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The first stamp I saved from and envelope my stepfather tried to destroy hence the tear in the bottom left corner. Stamp 2&3 appear to be printed on coloured paper - Can anyone pls tell me if they where or have they taken colour from something?
stamp 4 I just liked stamp 5 is confusing me is the picture in the middle upside down? what is it a picture of pls?
If anyone can give me any info on these stamps I would be very thankful.
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Kat
Sorry I should have put them here first not on the threads
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Kat,
Your first stamp appears to be N47, found in the Poland section of the catalog, in the Occupation section. Numbers 2 and 3 are German "official" stamps. Four is a regular issue of Germany and the Green one can be found under the listings for Danzig, regular issues.
Good luck in your search.
Mike
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01:23:55am
Numbers 3 and 2 were printed on colored paper. Whoever trimmed the paper trimmed them far to close.
The first one was issued during the time when Nazi Germany occupied parts of Poland 1939 to 1945 and ruled it under the title "General Governmnt".
It is a dark period of history, both German and Polish.
The last stamp is from the Danzig Free State (Gdańsk), which was created by politicians at the peace conference at Versailles after WW I. The population was largely of German extraction. The victors wanted to punish Germany so they took this part of Prussia and made it nominally independent. However, they also created a free Poland and wanted to give that nation a pathway to the sea, thus again planting the seeds of the next war..
The result was the Polish Corridor and an isolated Prussia as well as enclave of German Nationals in Danzig (Gdańsk in Polish).
One of the most striking photos I recall as a child from early in WWII was the German Battlship Schleswig-Holstein standing just off the fort at the harbor entrance firing her main guns point blank in what was on of the first actions of WW II in Europe. That signalled the end of the "Danzig Free State"
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You will find that the hobby is definitely more than just collecting multi-colored pieces of paper.
Just read some of the posts at this site that go back a month or so.
And, do not be afraid to ask a question, we operate under the idea that the only dumb question is the unasked question. That is because most advanced collectors remember that at one time they also wrestled with questions, and if they were fortunate, were able to ask someone who helped them figure things out.
Charlie
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The first stamp I saved from and envelope my stepfather tried to destroy hence the tear in the bottom left corner. Stamp 2&3 appear to be printed on coloured paper - Can anyone pls tell me if they where or have they taken colour from something?
stamp 4 I just liked stamp 5 is confusing me is the picture in the middle upside down? what is it a picture of pls?
If anyone can give me any info on these stamps I would be very thankful.
Regards,
Kat
Sorry I should have put them here first not on the threads
Still learning.
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re: German area stamp identification, Danzig
Kat,
Your first stamp appears to be N47, found in the Poland section of the catalog, in the Occupation section. Numbers 2 and 3 are German "official" stamps. Four is a regular issue of Germany and the Green one can be found under the listings for Danzig, regular issues.
Good luck in your search.
Mike
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
27 Jan 2013
01:23:55am
re: German area stamp identification, Danzig
Numbers 3 and 2 were printed on colored paper. Whoever trimmed the paper trimmed them far to close.
The first one was issued during the time when Nazi Germany occupied parts of Poland 1939 to 1945 and ruled it under the title "General Governmnt".
It is a dark period of history, both German and Polish.
The last stamp is from the Danzig Free State (Gdańsk), which was created by politicians at the peace conference at Versailles after WW I. The population was largely of German extraction. The victors wanted to punish Germany so they took this part of Prussia and made it nominally independent. However, they also created a free Poland and wanted to give that nation a pathway to the sea, thus again planting the seeds of the next war..
The result was the Polish Corridor and an isolated Prussia as well as enclave of German Nationals in Danzig (Gdańsk in Polish).
One of the most striking photos I recall as a child from early in WWII was the German Battlship Schleswig-Holstein standing just off the fort at the harbor entrance firing her main guns point blank in what was on of the first actions of WW II in Europe. That signalled the end of the "Danzig Free State"
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
27 Jan 2013
07:35:17am
re: German area stamp identification, Danzig
You will find that the hobby is definitely more than just collecting multi-colored pieces of paper.
Just read some of the posts at this site that go back a month or so.
And, do not be afraid to ask a question, we operate under the idea that the only dumb question is the unasked question. That is because most advanced collectors remember that at one time they also wrestled with questions, and if they were fortunate, were able to ask someone who helped them figure things out.
Charlie
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