POSTAGE STAMPS
(1943)
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MICHEL 837
TAG DER WEHRMACHT & HELDENGEDENKTAG
ARMED FORCES' and HEROES' DAY
15Rpf + 10Rpf
BACKGROUND: This was the seventh 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 German Heavy Artillery with Morser 18 howitzer.
VALIDITY: 21st Mar 1943 until May 1945
VALUE: 15Rpf + 10Rpf
COLOUR: dark brown red
WATERMARK:
PERF: K 14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
SPECIAL CANCELLATION:
VARIATIONS
ABOVE LEFT: 837 x - vertical gum ribbing
ABOVE CENTRE: 837 y - horizontal gum ribbing
ABOVE RIGHT: 837 Pa - on glued webbed paper
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
