POSTAGE STAMPS
(1938)
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13-Jun-2023 06:58
MICHEL 660
5th ANNIVERSARY of ASSUMPTION of POWER
6Rpf + 4Rpf
BACKGROUND: Two stamps were issued to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the election of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on 30th Jan 1933. The stamps depict a torchbearer and were designed by A. Kolb. The torch is meant to indicate the Nazi's leading Germany into the 'light' and the oak leave cluster in the torch bearers left hand is the sign of strength and longevity. Behind the torchbearer is the Brandeburger Tor.
VALIDITY: 28th Jan 1938 until 31st Dec 1939
VALUE: 6Rpf + 4Rpf
COLOUR: black opal green
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: 14.
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (10x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
PLATE FLAWS
There are 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
RELATED SPECIAL CANCEL - 5th ANNIVERSARY of ASSUMPTION to POWER
The following example features one of the special cancels used to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Nazi's gaining power in Germany on 30th Jan 1933
ABOVE LEFT: Special cancel FRANKFURT (P)
ABOVE CENTRE: Special cancel MÜNCHEN counter 'a' (P)
ABOVE RIGHT: Special canel NÜRNBERG counter 'a' (P)
SPECIAL CANCEL - HITLER's BIRTHDAY
The following example features one of the ten special cancels used only on 20th Apr 1938 to commemorate Hitler's birthday
SPECIAL CANCEL - BROWN RIBBON RACE
The two examples below feature special cancels used to commemorate the 1938 Brown Ribbon race.
ABOVE LEFT: Special Cancel used on 24th Jul 1938
ABOVE LEFT: Special Cancel used on 30th Jul 1938
SPECIAL CANCEL - PASEWALK
The next example features the special cancel used in PASEWALK on 21st Oct 1938 to commemorate the anniversary of Hitler's hospitalisation in PASEWALK hospital in 1918 following a British gas attack at the end of the First World War.
