NAZI GERMANY
My COVERS
1933
GERMAN BUILDER'S TRADE ASSOCIATION
(18th Apr 1933)
18th Apr 1933. This cover was sent from KRUMHERMSDORF to Pirna on 18th Apr 1933 and was addressed to the 'German Building Trade Association, Trade Union Building, Pirna'. It has a single 1933 Michel No.480 Friedrich the Great, 12Pf stamp.
TRIER to SAARBURG
(3rd May 1933)
OBERAMTSSPARKASSE
(13th May 1933)
This Cover is from a Bank and is inscribed "Oberamtssparkasse und Girokasse Waiblingen. mit Rebenstelle beim Rathaus und zweigstellen in fellbach, Minnenden und Endersbach" - 'Oberamtssparkasse and Girokasse Waiblingen. With a vineyard at the town hall and branches in Fellbach, Minnenden and Endersbach'. There are two official 1927 issue Michel 127X, 4Pf stamps. The reverse shows the monthly savings that can be made at the bank.
FIRST VOYAGE of S.S. WASHINGTON
(14th May 1933)
14th May 1933. This cover has a 14.5.33 'SONNEBERG (THURING)' cancel. The stamp is a 1933 Michel No.490 25Pf Hindenburg Medallion. The cover has an interesting "First Voyage S.S. Washington, New York to Cobh, Plymouth, Havre and Hamburg" cachet. This cover would have been sent on the return journey, Hamburg to New York, of the maiden voyage.
The SS Washington was a 24,189-ton luxury liner named after the US capital City and operated by the United States Lines Company. She was launched on 20th August 1932 and her maiden voyage took place on 10th May 1933. After two refits, in 1947 and 1955, she was eventually scrapped in 1965. At the time of her construction she, and her sister ship, The SS Manhattan were the largest ships ever built in the United States. Accommodating 580 in Cabin Class, 400 in Tourist and 150 in Third Class she had a reputation for high standards of service and luxury.
Both the SS Washington and SS Manhattan served the New York to Hamburg route until 1939 by which time the danger from German submarines forced their transfer to the New York to San Francisco route via the Panama Canal. On 6 June 1941, Washington was requisitioned and leased by the US Navy, and was subsequently commissioned as the troopship USS Mount Vernon on 16 June 1941. Her most notable assignment was ferrying British troops for the defence of Singapore just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbour.
ZEPPELIN COVER to BRAZIL
21st Aug 1933)
21st Aug 1933. This postcard was carried on the Graf Zeppelin to Pernambuco, Brazil where it arrived on 22nd Aug 1933. It has three stamps, a 1933 Michel No.486 10Rpf Hindenburg Medallion, a 1933 Michel No.491 40Rpf Airmail stamp and a 1931 Michel No.456 1 Mark Zeppelin stamp. The reverse of the card has a stamped 'N.E. SIEGER, LORCH, WURTT' inscription as well as a PERNAMBUCO cancel.
FINANZAMT AHRWEILER
(12th Jul 1933)
This cover is from the city finance department in Ahrweiler and bears the official seal above an inscription "Frei Durch Ablösung "Reich". Ahrweiler is a district of Bad Neuenahr-Anhweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate.
BAYERISCHE VERSICHERUNGSBANK
(10th Nov 1933)
The Bayerische Versicherungsbank was a bank located in Munich which was bought out by the Alliance Group in 1923 but continued to use its original name and operate semi-autonomously. This particular cover was machine cancelled in München on 10th Nov 1933 and the text incorporated in the machine cancel reflects that heritage 'BAYERISCHE VERSICHERUNGSBANK | ALLIANZ UND STUTTGARTER VEREIN' - 'BAVARIAN INSURANCE BANK | ALLIANCE AND STUTTGART ASSOCIATION'.
