NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1943
MICHEL 842
ARMED FORCES' & HEROES' DAY
(Tag der Wehrmacht & Heldengedenktag)
This series of stamps was issued on the 21st Mar 1943 with the intention of commemorating Wehrmacht Day and Hero's Rememberance Day. The stamps are very focused on military themes and coincide with the last major vistory for the axis nations in World War 2 (The re-taking of Kharkov, Russia).
The stamps were designed by Meerwald and engraved at the State Printing Office in Berlin ( MICHEL 831, 834 to 836, 839 and 841) and the State Printing Office in Vienna ( MICHEL 832, 833, 837, 838 and 842) on sheets (5x10) perf K14.
Mi 842
50+50Pf
dark blue green
S-22, motor torpedo boat
50+50Pf
dark blue green
S-22, motor torpedo boat
This stamp exists with type 'x', vertical gum rippling and type 'y', horizontal gum rippling
Valid until: May 1945. Quantities: Unknown
VARIATIONS
Mi 842 Pa
glued on paper strip
glued on paper strip
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Mi 842
Mint, Unused
Mi 842
Mint, Unused
