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As said, little or nothing is known about these stamps, but I still want to give it a try.
The list is as follows :
1) Saloniki (Greece) fieldpost stamps
2) Aarhus (Denmark) fieldpost stamp
3) Verona (Italy) fieldpost stamp
4) Narvik (Norway) fieldpost stamp
5) Croatia fieldpost stamp
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1) Saloniki
Unofficial expenditure Greece (Thessaloniki)
Approval stamp for parcels Front — Heimat (so-called Saloniki stamp)
Juni 1944
Thanks to the initiative of Colonel Göhring at Army Group E and without the approval of the responsible army postmaster, Dr. Black in Army Group F in June 1944 in Saloniki 4 different Italian brands with the black imprint “P. M. "=" posta militare "still produced and issued with a five-line red or black overprint. These stamps were to replace the paper for the usual "duty-free monthly shipment". This included a franking fee of 20 pfennigs.
The O.K.W. the inadmissibility of the brands mentioned for parcels in the army ordinance sheet.
Extract from Army Ordinance Sheet 1944, Sheet 26, Part C: 279.
Inadmissible production of approval marks for parcels.
Of a part of the troop without the permission of the O.K.W. Approval marks for parcels have been produced by overprinting Italian stamps. This is not allowed. The registration marks are invalid and must be withdrawn again. The remaining stocks of such approval marks are to be sent to O.K.W./ AHA / In 8.
O.K.W., 1.8.44
—1363/44 - In 8 (111 a).
1st Edition.
Five-line overprint on Italian military stamps "P.M.", MiNr. 4 (303), 5 (304), 7 (307), 15 (328), without milky white background.
After a test print of Ia in GOLD could not be carried out due to a lack of color, and the usual RED imprint of Nos. Ia and IIa was difficult to read, so they brought out the 2nd edition.
2nd Edition.
Nos. I, II and IV were given a milky underprint before the actual overprinting.
Saloniki Michel nr I
Saloniki Michel nr III
Saloniki Michel nr V
Saloniki Michel Nr VI
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2) Aarhus
Alleged registration stamp for the members of the naval field post office in Aarhus (Denmark) with field post number 37493.
It is the Hitler stamp D.R. No. 791 for 20 Pfg. with raised two-line embossing FIELD / POST on the back.
Front
Back
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3) Verona
An express stamp number 662 for 1.25 lire green overprinted in Verona (?) was never issued.
There is almost no information about this stamp.
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4) The Narvik Propaganda Parody
As long as we are talking about fakes, we might as well depict the Narvik label.
This "stamp" has always caused great confusion because it has been claimed to be both a German and an American propaganda parody.
However, Narvik was not a victory for the Germans or Allies, and especially not for the Americans who had no part in it at all.
It is clearly a fake, but a good one and often offered for a price of well over $100.
The paper was made from block edges from the D.R. Blocks 7 and 8.
The label has been advertised as Allied propaganda against Germany, but was certainly privately produced in Germany after the war.
It is found imperforate, and known in two varieties, differing notably in the presence or absence of a swastika watermark in the paper.
Narvik, in far northern Norway, was the scene of several indecisive skirmishes between the Germans and the British in the spring of 1940.
The Germans occupied the town on 9 April after a sneak attack.
A joint French-British force recaptured the town in May, but withdrew from their untenable position on 9 June, leaving the Germans in control.
The phantasy depicts the "Narvik Shield" that Hitler awarded to participants in the campaigns around Narvik.
The fraud surfaced in the late 1950s, advertised as having been produced by the United States for use against the Nazis.
Why someone on the Allied side would wish to commemorate the Narvik encounters, for either internal or external propaganda, is hard to grasp.
The mystery was explained in 1959, when the producer, a German stamp dealer, was convicted in Berlin for selling (but not for printing!) the "Göring imprisoned" sheet and the Narvik stamp.
As I mention above, this stamp was mentioned along with the Göring in "Truth about stamps that lie - forgeries, "Stamp Weekly, 28 September 1967 and "Propaganda frauds, "S.P.A. Journal, November 1968.
The German Narvik Sleeve Award
The Narvik Shield (Narvikschild) is a World War II German military decoration awarded to all German forces that took part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940.
The decoration was instituted on 19 August 1940 by Adolf Hitler.
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) published the order the same day.
A total of 8,577 military personnel received the award. It was bestowed by General Eduard Dietl, the commander of Army Group Narvik.
The label appears in two varieties. The first on plain paper watermarked with swastikas as in Michel Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog Germany watermark 4, printed in medium blue.
The figure "19" on the Narvik shield is clearly readable.
It has been said that this label was printed on the margins of 1937 Hitler's birthday souvenir sheets.
These sheets provide sufficient space to print Narvik multiples up to 3 (horizontal) or 2 (vertical).
The second variety is on woven, unwatermarked paper, printed in dark blue.
The figure "19" on the Narvik shield is difficult to read.
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Oops ! Forgot to mention option number 5.
5) Croatia Military Postal Service stamp (Michel nr 2)
Croatian military postal service was founded in August 1944.
In the decree which was published in the circular for postal employees in PBB Vijestnik 1944, Nr. 16 (extract published by Ziberna in 2011 page 84-85)
It was stated that special stamps would be used for sending parcels from home to the front.
Soldiers would send these stamps to the people they wanted to receive packages from.
From the beginning the military postal stamps were endowed in mystery as the public was never informed about their issue.
Philatelic societies and stamp dealers could not obtain any valid information from the authorities and as a result these issues were disputed for a long time.
Stamp for parcels of up to 5 kg.
Designed by Voloda Kosisa, printed in offset, perforation line 12.
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I want to talk here about feldpost stamps that are not, or hardly, highlighted in the catalogue.
As said, little or nothing is known about these stamps, but I still want to give it a try.
The list is as follows :
1) Saloniki (Greece) fieldpost stamps
2) Aarhus (Denmark) fieldpost stamp
3) Verona (Italy) fieldpost stamp
4) Narvik (Norway) fieldpost stamp
5) Croatia fieldpost stamp
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
1) Saloniki
Unofficial expenditure Greece (Thessaloniki)
Approval stamp for parcels Front — Heimat (so-called Saloniki stamp)
Juni 1944
Thanks to the initiative of Colonel Göhring at Army Group E and without the approval of the responsible army postmaster, Dr. Black in Army Group F in June 1944 in Saloniki 4 different Italian brands with the black imprint “P. M. "=" posta militare "still produced and issued with a five-line red or black overprint. These stamps were to replace the paper for the usual "duty-free monthly shipment". This included a franking fee of 20 pfennigs.
The O.K.W. the inadmissibility of the brands mentioned for parcels in the army ordinance sheet.
Extract from Army Ordinance Sheet 1944, Sheet 26, Part C: 279.
Inadmissible production of approval marks for parcels.
Of a part of the troop without the permission of the O.K.W. Approval marks for parcels have been produced by overprinting Italian stamps. This is not allowed. The registration marks are invalid and must be withdrawn again. The remaining stocks of such approval marks are to be sent to O.K.W./ AHA / In 8.
O.K.W., 1.8.44
—1363/44 - In 8 (111 a).
1st Edition.
Five-line overprint on Italian military stamps "P.M.", MiNr. 4 (303), 5 (304), 7 (307), 15 (328), without milky white background.
After a test print of Ia in GOLD could not be carried out due to a lack of color, and the usual RED imprint of Nos. Ia and IIa was difficult to read, so they brought out the 2nd edition.
2nd Edition.
Nos. I, II and IV were given a milky underprint before the actual overprinting.
Saloniki Michel nr I
Saloniki Michel nr III
Saloniki Michel nr V
Saloniki Michel Nr VI
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
2) Aarhus
Alleged registration stamp for the members of the naval field post office in Aarhus (Denmark) with field post number 37493.
It is the Hitler stamp D.R. No. 791 for 20 Pfg. with raised two-line embossing FIELD / POST on the back.
Front
Back
This stamp is mine.
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
3) Verona
An express stamp number 662 for 1.25 lire green overprinted in Verona (?) was never issued.
There is almost no information about this stamp.
This stamp is mine.
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
4) The Narvik Propaganda Parody
As long as we are talking about fakes, we might as well depict the Narvik label.
This "stamp" has always caused great confusion because it has been claimed to be both a German and an American propaganda parody.
However, Narvik was not a victory for the Germans or Allies, and especially not for the Americans who had no part in it at all.
It is clearly a fake, but a good one and often offered for a price of well over $100.
The paper was made from block edges from the D.R. Blocks 7 and 8.
The label has been advertised as Allied propaganda against Germany, but was certainly privately produced in Germany after the war.
It is found imperforate, and known in two varieties, differing notably in the presence or absence of a swastika watermark in the paper.
Narvik, in far northern Norway, was the scene of several indecisive skirmishes between the Germans and the British in the spring of 1940.
The Germans occupied the town on 9 April after a sneak attack.
A joint French-British force recaptured the town in May, but withdrew from their untenable position on 9 June, leaving the Germans in control.
The phantasy depicts the "Narvik Shield" that Hitler awarded to participants in the campaigns around Narvik.
The fraud surfaced in the late 1950s, advertised as having been produced by the United States for use against the Nazis.
Why someone on the Allied side would wish to commemorate the Narvik encounters, for either internal or external propaganda, is hard to grasp.
The mystery was explained in 1959, when the producer, a German stamp dealer, was convicted in Berlin for selling (but not for printing!) the "Göring imprisoned" sheet and the Narvik stamp.
As I mention above, this stamp was mentioned along with the Göring in "Truth about stamps that lie - forgeries, "Stamp Weekly, 28 September 1967 and "Propaganda frauds, "S.P.A. Journal, November 1968.
The German Narvik Sleeve Award
The Narvik Shield (Narvikschild) is a World War II German military decoration awarded to all German forces that took part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940.
The decoration was instituted on 19 August 1940 by Adolf Hitler.
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) published the order the same day.
A total of 8,577 military personnel received the award. It was bestowed by General Eduard Dietl, the commander of Army Group Narvik.
The label appears in two varieties. The first on plain paper watermarked with swastikas as in Michel Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog Germany watermark 4, printed in medium blue.
The figure "19" on the Narvik shield is clearly readable.
It has been said that this label was printed on the margins of 1937 Hitler's birthday souvenir sheets.
These sheets provide sufficient space to print Narvik multiples up to 3 (horizontal) or 2 (vertical).
The second variety is on woven, unwatermarked paper, printed in dark blue.
The figure "19" on the Narvik shield is difficult to read.
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
At last......
If anyone has more info about the stamps mentioned above please sent me a Personal Message.
Thank you.
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re: Unexplained fieldpost-stamp issues
Oops ! Forgot to mention option number 5.
5) Croatia Military Postal Service stamp (Michel nr 2)
Croatian military postal service was founded in August 1944.
In the decree which was published in the circular for postal employees in PBB Vijestnik 1944, Nr. 16 (extract published by Ziberna in 2011 page 84-85)
It was stated that special stamps would be used for sending parcels from home to the front.
Soldiers would send these stamps to the people they wanted to receive packages from.
From the beginning the military postal stamps were endowed in mystery as the public was never informed about their issue.
Philatelic societies and stamp dealers could not obtain any valid information from the authorities and as a result these issues were disputed for a long time.
Stamp for parcels of up to 5 kg.
Designed by Voloda Kosisa, printed in offset, perforation line 12.
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