NAZI GERMANY
POSTMARKS
1943

STAMP DAY
(Tag Der Briefmarke)

This special cancel was used just for this one day and depicts the head of Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, facing to the left and inscribed 'TAG DER BRIEFMARKE 1943 - GEMEINSCHAFT DEUTSCHER SAMMLER' (DAY OF THE STAMP 1943 - COMMUNITY GERMAN COLLECTORS).

The following 27 cities used this cancel:

ASCHAFFENBURG, AUGSBURG, BERLIN, BOCHUM, BREMEN, BRESLAU, DEN HAAG, DRESDEN, ERFURT, ESSEN, HAMBURG, KASSEL, KATTOWITZ, KIEL, KÖLN, LEIPZIG, LINZ (DONAU), MAGDEBURG, MÜNCHEN, MÜUNSTER (WESTF), NÜRNBERG, SALZBURG, STETTIN, STRASSBURG, STUTTGART, WIEN AND WIESBADEN.

ASCHAFFENBURG

AUGSBURG

BERLIN

BOCHUM

BREMEN

BRESLAU

HAGUE

DRESDEN

ERFURT

ESSEN

HAMBURG

KASSEL

KATTOWITZ

KIEL

KÖLN

LEIPZIG

LINZ

MAGDEBURG

MÜNCHEN

MÜNSTER

NÜRNBURG

SLAZBURG

STETTIN

STRASSBURG (ELS)

STUTTGART

WIEN

WEISBADEN

10th ANNIV of the ASSUMPTION OF POWER

This special cancel celebrates 10 years of Nazi rule (Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in Jan 1933) and was used in six towns./cities:

BERLIN, GRAZ, KRAKAU, MÜNCHEN, NÜRNBERG AND WIEN.

BERLIN

GRAZ

KRAKAU

MÜNCHEN

NÜRNBERG

WIEN

HITLER's 54th BIRTHDAY

20th April - 1943. This series of 6 stamps was issued on 13th April 1943 to celebrate Hitler's upcoming 54th birthday on 20th April 1943. This special postmark was issued in AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, BRAUNAU, MÜNCHEN, NÜRNBERG AND WIEN. The stamp is inscribed "UNSER FÜHRER BANNT - DEN BOLSCHEWISMUS - 20.4.1943.' - Our Führer banishes Bolchevism'.

AMSTERDAM

BERLIN

BRAUNAU

MÜNCHEN

NÜRNBERG

WIEN

The BROWN RIBBON RACE

There were two special postmarks as well as a special slogan used for this event. The first postmark below was used only on the day of the race, 1st August 1943. Earlier in the meeting, on the 25th July a second postmark was used, again only for the day of the 'German Alpine Prize' race.