GERMANY
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JCW: GER-A-1.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1948 City: BERLIN Color: Black Size: N/A |
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JCW: GER-A-1.2
Rarity: **** Year: 1935 City: SS BREMEN Color: Black Size: 78x14 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-2.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1938-41 City: BERLIN Color: Violet Size: 58x12 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-2.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1931 City: BERLIN Color: Blue Size: 68x3.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-4.1a/f
a) star + a (Berlin) b) star + b (Berlin) c) star + c (Frankfurt/M) d) star + d (Frankfurt/M) e) star + e (Lorch,till 5/5/’36) f) from 5/5 Friedrichshafen g) star + f (Stuttgart) h) star + f (Stuttgart) Rarity: *** Year: 1934 City: FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Color: Red Size: Diam: 35 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-4.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1935 City: DÜSSELDORF Color: N/A Size: 90x18.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1934 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 75x10 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1937-38 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 72x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.3*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1939 City: PARIS Color: Green Size: 80x2 mm Remarks: probably used by the Air France postal dept. in Paris, though it may have been struck in Berlin. (see also FRA-A-5) |
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JCW: GER-A-5.4
Rarity: ***** Year: 1933-39 City: HAMBURG Color: Black, Red Size: 42x19 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.5
Rarity: ***** Year: 1931 City: BREMEN Color: Black Size: 48x9 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.7
Rarity: ***** Year: 1937 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 88x5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.8
Rarity: ***** Year: 1934 City: LANDSHUT Color: Black Size: 68x4 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-5.9
Rarity: ***** Year: 1939 City: LANDSHUT Color: Black Size: 80x5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-6.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1948 City: MÜNCHEN Color: Red Size: 70x22 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-7.1*
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: ERFURT Color: Violet Size: 71x7.5 mm Remarks: for me definitively Frankfurt; found on a cover from Frankfurt to araguay. (transittime from 13 Jan. till 12 Feb. 1942) |
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JCW: GER-A-7.2
Rarity: **** Year: 1939 City: BERLIN Color: Blue Size: N/A |
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JCW: GER-A-8.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: KASSEL Color: Black, Red, Violet Size: 39x12mm |
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JCW: GER-A-8.2*
Rarity: **** Year: 1944-45 City: WOLFSBERG Color: Red, Violet Size: 77x15 mm Remarks: used on POW mail from the Stalag XVIIIA camp to USA, Australia and New Zealand. |
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JCW: GER-A-8.3*
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: Black Size: 75x11 mm Remarks: from Sept. 1939 till 12 Dec. 1941 these handstamps were used in Germany or in the occupied countries to assist the postal employees to recognise the sender’s wish to have the letter routed to Lisbon for the Transatlantic route to the USA. |
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JCW: GER-A-8.4*
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: FRANKFURT Color: Violet Size: 67x10 mm (See also B&M-A-1) Remarks: from Sept. 1939 till 12 Dec. 1941 these handstamps were used in Germany or in the occupied countries to assist the postal employees to recognise the sender’s wish to have the letter routed to Lisbon for the Transatlantic route to the USA. |
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JCW: GER-A-8.5*
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 60x10 mm Remarks: from Sept. 1939 till 12 Dec. 1941 these handstamps were used in Germany or in the occupied countries to assist the postal employees to recognise the sender’s wish to have the letter routed to Lisbon for the Transatlantic route to the USA. |
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JCW: GER-A-8.6*
Rarity: **** Year: 1939 City: BERLIN Color: N/A Size: 73x9 mm Remarks: from Sept. 1939 till 12 Dec. 1941 these handstamps were used in Germany or in the occupied countries to assist the postal employees to recognise the sender’s wish to have the letter routed to Lisbon for the Transatlantic route to the USA. |
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JCW: GER-A-8.7
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: DRESDEN Color: Violet Size: 59x11 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-8.8
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: MÜNCHEN Color: Violet Size: 70x7.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-8.9
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: KARLSBAD Color: Violet Size: 55x11 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-8.10
Rarity: ***** Year: 1940-41 City: BERLIN Color: Green, Red Size: 68x6 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-8.11
Rarity: ***** Year: 1941 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 80x5.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-9.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1934 City: MUNICH Color: Red Size: 58x5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 83x3.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.2
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 50x5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.3
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: LORCH Color: Blue Size: 57x20 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.4*
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: PRAGUE Color: Violet Size: 46x15 mm ((See also B&M-A-2)) Remarks: seen on cover from Bohemia & Moravia, Prague, 1941 |
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JCW: GER-A-10.6
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 63x7 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.7
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: N/A Size: 70x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.8
Rarity: ***** Year: 1940-41 City: MÜNCHEN Color: Violet Size: 71x7 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.9
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: N/A Size: 46x10 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.11
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: Violet Size: 75x8.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.12
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: FRANKFURT Color: Violet Size: 29x7 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-10.13
Rarity: **** Year: 1937 City: HAMBURG Color: Red Size: 100x13.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-A-11.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1940-41 City: HAMBURG Color: Black Size: 53x13.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-1.1*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1932 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 110x5.5 mm Remarks: found on the same cover from Berlin to Penang, Straits Settlements. |
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JCW: GER-B-1.2*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1932 City: BERLIN Color: Red Size: 144x12 mm Remarks: found on the same cover from Berlin to Penang, Straits Settlements. |
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JCW: GER-B-2.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1942 City: N/A Color: Black Size: ? |
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JCW: GER-B-3.1*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1931 City: on board H.A.L Color: Black, Violet Size: 58x11 mm Remarks: posted on board a H.A.L. steamer and forwarded in port of call Cherbourg by plane to Cologne and onwards to destination. |
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JCW: GER-B-4.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1939 City: N/A Color: N/A Size: 32x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-5.1
Rarity: ****** Year: 1927 City: MÜNCHEN Color: Red Size: 81x17.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-5.2
Rarity: ****** Year: 1928 City: BREMEN Color: N/A Size: 53x25 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-6.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1940-41 City: BERLIN Color: Violet Size: 62x11 mm Remarks: mail to China went till 1928 by air to Moscou and onwards by train to destination. In 1928 DOBROLET extended her flight routes to Nowosibirsk and Irkutsk and consequently this handstamp was introduced. In 1931 wordt de lijn doorgetrokken naar verschillende steden in China en dit handstempel kreeg de toevoeging: “Par avion au delà de Moscou et en Chine”. |
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JCW: GER-B-7.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1934 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 66x6.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1938 City: NÜRNBERG Color: Violet Size: 83x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.3
Rarity: ***** Year: 1932 City: HAMBURG Color: Black Size: 70x35 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.4
Rarity: **** Year: 1934 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 34.5x4 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.5
Rarity: **** Year: 1939 City: DUISBURG Color: Violet Size: 39x4 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.6
Rarity: **** Year: 1936-38 City: HAGEN (WESTF) Color: Violet Size: 71x6.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-7.8
Rarity: **** Year: 1939 City: DÜSSELDORF Color: Red Size: 50x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-B-8.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: Violet Size: 71x4 mm, (reconstruction) |
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JCW: GER-B-9.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1935 City: N/A Color: Black Size: ? |
From about 1922 till about 1934 Germany knew a large number of confirmation handstamps: “MIT LUFTPOST BEFÖRDERT .............” (name of a town) indicating that transmission by airmail was completed till the mentioned town. See: “MICHEL Zeppelin and Flugpost – Special – Katalog 2002”.
Example:
Example:
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JCW: GER-C-1.1*
Rarity: ** Year: 1936-39 City: LEIPZIG Color: Black, Blue, Violet Size: bars: 40x7 mm Remarks: black cross sofar only found on inland mail |
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JCW: GER-C-1.2
Rarity: **** Year: 1935 City: RHINELAND Color: Black Size: 18-19x4-5 mm |
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JCW: GER-M-1.1*
Rarity: *** Year: 1943 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 65x21 mm, c Luftfeldpostsammelstelle…. Remarks: text: “Unit of the addressee is temporary not connected with the airmail service”, bottom line reads: “Luftfeltpostsammelstelle” = collection point …/…. for the army airmail service. |
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JCW: GER-M-2.1*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1931 City: BREMEN Color: Green Size: 39x10 mm Remarks: Catapult-mail: from 1930-’39 there were 2 fast Steamships (the “Bremen”and the “Europa”) which had an installation on board to launch a small plane to forward mail to New York or Southhampton. The ships left from Bremerhafen. Also there was a special air service from Cologne to Cherbourg, where the mail was picked up for the boattrip across the ocean. So there were several possibilities:
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JCW: GER-M-2.2*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1931-39 City: CATAPULT MAIL Color: Blue, Red, Violet, Size: 39.5x25 mm Remarks: Catapult-mail: from 1930-’39 there were 2 fast Steamships (the “Bremen”and the “Europa”) which had an installation on board to launch a small plane to forward mail to New York or Southhampton. The ships left from Bremerhafen. Also there was a special air service from Cologne to Cherbourg, where the mail was picked up for the boattrip across the ocean. So there were several possibilities:
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JCW: GER-M-2.3*
Rarity: N/A Year: 1931-39 City: CATAPULT MAIL Color: Red Size: 66x10 mm Remarks: Catapult-mail: from 1930-’39 there were 2 fast Steamships (the “Bremen”and the “Europa”) which had an installation on board to launch a small plane to forward mail to New York or Southhampton. The ships left from Bremerhafen. Also there was a special air service from Cologne to Cherbourg, where the mail was picked up for the boattrip across the ocean. So there were several possibilities:
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JCW: GER-M-2.4*
Rarity: N/A Year: 1931-39 City: CATAPULT MAIL Color: Blue, Red, Size: 70x10 mm Remarks: Catapult-mail: from 1930-’39 there were 2 fast Steamships (the “Bremen”and the “Europa”) which had an installation on board to launch a small plane to forward mail to New York or Southhampton. The ships left from Bremerhafen. Also there was a special air service from Cologne to Cherbourg, where the mail was picked up for the boattrip across the ocean. So there were several possibilities:
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JCW: GER-M-3.1*
Rarity: **** Year: 1962 City: N/A Color: Red Size: 42x17 mm Remarks: on philatelic cover to Accra (post restante); looks like a handstamp used by Lufthansa. (translation: because of unavailable landing rights air transmission only until Lagos). |
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JCW: GER-M-4.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1959 City: N/A Color: Red Size: ? (Gouvernmental mail?) |
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JCW: GER-M-5.1
Rarity: ****** Year: 1927 City: KÖLN Color: Red Size: 62x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-T-1.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: FRANKFURT Color: N/A Size: 53x20 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-1.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1937 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 73x6 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-2.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1939 City: HAMBURG Color: N/A Size: 51x7 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-3.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1934-38 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 43x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-4.1*
Rarity: ***** Year: 1925 City: HALLE Color: Red Size: 40x4 mm Remarks: “ÜBER” in German means “VIA” |
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JCW: GER-V-5.1*
Rarity: *** Year: 1949 City: KOBLENZ Color: Violet Size: 33x12 mm Remarks: “via” most probably in the meaning “from” |
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JCW: GER-V-5.2*
Rarity: *** Year: 1948-49 City: ETTLINGEN Color: Violet Size: 33x12 mm Remarks: “via” most probably in the meaning “from” |
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JCW: GER-V-6.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1933-34 City: N/A Color: Black, Green Size: 46x13 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-7.1
Rarity: ****** Year: 1926 City: HAMBURG Color: Red Size: 82x18 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-8.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1936 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 50x5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-9.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1940 City: HAMBURG Color: Red Size: 53x3.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-10.1
Rarity: ****** Year: 1931 City: ZITTAU Color: Black Size: N/A |
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JCW: GER-V-11.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1928 City: BREMEN Color: N/A Size: 44x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-11.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1929 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 50x7 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1929 City: BREMEN Color: N/A Size: 75x19 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.2
Rarity: ***** Year: 1936 City: HAMBURG Color: N/A Size: 44x6 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.3
Rarity: ***** Year: 1938 City: NÜRNBERG Color: Violet Size: 75x8 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.4
Rarity: **** Year: 1928 City: HAMBURG Color: Red Size: 36x7.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.5
Rarity: ***** Year: 1936 City: NÜRNBERG Color: Black Size: 37.5x6 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.6
Rarity: **** Year: 1937 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 57x7.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.7
Rarity: **** Year: 1936 City: BREMEN Color: Violet Size: 62x4.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.8
Rarity: **** Year: 1937 City: NÜRNBERG Color: Red Size: 45x7.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.9
Rarity: **** Year: 1936 City: FRANKFURT a/MAIN Color: Blue Size: 45.5x7.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-12.10
Rarity: **** Year: 1923 City: HAMBURG Color: Black Size: 50.5x15 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-13.1*
Rarity: **** Year: 1942-43 City: LAMSDORF Color: Red, Violet Size: 65x5 mm Remarks: found on a POW-letter to New Zealand together with a handwritten marking “mit luftpost/bis Nordamerika” . Lamsdorf was situated in occupied Poland and was called Lamsbinowic. |
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JCW: GER-V-14.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1923 City: MÜNCHEN Color: Red Size: 36x6.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-15.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1942 City: DEUTSCHE DIENSTPOST UKRAINE Color: Black-violet Size: ? |
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JCW: GER-V-16.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: Violet Size: 65x4.5 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-17.1
Rarity: ***** Year: 1940 City: HAMBURG Color: Violet Size: 41x9 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-18.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1941 City: FRANKFURT Color: Red Size: 44x12 mm |
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JCW: GER-V-19.1
Rarity: **** Year: 1940 City: BERLIN W8 Color: Red Size: 71x7.5 mm |
