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My collection of Third Reich souvenir sheets and blocks:


Berlin Olympics Special Sheet (1936):

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This is a souvenir sheet from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It features every stamp in the Third Reich Summer Olympics set with each being individually cancelled on the 16th of August 1936. This particular example has several lined creases from being folded in the past but the stamps and cancels are nevertheless in good condition.

The following text at the top of the sheet; 'Sonderbriefmarken der Deutschen Reichspost fur die XI. Olympischen Spiele 1936 in Berlin' directly translates in English to 'Special stamps of the German Reichspost for the 11th Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin.'

BHM Red Cross Nurse with Wounded Soldier Blocks (1940):

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Pictured here are four blocks of Bohemia and Moravia Red Cross stamps and their attached labels. I have two blocks of the 60 + 40 Haler variety and two blocks of the 1.20K + 0.80k variety. As with the issues from 1941 these attached labels state 'For the German Red Cross' in both German and Czech and feature the swastika adorned German eagle atop the symbol of the Red Cross. All four blocks are in perfect mint never hinged condition and were designed by M. Geyer, first issued on the 29th June 1940 and are catalog code Michel DE-BM 53-54.

BHM Red Cross Cares for the Wounded Strips (1941):

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Here I have examples of two different Bohemia and Moravia Red Cross stamps with attached labels. First issued on the 20th of April 1941, coincidentally Adolf Hitler's birthday, these stamps depict a Red Cross nurse tending to a wounded soldier. Both stamps have labels either side with a swastika adorned German eagle atop the symbol of the Red Cross which is flanked on either side by the date of issue and the following words. 'Fur Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz' which is German for 'For the German Red Cross' and underneath 'Pro Nemecky Cerveny Kriz' which is Czech for the same phrase.

The top example is blackish blue in colour with a face value of 60 + 40 Bohemian and Moravian Haler while the top is a blackish violet brown and has a face value of 1.20 + 0.80 Bohemian and Moravian Koruna. Both were designed by M. Geyer and have catalog codes of Michel DE-BM WZd11 (blue variant) and DE-BM WZd15 (violet brown variant).

BHM German Red Cross Dark Eagle Block (1943):

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This example is a block of four mint never hinged Bohemia and Moravia Red Cross stamps. They feature the iconic German eagle atop the red cross with the stamp being a greyish black aside from the carmine red cross. The stamps have a face value of 120 + 880 Bohemian and Moravian Haler each and the catalog code for the stamps is Michel DE-BM 132. They were designed by Anton Erhardt and first issued on the 16th of September 1943.

Generalgouvernement Lviv Block (1944):

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Here is a block of four stamps depicting a panoramic view of the city of Lviv in Ukraine. They are a faint reddish black in colour and this example has all of it's corner block's selvage intact. The stamps were designed by Erwin Puchinger and it's his signature you may have noticed on the bottom of the block. The stamp was first issued on the 11th Februrary 1944 and is catalog code Michel DE-GO 115.