25/VI (c. Feb 43 – Mar 44); Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 13/VI (Apr 44 – Apr 45). Kommandant (prior to the establishment of a numbered station command – not complete): Maj. Siebel (fall 36 - Aug 38). Station Units (on various dates – not complete): Luftpark Eschwege (fall 1936 - 1940); Feldwerft-Ers.Abt. (c.1941-45); NSFK-Gruppe “Mitte”; Ln.-Techn.Kp. (Bord) 1 (Jan 45); Ln.-Heimatreparaturbetrieb 4/VI (Wanfried, c.1942-45). Source: ww2.dk Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page