NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1935

MICHEL 599
12th ANNIV of the BEER HALL PUTSCH

These two identical stamps (except the colour and value) were designed by H. Raebiger on sheets of 100 on 5th November 1935. They were valid until the end of 1936. The design shows an SA (SturmAbteilung) member holding aloft the "blood flag" that became synonymous with the failed 1923 Munich putsch where the Nazi's attempted to gain control of the Bavarian Government by force. The stamps were produced on swastika watermark paper and were Perf K 14. There were two variants, type 'x' with vertically ribbed gum and type 'y' with horizontal ribbed gum.