Stamporama Discussions: 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!

General Philatelic/Identify This? : 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!

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stampbaby

01 Jan 2018
07:19:34pm

Can anyone offer information on the history of this Wehrmacht Stamp? Image Not Found

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
01 Jan 2018
10:27:13pm

re: 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!

" ...Bread brand for military personnel .... LOAF ...."

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jmh67

02 Jan 2018
02:46:00am

re: 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!

It is a bread ration stamp for soldiers.

10 grams is a very thin slice, considering that a loaf of bread usually weighs about one kilogram (a bit over two pounds). I cannot help wondering whether it was really worth the trouble printing these stamps for such small amounts, representing a monetary value of way under one Pfennig ...

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stampbaby

01 Jan 2018
07:19:34pm

Can anyone offer information on the history of this Wehrmacht Stamp? Image Not Found

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
01 Jan 2018
10:27:13pm

re: 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!

" ...Bread brand for military personnel .... LOAF ...."

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likes this post.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

jmh67

02 Jan 2018
02:46:00am

re: 3rd Reich Mystery Stamp!