POSTAGE STAMPS
(1943)
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MICHEL 831
TAG DER WEHRMACHT & HELDENGEDENKTAG
ARMED FORCES' and HEROES' DAY
3Rpf + 2Rpf
BACKGROUND: This was the first in a series of 12 stamps issued on the 21st Mar 1943 with the intention of commemorating Wehrmacht Day and Hero's Remembrance Day. The stamps are the first series with a heavy focus on military themes, and coincidentally coincide with the last major victory for the Germans in World War 2 (The re-taking of Kharkov on the eastern front).
The stamps were designed by Meerwald and engraved at the State Printing Office in Berlin (Michel 831, 834 to 836, 839 to 841) and the State Printing Office in Vienna (Michel 832, 833, 837, 838 and 842). The design features a German Type VIIA U-boat following a successful attack on Allied merchant shipping.
VALIDITY: 21st Mar 1943 until May 1945
VALUE: 3Rpf + 2Rpf
COLOUR: blackish sienna
WATERMARK:
PERF: K 14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
SPECIAL CANCELLATION:
VARIATIONS
There were 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 collectionPOSTALLY UNUSED - MINT
UNRELATED SPECIAL HANDSTAMPS - 1943
VIENNA TRADE FAIR
(27th Dec 1943 / 29th Feb 1944)
BOCHMANN: Heft Nr: 22, Page: 769, Number: S 109
The following special handstamp was used to commemorate the 1943 VIENNA Trade Fair which took place from 27th Dec 1943 until 29th Feb 1944.
