POSTAGE STAMPS
(1936)
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22-Feb-2023 07:59
MICHEL 616 and 627
11th OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES
BERLIN
40Rpf + 35Rpf
BACKGROUND: The last of the eight special issue Olympic stamps features the Equestrian Jumping events. There were two events: In the Individual Mixed event Germany's Kurt Hasse won the gold (he also won gold in the team evemt). Henry Rang of Romania took the silver and Josef von Platthy from Hungary placed third for the bronze medal.
Germany also came away with the gold in the mixed team event with the Netherlands taking silver and Portugal the bronze.
Kurt Hasse, Germany's two time gold medalist, was killed in action on the Eastern Front on 9th Jan 1944.
VALIDITY: 9th May 1936 until 30th Jun 1937
VALUE: 40Rpf + 35Rpf
COLOUR: blackish-violet
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (10x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
PLATE FLAWS
There were no major plate flaws
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All stamps shown from here until the end of the page are from my personal collectionMINT / UNUSED
