Third Reich stamp sets and issues of 1933:

Hindenburg Medallion Definitives (1933):

Here I have a mint never-hinged set of 17 Hindenburg Medallion definitives. These were first issued from December of 1933 until September of 1934 but were all valid for postage until the end of the Third Reich. They consitute the second set of Hindenburg Medallion definitives and feature slight differences in face-values and colouration to the first run. For example there was no 1 Pfennig Hindenburg until the 'second generation' if you will. All of these examples are in very fine condition overall and demand a reasonably high CV.

Obviously depicted on this set of stamps is the side portrait of Paul von Hindenburg. Former President of Germany, a field marshal and a statesman. He was a key contributor to Adolf Hitler's rise to power and appointed him as Chancellor of Germany a year prior to his own death at the age of 86. There are questions as to whether the Nazis ever would have attained or held onto power for so long had it not been for the pivotal role that Hindenburg played in bestowing Hitler with so much power. Having Hindenburg's public 'seal of approval' certainly aided the Nazis in achieving an image and public perception of legitimacy that they hadn't ever wielded prior; with many seeing them and their 'brownshirts' as radical thugs. Clearly after the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 Hitler recognized and knew more than anyone the importance of seizing power 'legitimately', and that doing so by force alone was redundant. Hindenburg helped in large part to grant him this image and the Nazis continued to utilize his likeness on stamps and other philatelic items well after his death before eventually erring more to portraits of the Fuhrer himself. Hindenburg's death was also memorialized on issues in 1934 with a set of 6 black-bordered medallion stamps.

I feel there is no need with this set to list individual topical depictions, face values, colours and catalog codes as there isn't much variation and that information can be readily gleaned at a glance. The whole set is Michel catalog code 512-528.