POSTAGE STAMPS
(1942)

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MICHEL 815
9. DAS BRAUNE BAND VON DEUTSCHLAND
9th BROWN RIBBON RACE
42Rpf + 108Rpf

BACKGROUND: This stamp was designed by Prof. Klein, printed at the State Printing Works in Vienna and issued on 14th Jul 1942 to celebrate the 9th Brown Ribbon Race. From 1934 the annual week-long Brown Ribbon horse racing event took place at Riem just outside Munich. It was a very popular social event even with the risk of Allied bombing. The race itself was for 3- and 4-year-old horses over 1.5 miles. The race started in the Nazi party's first year in power (1933), the name being derived from the brown uniform of the paramilitary wing (the Sturm Abteilung).

VALIDITY: 14th Jul 1942 until May 1945
VALUE: 42Rpf + 108Rpf
COLOUR: dark yellow brown
WATERMARK:
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SPECIAL CANCELLATION: Three special handstamps were used to commemorate the event: one has the same design as the stamp, another is inscribed "DEUTSCHER ALPENPREIS" and depicts the head of a horse. The last handstamp is inscribed "International Race Week Munich 1st-26th July 1942. Brown Ribbon of Germany".

VARIATIONS

ABOVE LEFT: 815 P I - perf L14½, measures 121x71mm
ABOVE CENTRE: 815 P II - perf L14½
ABOVE RIGHT: 815 P III - black brown, 121x69mm

PLATE FLAWS

There are 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 HANDSTAMP

The following examples from my collection all feature the first and most common special handstamp.

OTHER SPECIAL HANDSTAMPS

ABOVE LEFT: special handstamp for the War Relief fund used in BERLIN in 1944.