NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1944

MICHEL 865
11th ANNIV of ASSUMPTION of POWER

Issued: 20th Jan 1944. This stamp was designed by Gottfried Klein from a photograph by Hitler's personal photograher Heinrich Hoffmann. Printed photogravure on coated paper by the Vienna State Printing Works the stamp was perforated K 14 with yellowish gum and had no watermark. There was no special postmark or postcard used to celebrate this event.

Here is an example of the stamp on a cover.

Mi 865
54+96Pf
dark orange brown

Valid Until: May 1945

Quantities: Unknown

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VARIATIONS

REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

PLATE FLAWS

Mi 865 PF I
damaged lower part of 'U' in 'DEUTSCHES'

Mi 865 PF II
white spot on eagle's wing joining the top two feathers

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

(1)
Mi 865
Mint, Unused

(2)
Mi 865
Cancelled, Used

(3)
Mi 865
Mint, Unused

(2) Cancelled with special cancel from 'MARIENBURGH (WESTPR)' on 6th Jul 1944. The cancel appears to read 'Burg der Deutschen 700 Jahre Ostgeschicht' or 'Castle of the Germans 700 years of Eastern history' but this needs confirmation.
(3) Cancelled with a standard CDS cancel in 'ASCHAFFENBURG' on 12th May 1944.

NAZI GERMANY STAMPS 1944

MICHEL 865 11th ANNIV of ASSUMPTION of POWER