POSTAGE STAMPS
(1944)

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MICHEL 873
TAG DER WEHRMACHT & HELDENGEDENKTAG II
ARMED FORCES' and HERO'S DAY
3Rpf + 2Rpf

BACKGROUND: Issued on 11th Mar 1944 this was the first stamp is a series of 13 stamps released to commemorate both the Day of the Armed Forces and Hero's Day 1944. The complete set was designed by Prof. O. Anton and printed photogravure by the Berlin State Printing Works. This first design features a German assault craft.

VALIDITY: 11th Mar 1944 until May 1945
VALUE: 3Rpf + 2Rpf
COLOUR: blackish yellow brown
WATERMARK:
PERF: K 14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SPECIAL CANCELLATION:

VARIATIONS

ABOVE LEFT : 873 x - vertical gum ribbing
ABOVE RIGHT: 873 y - horizontal gum ribbing

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

ABOVE: Mi 873 y

UNRELATED SPECIAL HANDSTAMPS

The following special handstamp was intended to be used at the 1944 Brown Ribbon Meeting. Stamps, handstamps and commemorative postal stationary was printed but the race never took place.



ABOVE: Special Brown Ribbon handstamp (P)