POSTAGE STAMPS
(1944)
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MICHEL 865
11th ANNIVERSARY of the ASSUMPTION of POWER
54Rpf + 96Rpf
BACKGROUND: A single stamp was issued on 29th Jan 1944 to commemorate the assumption to power of the Nazi party in 1933. It was designed by Gottfried Klein from a photograph by Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann. Printed photogravure by the Vienna State Printing Works the stamp was valid for use until the end of the war in 1945.
VALIDITY: 29th Jan 1944 until May 1945
VALUE: 54Rpf + 96Rpf
COLOUR: dark orange brown
WATERMARK:
PERF: K 14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
SPECIAL CANCELLATION:
VARIATIONS
ABOVE: 865 P - Test Print - brown red, perf L14½, measures 145x118mm
PLATE FLAWS
ABOVE LEFT: 865 P I - The 'U' of 'DEUTSCHLAND' is broken at the bottom
ABOVE RIGHT: 865 P II - white fleck in eagle's wing between first and second feathers.
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collectionPOSTALLY UNUSED - MINT
PLATE FLAWS
865 PF I: The 'U' of 'DEUTSCHLAND' is broken at the bottom
ABOVE: Two examples of 865 PF I (P)
UNRELATED SPECIAL HANDSTAMP
The following special handstamp was used in MARIENBURG on 6th Jul 1944 to commemorate 700 years of Eastern history.
ABOVE: MARIENBURG special handstamp (P)
