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OPPORTUNITY STAMP - SPECIAL STAMP
(1937)

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TAG DER BRIEFMARKE
THE DAY OF THE STAMP

BOCHMANN: Heft 26, Page 873, No. 17

BACKGROUND: There was a special handstamp used to commemorate the Day of the Stamp in 1937 used in 14 towns and cities on 10th Jan 1937. The handstamps all feature an envelope and a posthorn with the text "Tag der Briefmarke", and are identical except for the town/city name and the format of the date.

There were three different counters used in BERLIN: 'a', 'b' and 'c'



ABOVE LEFT: ASCHAFFENBURG 2 [BOCHMANN: Heft 1, Page 46, No. 4]
ABOVE CENTRE: ASCHERSLEBEN [BOCHMANN: Heft 1, Page 47, No. S + 2] (C)
ABOVE RIGHT: BAD NAUHEIM [BOCHMANN: Heft 2, Page 66, No. S + 3]



ABOVE LEFT: BERLIN counter 'a' [BOCHMANN: Heft 3, Page 109, No. 211]
ABOVE CENTRE: BERLIN counter 'b' (C) [BOCHMANN: Heft 3, Page 109, No. 211]
ABOVE RIGHT: BERLIN counter 'c' [BOCHMANN: Heft 3, Page 109, No. 211]



ABOVE LEFT: BREMEN [BOCHMANN: Heft 4, Page 171, No. S + 18]
ABOVE CENTRE: BRESLAU [BOCHMANN: Heft 4, Page 176, No. S + 33] (C)
ABOVE RIGHT: ERFURT [BOCHMANN: Heft 7, Page 259, No. S + 14] (C)



ABOVE LEFT: FORST (LAUSITZ) [BOCHMANN: Heft 7, Page 275, No. S + 7]
ABOVE CENTRE: FRANKFURT (MAIN) [BOCHMANN: Heft 7, Page 283, No. S + 72]
ABOVE RIGHT: GÖβNITZ [BOCHMANN: Heft 8, Page 324, No. S + 2]



ABOVE LEFT: HANNOVER [BOCHMANN: Heft 10, Page 367, No. S + 39] (C)
ABOVE CENTRE: LEIPZIG [BOCHMANN: Heft 13, Page 477, No. S + 117]
ABOVE RIGHT: MÜNCHEN [BOCHMANN: Heft 16, Page 553, No. S + 92] (P)



ABOVE: NÜRNBERG [BOCHMANN: Heft 16, Page 594, No. S + 47] (P)