Here a story about that man (From Wikipedia).
Politician for the NSDAP in Lorch
Hermann Ernst Sieger was a founding member of the Lorcher NSDAP local group in 1932.
At the first local council meeting after the Gleichschaltung in 1933, the Sieger city council requested that central streets and squares in the city of Lorch be renamed after National Socialist personalities and Reich President Hindenburg, who had made the NSDAP dictatorship possible.
In addition, ruthless action against dissidents and the political opposition was announced.
In 1935, Sieger was appointed the mayor's first deputy.
From 1937 to 1945 he was the local group leader of the Lorcher NSDAP.
He also worked as deputy to the district leader, as district economic advisor, district technical advisor for municipal affairs, senior section leader of the NSDAP and as honorary consul for Paraguay.
As was usual during the National Socialist era - and in Sieger's specific case proven by contemporary witnesses and sources - the local group leader was in fact above the mayor and gave him instructions and orders.
Since Sieger did not hold back with his authority, the mayor of Lorch at the time, Wilhelm Scheufele, referred to him as the “little dictator of Lorch”.
At his instigation, political opponents and people who were hostile to Sieger for personal reasons were excluded in Lorch, threatened, subjected to violence, imprisoned in concentration camps and placed on death lists.
Sieger was a convinced anti-Semite and consistently excluded Jewish traders from Lorch business life.
Under Sieger, at least four Lorch women were forcibly sterilized and at least three disabled people - including an 11-year-old girl - were transported to the Grafeneck killing center as part of Operation T4 and murdered there by gassing.
When US soldiers invaded Lorch on April 19, 1945, Sieger fled the city with his family.
At the instigation of Josef Hoop, he briefly received refuge in Liechtenstein, and was then interned in Ludwigsburg from 1945 to 1948.
In the course of denazification, Sieger was classified as a Nazi follower - not least because of Hoop's statement exonerating him.
Philatelic activities
On December 16, 1922, at the age of 20, Sieger founded his company of the same name in Lorch.
In the same year he donated the winner's prize named after him.
In 1930, Sieger first published its Zeppelin postal catalog, the so-called “Sieger Catalog”.
He was also a philatelic advisor to Zeppelin AG and headed the Reich organization of the German stamp trade during the Nazi era.
In 1954 his son Hermann Walter Sieger (1928–2019) took over the company.
In 1975, his grandson Günter Hermann Sieger joined the company and now runs it.
Here is another Stamp Dealer cover. Sender was Hermann Tober, fairly well-known in America through advertising in the philatelic press. Recipient was E. Tillaman, a stamp dealer living in Osanbruck, Lower Saxony. It was registered-signature required. The denomination is shifted to the left.
This is one of my favorites, shows signs of wear but fits just fine in my collection.
Don
Lovely cover. And the flag cancellation is stellar.
When ever pioneer stamp dealers are mentioned, I always think of Hiram Deats. Everyone has seen one of these covers as they've gone through old cover boxes!
He came from a wealthy family and his father died young, leaving him a fortune. He then proceeded to build the best collection of US revenue stamps. He was a stamp dealer, and also started a regional NJ newspaper.
Cover Craft Cachets of Paterson, NJ
I like the "Philatelic Expert" and use of interesting stamps. The one on the right is a Shermack private perf
Okay, I will jump in here with a few of my own;
1912
This one appears to be sent TO a stamp dealer....why they put a battleship revenue on it - who knows.
Looks like the used revenue was added AFTER the cancel was applied.
I can't quite make out the sender's return address info - maybe someone here can;
1924
This one looks like the delivery address was changed/modified/updated?
1923
This last one also has something imprinted on the reverse as well;
The return address on the first cover looks like
Charlotte NC
902 N Poplar St
First name could be Fritz
nothing close in the 1910 and 1920 census at that address
I have some dealer covers here is one from 1936 L.A. to Newfoundland.
@musicman
"why they put a battleship revenue on it - who knows.
Looks like the used revenue was added AFTER the cancel was applied."
A stamp dealer unknown to me, but I bought this cover for the illustration of mint sheet protectors.
DonSellos
Here's one from Elmer Long to A. Atlas Leve, both noted philatelists and dealers back in the 1930s.
Hey Tom!
Just discovered I had this one in some miscellaneous covers;
A good mate to the one you have - if you want it, just say the word and I'll send it off to ya.
Thanks for the offer Randy! I do have that one somewhere in my hoard!
BTW, I sent you something!
Does it have the same precancel?
I'd have to dig, but I remember it being a precancel.
no need - just my curious mind!
Anyone recognize the name of the sender?
Another Elmer Long cover. Long's covers are among my favorites. He used the art work of John Coulthard to illustrate many of his covers along with his ads in Stamps Magazine, and his annual Collector's Handbook, which was a price list for stamps and collecting supplies. John Coulthard was a commercial artist from Modesto, California, who did the art for many cachets and pieces of philatelic ephemera in the 1930s and 1940s.
DonSellos
The "Happy Mailman" corner card. The spotted dog was John Coulthard's signature figure.
An example of the Collector's Handbook that Long mailed in the cover above.
mbo1142
Aside from being a great Herst cover, I also recognize the addressee. The addressee, Gordon Morison, was a USPS excutive employee, collector, and active in organized philately. Here is a link to Morison's obituary:
https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-pos ...
Don Sellos
DonSellos,
Many thanks for the information on Gordon Morison. I did a brief search for the name, but came up empty. Makes the cover that much more interesting. At least for me.
Mel
I have a few German stamp dealer covers from before 1940. Here is an example. This is an Registered Air Mail cover from Herman E. Sieger to a Willy Wolfrum, a resident of Freiburg in Breisgau. I can locate the Wolfrum family living there because some were well known scientists, but I cannot find a short biography for Willy/Wilhelm. The 'stains' are scanner shadows crated because of the high quality paper which resembles parchment.
To me the interesting bit is the reverse side. It's sealed with Sieger's specially designed label and that is 'cancelled' with two fake cancellations which advertise the Seiger company. Enjoy. Comments welcome.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Here a story about that man (From Wikipedia).
Politician for the NSDAP in Lorch
Hermann Ernst Sieger was a founding member of the Lorcher NSDAP local group in 1932.
At the first local council meeting after the Gleichschaltung in 1933, the Sieger city council requested that central streets and squares in the city of Lorch be renamed after National Socialist personalities and Reich President Hindenburg, who had made the NSDAP dictatorship possible.
In addition, ruthless action against dissidents and the political opposition was announced.
In 1935, Sieger was appointed the mayor's first deputy.
From 1937 to 1945 he was the local group leader of the Lorcher NSDAP.
He also worked as deputy to the district leader, as district economic advisor, district technical advisor for municipal affairs, senior section leader of the NSDAP and as honorary consul for Paraguay.
As was usual during the National Socialist era - and in Sieger's specific case proven by contemporary witnesses and sources - the local group leader was in fact above the mayor and gave him instructions and orders.
Since Sieger did not hold back with his authority, the mayor of Lorch at the time, Wilhelm Scheufele, referred to him as the “little dictator of Lorch”.
At his instigation, political opponents and people who were hostile to Sieger for personal reasons were excluded in Lorch, threatened, subjected to violence, imprisoned in concentration camps and placed on death lists.
Sieger was a convinced anti-Semite and consistently excluded Jewish traders from Lorch business life.
Under Sieger, at least four Lorch women were forcibly sterilized and at least three disabled people - including an 11-year-old girl - were transported to the Grafeneck killing center as part of Operation T4 and murdered there by gassing.
When US soldiers invaded Lorch on April 19, 1945, Sieger fled the city with his family.
At the instigation of Josef Hoop, he briefly received refuge in Liechtenstein, and was then interned in Ludwigsburg from 1945 to 1948.
In the course of denazification, Sieger was classified as a Nazi follower - not least because of Hoop's statement exonerating him.
Philatelic activities
On December 16, 1922, at the age of 20, Sieger founded his company of the same name in Lorch.
In the same year he donated the winner's prize named after him.
In 1930, Sieger first published its Zeppelin postal catalog, the so-called “Sieger Catalog”.
He was also a philatelic advisor to Zeppelin AG and headed the Reich organization of the German stamp trade during the Nazi era.
In 1954 his son Hermann Walter Sieger (1928–2019) took over the company.
In 1975, his grandson Günter Hermann Sieger joined the company and now runs it.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Here is another Stamp Dealer cover. Sender was Hermann Tober, fairly well-known in America through advertising in the philatelic press. Recipient was E. Tillaman, a stamp dealer living in Osanbruck, Lower Saxony. It was registered-signature required. The denomination is shifted to the left.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
This is one of my favorites, shows signs of wear but fits just fine in my collection.
Don
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Lovely cover. And the flag cancellation is stellar.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
When ever pioneer stamp dealers are mentioned, I always think of Hiram Deats. Everyone has seen one of these covers as they've gone through old cover boxes!
He came from a wealthy family and his father died young, leaving him a fortune. He then proceeded to build the best collection of US revenue stamps. He was a stamp dealer, and also started a regional NJ newspaper.
Cover Craft Cachets of Paterson, NJ
I like the "Philatelic Expert" and use of interesting stamps. The one on the right is a Shermack private perf
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Okay, I will jump in here with a few of my own;
1912
This one appears to be sent TO a stamp dealer....why they put a battleship revenue on it - who knows.
Looks like the used revenue was added AFTER the cancel was applied.
I can't quite make out the sender's return address info - maybe someone here can;
1924
This one looks like the delivery address was changed/modified/updated?
1923
This last one also has something imprinted on the reverse as well;
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
The return address on the first cover looks like
Charlotte NC
902 N Poplar St
First name could be Fritz
nothing close in the 1910 and 1920 census at that address
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
I have some dealer covers here is one from 1936 L.A. to Newfoundland.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
@musicman
"why they put a battleship revenue on it - who knows.
Looks like the used revenue was added AFTER the cancel was applied."
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
A stamp dealer unknown to me, but I bought this cover for the illustration of mint sheet protectors.
DonSellos
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Here's one from Elmer Long to A. Atlas Leve, both noted philatelists and dealers back in the 1930s.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Hey Tom!
Just discovered I had this one in some miscellaneous covers;
A good mate to the one you have - if you want it, just say the word and I'll send it off to ya.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Thanks for the offer Randy! I do have that one somewhere in my hoard!
BTW, I sent you something!
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Does it have the same precancel?
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
I'd have to dig, but I remember it being a precancel.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
no need - just my curious mind!
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Anyone recognize the name of the sender?
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
Another Elmer Long cover. Long's covers are among my favorites. He used the art work of John Coulthard to illustrate many of his covers along with his ads in Stamps Magazine, and his annual Collector's Handbook, which was a price list for stamps and collecting supplies. John Coulthard was a commercial artist from Modesto, California, who did the art for many cachets and pieces of philatelic ephemera in the 1930s and 1940s.
DonSellos
The "Happy Mailman" corner card. The spotted dog was John Coulthard's signature figure.
An example of the Collector's Handbook that Long mailed in the cover above.
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
mbo1142
Aside from being a great Herst cover, I also recognize the addressee. The addressee, Gordon Morison, was a USPS excutive employee, collector, and active in organized philately. Here is a link to Morison's obituary:
https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-pos ...
Don Sellos
re: Stamp Dealer Covers
DonSellos,
Many thanks for the information on Gordon Morison. I did a brief search for the name, but came up empty. Makes the cover that much more interesting. At least for me.
Mel