POSTAGE STAMPS
(1945)

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MICHEL 907
600th ANNIVERSARY of MUNICIPAL LAW
(OLDENBURG)

Issued on 6th Jan 1945 this stamp celebrates the 600th year of the granting of city rights to Oldenburg. The stamp was designed by Vogenauer and produced on sheets (10x5) on unwatermarked paper perforated K14. The stamp depicts Count Anton von Oldenburg on horseback.



Mi 907: 6+14Rpf - blackish brown purple - More details

MICHEL 908
PARTEIMILIZ DER VOLKSSTURM
MOBILISATION of the 'HOME GUARD'

This stamp was issued in Feb 1945 to celebrate the "Volkssturm". Depicting 3 Volkssturm members protecting the fatherland. The stamp was printed at the Vienna State Printing Office on sheets of 50 (5x10), unwatermarked, yellowish, Perf K14 paper.



Mi 908: 12+8Rpf - rose carmine - More details

MICHEL 909 and 910
PARTEIFORMATIONEN SA & SS
12th ANNIVERSARY of the THIRD REICH

Issued: 21st Apr 1945. This was the final issue of Nazi stamps and was produced just weeks before the German defeat in World War II. They feature party organisations: Storm Troopers or 'SA' (Mi909) and the 'SS' (Mi910). Printed by the Vienna State Printing Office on sheets of 50 (10x5), unwatermarked, perf K14 paper.

It was initially intended that this would be a set of four stamps to commemorate the SA (Sturmabteilung), the SS (Schutzstaffel), the NSKK (National Socialist Motor Corps) and the NSFK (National Socialist Flyers Corps) but the latter two stamps were never issued.



Mi 909: 12Pf+38Pf - SA - Sturmabteilung (Brown Shirts). - More Details
Mi 910: 12Pf+38Pf - SS - Schutzstaffel (Black Shirts). - More Details

MICHEL 11
PERMISSION STAMP FELDPOST
(LEROS)

Issued: Feb 1945. This stamp is Michel 1 overprinted by a roller handstamp with the word "INSELPOST" in black blue-violet or light violet.



Mi 11: violet ultramarine - More Details

Michel 12
PERMISSION STAMP FELDPOST
(LEROS)

This stamp is Michel 2 overprinted by a roller handstamp with the word "INSELPOST" in black blue-violet or light violet.



Mi 12: bright brown red to brownish red - More Details

MICHEL 13
U-Boat (SUBMARINE POST) HELA

Issued: Mar 1945. This stamp is a permission stamp for use by troops stationed on the Hela Peninsula. Printed broken cutting lines between stamps and no gum.



Mi 13: pale light blue - More Details

MICHEL 16
PERMISSION STAMP FELDPOST
(KURLAND)

Issued: Mar 1945. Half of Michel Nr 4 divided vertically used in Courland as permission stamp for air mail.



Mi 16: bright green / emerald green - More Details

MICHEL 17
PERMISSION STAMP FELDPOST
(RUHR POCKET)

Issued: Apr 1945. Air mail permission stamp for the troops trapped in the Ruhr pocket. This stamp is a standard Michel 786 with a horizontal "Feld post" overprint, printed by House Kämper in Meinerzhagen.



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