POSTAGE STAMPS
(1941)

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MICHEL 806
INTEGRATION of STYRIA, CARINTHIA and CARNIOLA
3Rpf + 7Rpf

BACKGROUND: Issued: 29th Sep 1941, designed by E. Meerwald and printed Photogravure by the State Printing Works in Vienna, this was the first of four stamps to commemorate the integration of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola into Greater Germany. This first stamp features Marburg (Maribor).

There were 4 special postmarks, one each from the towns of Marburg, Meistern, Pettau and Veldes.

Styria is located in the modern day region of Southern Austria and Northern Slovenia. Styria belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and then passed onto the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of the First World War. Following armed conflict between rival ethnic groups, the 1919 Treaty of St Germain divided the region among Austria and Slovenia. The stamp mark the return of the unified region to Austria and Greater Germany.

VALIDITY: 29th Sep 1941 until 31st Dec 1942
VALUE: 3Rpf + 7Rpf
COLOUR: blackish orange brown
WATERMARK: None
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (10x5)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

PLATE FLAWS

There were no major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collection

POSTALLY UNUSED - MINT

RELATED SPECIAL CANCEL

ABOVE: Special handstamp from MARBURG (P)