NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1938

MICHEL 666
16th BRESLAU SPORTFEST

This set of 4 stamps depicting major buildings in Breslau were issued on the 21st June 1938. Designed by G. Fritz they were produced on sheets of 100 (10x10) stamps and did not have a watermark and were Perf K 14.

This event was held between 23rd and 31st July 1938 and was attended by Adolf Hitler and the leader of the Sudeten Nazi's, Konrad Henlein. At a speach during the games Hitler promised Sudeten Germans they would soon be freed (in October 1938, true to his word, the German army invaded the Sudentland area of Czechoslovakia)

Mi666
6Pf
dark green
athletic field

Valid until: 31st Dec 1939

Quantities: Unknown

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Mi666 PF I
shading lines missing to the left of the left '6' denomination

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

(1)
Mi 666
Mint, Unused

(2)
Mi 666
Mint, Unused

(3)
Mi 666
Mint, Unused

(4)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"STUTTGART"

(5)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"BAD EMS"

(6)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"OLDENBURG"
"2.9.38"

(7)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"AUGSBURG 2"
29.10.38

(8)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"AUGSBURG 2"
29.10.38

(9)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"NEUBURG"

(10)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"DONAU"

(11)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"FRANKFURT"
"20.7.38"

(12)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(13)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(14)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(15)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(16)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(17)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"HAMBURG"
"21.7.38"

(18)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(19)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"BADEN BADEN"

(20)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(21)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"GOLDBEGG im PONGAU"
"12.VII.38"

(22)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(23)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used

(24)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"6.VII.38"

(25)
Mi 666
Cancelled, Used
"BERLIN"
"15.7.38"

(25) Cancelled Berlin 15.7.38 with slogan cancel. This slogan postmark was issued to coincide with the SA Sportsday in Berlin from 15th to 17th July 1938. The inscription reads "15-17.Juli 1938 - SA - Reichswettkämpfe" - 'SA Empire Races'. The postmark shows a map of Greater Germany, including Austria and Prussia.

NAZI GERMANY STAMPS 1938

MICHEL 666 16th BRESLAU SPORTFEST