NAZI GERMANY
My COVERS
1944
REGISTERED COVER from BERLIN
(30th Jan 1944
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REGISTERED COVER from GISPERSLEBEN
(9th Feb 1944
)
This Registered letter was sent from Gispersleben on 9.2.1944
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11th ANNIV of the ASSUMPTION of POWER
(12th Feb 1944
)
12th Feb 1944
. This registered cover was sent to HAMBURG and was cancelled "STAUTHERN | 12.2.44" and has a regular CDS cancel. The stamp is Michel 865.
REGISTERED COVER FROM
GORLITZ to LETMATHE
(14th Feb 1944
)
REGISTERED OFFICIAL LETTER
from NEUMARKT
(21st Feb 1944
)
REGISTERED COVER from KARLSBAD
(23rd Feb 1944/)
BERLIN to FRIEDENAU
(22nd Feb 1944
)
REGISTERED COVER
(22nd Feb 1944
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REGISTERED LETTER
LETMATHE to GORLITZ
(4th Apr 1944
)
REGISTERED LETTER
BRANAU to ASCHAFFENBURG
(20th Apr 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "BRANAU (INN) | 20.4.44" with the special cancel used on Hitler's birthday in 1944
. Hitler was born in Branau on the 20th April 1889 and this cover was sent from his birthplace to Aschaffenburg on his 55th birthday. The stamp is Michel 887 issued on the 20th Apr 1944
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COVER from KRUMMHÜBEL
(21st Apr 1944
)
This cover is cancelled Hillschied on 22.4.44
RED CROSS COVER (I)
(21st Apr 1944
)
COVER from WESEL to BOCHUM
(27th Apr 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "WESEL | 27.4.44" with a business cancel and looks to be sent from a company in Wesel to the Technical Emergency Aid Fund in Bochum.
The advertising stamp in red reads 'Buch-und Steindruckerei ~ Formularverlag ~ Schießscheiben Fabrik Carl Kuhler Wesel' or 'Book and Stone Printing ~ Form Publishing ~ Shooting Target Factory Carl Kuhler Wesel'
REGISTERED COVER CHEMNITZ
(29th Apr 1944
)
OFFICIAL REGISTERED LETTER
RIVA to DRESDEN
(1st May 1944
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COVER from BERLIN
(8th May 1944
)
This cover was cancelled in Berlin on 8th May 1944/
COVER from PIRNA
(25th May 1944
)
This cover was cancelled in Pirna on 25th May 1944/
REGISTERED LETTER
LETMATHE to GORLITZ
(8th Jun 1944
)
RED CROSS COVER (II)
(13th Jun 1944
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LOCAL COVER to DRESDEN
(7th Jul 1944
)
This cover was sent locally within Dresden on the 7th Jul 1944
. The cover is overpaid and features a single Michel 897 stamp as well as an additional Michel 898 stamp. The cancel is a regular CDS cancel.
LETTER from INNSBRUCK to SPANDAU
(17th Jul 1944
)
COVER from RAPPOLTSWEILER (ELS)
(21st Jul 1944
)
KARL HENNIG COVER
(5th Aug 1944
)
REGISTERED LETTER
MUNICH to MINDELHEIM
(6th Aug 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "MÜNCHEN | 8.8.44" and has a special postmark commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Brown Band horse racing event held in Munich every year. The stamp is Michel 899 issued on the 23rd July 1944
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The special cancel was never officially used due to the cancellation of the race, post offices did use the handstamp to cancel CTO orders from dealers and collectors as if the event had actually taken place. Any postally used cancels were most likely applied after the war.
Here is another example of a cancelled cover featuring the special postmark. Again this was likely added after the war or the cover was never sent through the mail and is a CTO. This seems even more likely as the cancels on the reverse of the cover indicate that the letter was originally posted in Aug 1933 and the stamp and postmark were added later.
POSTCARD from BERLIN
(2nd Sep 1944
)
LOCAL LETTER to HARZ
(8th Sep 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "ELEND (HARZ) | 8.9.44 | Luftkurort u. Wintersportplatz' or 'ELAND | 8.9.44 | Climatic health resort and Wintersports Centre'. The stamp are 1943 issued Michel 860, 1944
issued Michel 869 and 3x 1Pf Hindenburg Medallions.
LETTER from BERLIN
(15th Sep 1944
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CASH ON DELIVERY - MUNSTER
(18th Sep 1944
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LOCAL LETTER to ERLANGEN
(25th Sep 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "ST WOLFGANG (OBERDONAU) - 25.9.44" and has a special postmark inscribed "Salztammergut penseebad am Wolfgangsee". The stamp are Michel 902 and 903 as well as 2x 1Pf (Michel 781) Hitler Medallions and 1x 4Pf (Michel 783) Hitler Medallion from 1941.
RED CROSS COVER (IV)
(2nd Oct 1944
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RED CROSS COVER (III)
(3rd Oct 1944
)
REGISTERED LOCAL LETTER FROM BERLIN
(5th Oct 1944
)
This cover is cancelled "BERLIN SO 36 - 05.10.44" and has a special postmark advertising the Army Winter Relief Charity Fund. The stamps are Michel 900, Michel 901, Michel 897, Michel 898 and Michel 830 issed in 1943.
LETTER FROM OSNABRUCK
(15th Oct 1944
)
This cover is cancelled Osnabruck on 15.10.44
REGISTERED COVER FROM
LETMATHE to GORLITZ
(23rd Oct 1944
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COVER from BERLIN
(2nd Nov 1944
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COVER to RASTENBURG
(9th Nov 1944
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COVER from MAINZ
(13th Dec 1944
)
This cover was cancelled in Mainz on 13th Dec 1944/
