POSTAGE STAMPS
(1936)
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MICHEL 635
WINTERHILFSWERK
(WINTER RELIEF)
4Rpf + 3Rpf
BACKGROUND: As in previous years a set of 9 stamps was issued at the end of 1936 to raise money for the Winter Relief Fund.
This second stamp in this series features the Air Transport Ministry building in Berlin. Construction began in Feb 1935 and the entire building was completed 18 months later in Aug 1936. Designed by Ernst Sagebiel it was once the largest office building in Europe and now houses the German Finance Ministry.
The building has seven storeys, a total floor area of 112,000 sq metres, 2,800 rooms, 7 kilometres of corridors and over 4,000 windows. The building not only housed the Air Transport Ministry but was also home to Goering's Luftwaffe and a total of 4,000 people worked there.
VALIDITY: 21st Sep/28th Oct 1936 until 30th Jun 1937
VALUE: 4Rpf + 3Rpf
COLOUR: green-black
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (10x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
PLATE FLAWS
There are no plate flaws
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All stamps shown from here until the end of the page are from my personal collectionMINT / UNUSED
