Germany+Austria Stamps, History, Propaganda

I'm back a week now from my last buying trip, and finally the boxes from the previous trip have arrived (mostly). So this is a bigger than usual sale, with nearly 700 items. This includes 100 Austrian WWI Red Cross postcards, 100 Zeppelin (mostly Pioneer Real Photo) postcards, a reasonable amount of propaganda, and some really interesting WWII Feldpost from a very specialized collection of only 1945 uses. In addition I have more than the normal amount of stamps (I'm trying to buy more of those again, with some success), some weird items like WWII-era German film advertising flyers, WWI Central Powers Easter-Egg patriotic postcards (I really like those for some reason), WWII Luftwaffe airplane real photo postcards, and lots of other stuff which I've forgotten in the last month.

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Gothic Stamps April 2012 Sale

Every year or so I get out better items I've been accumulating, and it's that time again: over 400 items, and except for a few common pieces included for completeness, virtually every piece is a premium item, hard to find. All are posted on our sister site, GothicStamps.com. (The links in the image on the left and below will take you there.)

Included in the sale are V1 propaganda leaflets, both those actually flown on the the V1 (extremely rare as most were destroyed an impact, and the majority of the rest were gathered by the British authorities and destroyed) as well as leaflets touting the V1's destuction and dropped on Allied forces to worry them about what was happening at home.

For a decade I've been accumulating Freikorps Real Photo postcards, as I'm very interested in this period of German history; I started in 2001 by buying one old gentleman's lifetime collection, as he was selling out to give the money to his children. So don't let the number of duplicates fool you, because I've been hovering up all these I can find in Germany like I said, for the last ten years -- while the destroyed building scenes are fairly common, those with Freikorps soldiers are scarce and usually only found one or two at a time, here and there. For example are two from the Strassenkampf in Berlin showing an early tank in battle on the Berlin streets -- a rare image, not often encountered.

In the last week I've put up some rare and disturbing concentration camp material, from Gestapo files to letters committing prisoners (a juvenile, a 'pervert', a suspected Communist, etc) to Berlin-area camps (KL Sachsenhausen and KL Lichtenburg). Also, since the last sale I've added a number of better Zeppelins, some German Colonies, some postwar German local rarities, etc. -- all in all, about 450 almost all better items!

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Germany + Austria Covers, Propaganda

I'm back a couple of weeks now from my last buying trip, and have quite a bit of new WWII Propaganda material already posted. There are also a number of WWI Real Photos and associated feldpost, mostly Marine, and lots of WWII Feldpost as well, including many Waffen SS. Though it is mostly wartime this sale, I do have a good number of 1936 Olympics postcards, with several unusual views, and a very nice 1940 Olympics advertising card. In the caboose there are a few pieces of Railroad ephemera, some vignettes, a few German Colonies postcards, a group of Woldenburg Polish POW covers, some German Toy soldiers from Elastolin and Lineol, etc. Worth a look!

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Germany + Austria Stamps, Covers, Propaganda

For our February sale there are many pre-1950 stamps: German Colonies (mostly mint), 3rd Reich, Soviet Zone, and some States as well as Austrian Empire to Republic issues. The postal history section includes much Germany WWI-WWII-era, from patriotics to feldpost to WWII Propaganda.

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Germany and Austria Stamps, Covers

Lots of new items this month -- a bunch of German stamps from Soviet Zone to Reich MNH to Saar se-tenants, plus postwar Errors and Perf Freaks. The postal history section includes much Austria WWI-era, with naval, Red Cross, Montenegro, and other imperial items. Not much Reich propaganda this time, just a few pieces. As always, I've also added some feldpost from both wars. Not to mention some Swiss airmails, Inflation usages, occupations, a bunch of Wright Brothers period PPCs, etc.

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Germany WWII Propaganda

Almost all WWII this month (plus German States stamps, postwar locals, and some WWI) -- and most of that is propaganda -- one man's collection, around 500 new cards, from $15 to $300. Everything from RdP postal stationary to mint Klein Wehrmacht and LSSAH cards to real photos. Quite a bit of Olympics in there, too. For something different, I bought not one, not two, but five different collections, cataloging way into six figures. I just started putting up the MNH 1930s, and the (mostly used) German States, and will be continuing to add more as fast as I can until I break for Christmas. As usual, the non-propaganda items over $200 will mostly be on www.GothicStamps.com, and the rest will be here.

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Germany and Austria

This month's additions include quite a bit of inexpensive Germany WWII Propaganda including VDA and Gutjahr cards, Freikorps - 1919 Revolution RPPCs, a large group of official 3rd Reich Navy official press photos, varied Austria including many imperial stamped newspapers, WWI-WWII Feldpost, some German/Austrian Turkey covers, lots more railway ephemera; also German/Austrian revenue documents from the 1940s and '50s, souvenir cards, some mildly interesting Bohemia Moravia, Rohrpost/Pneumatic Mail -- a little bit of everything.

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Germany and Area

This most recent sale has new: German Empire (the latter two Reichs) railroad ephemera, a number of revenues and revenue documents (including membership booklets and cards), stampless/Vorphilatalie of Saxony relating to the Dukes/Electors of Sachsen/Saxony also during the period when they were also King of Poland (more of this material is also newly added to www.GothicStamps.com as well). Also the odd bit of propaganda and feldpost, as usual.

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Germany and Austria

In the last couple of weeks I've added nearly 500 new items, including: ca 35 new Zeppelin PPCs (a few very scarce ones), about a hundred WWII Feldposts from the sub-Arctic to Africa, quite a bit more from the railroad ephemera collection I got in June, and several lots/groups of revenues, particularly from the Germany Inflation-era. There are also WWI Navy feldpost, a few dozen Italian stamps (mostly 1930s-40s airmails), and lots of Austria from KuK to the Republic, though, of course, it's heavy in WWI and Ostmark.

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Germany WWII-WWI

Just in: a huge collection of railroad ephemera from an architect/engineer who worked for the Austrian railway: he had tickets and id cards and what-not (mostly from various Strassenbahn) going back to some of the first Austrian 'local' steam-powered trams from before the turn of the century, as well as tickets/etc from Germany proper -- the first small group of these has been posted, many more will be up in the coming month. This sale also has a lot of Germany 1900-1945, as well as miscellaneous Austria, including WWII Ostmark-era documents and ID booklets (some with revenues). Newly posted is a lot of Graf Zeppelin PPCs, with many of the man (Graf von Zeppelin) himself, as well as his namesake invention. There are many more Swiss airmail covers, a nice group of Soviet anti-Nazi rocket leaflets / Flugblatter, various WWI patriotica, a few revenues, and lots of feldpost, from Naval to Waffen SS.

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Germany WWII-WWI

This sale is (again) mostly Germany WWII (+WWI) postal history and propaganda, including an original collection of Waffen SS photographs. However, there are also several dozen better Swiss airmails from the 1920s-30s, some German States covers -- Thurn und Taxis and Wuerttemberg, Boxer Rebellion feldposts, a few dozen Zeppelin postcards (mostly from the Graf Zeppelin LZ127 + a few pioneers); and with over 400 items starting there's also quite a bit of assorted 'etcetera'.

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Germany WWII-WWI

This sale is mostly Germany WWI and WWII postal history, including feldpost (Estonian volunteers, Naval,etc), and lots of propaganda. There is also Austria, some Rohrpost / Pneumatic mail, vignettes, revenues, and several Thurn und Taxis covers.

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Germany WWII-WWI

This sale is mostly Germany WWII postal history, with some Colonies, WWI, and Austria thrown in. Also a bunch of Revenues. And some Flugblatter. With quite a few propagandish things, numerous Real Photo postcards (including a couple better Freikorps images), and Feldpost including lots of WWII marine.

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Germany WWI-WWII

This sale is mostly Germany WWI-WWII, with many propaganda items, including more Flugblatter / rocket propaganda leaflets dropped on enemy troops, but also including picture postcards from both wars. As usual, I've also added lots of German Feldpost and a rather large selection of Revenues -- both from Germany and the Austrian Empire.

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Germany WWI-WWII

Germany WWI-WWII as well as a nice bunch of Austria WWI feldpost. There are many propaganda items, a large portion of which are Flugblatter / leaflets dropped on enemy troops, but also much else from both wars. There is quite a bit of Deutsche feldpost, with much WWI as well as specimens from some real nasty characters out of WWII (Concentration Camp personnel and other SS).

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New Items @ Gothic Postal History

If you haven't visit our other website (GothicStamps.com) for a while, I've added loads of new stuff there, most significantly some V1 Propaganda leaflets -- some rare pieces actually dropped by V1 rockets, as well as numerous issues referencing the V-Waffen and fluttered over our troops at Normandy and in Italy. There's also a spectacular Boxer Rebellion Petschili-Provisional usage of the 25pf (and others) on a registered Kartenbrief cover, as well as some propaganda forgeries, a complete set of Czech airmails from the Sudetenland, Reichenberg-Maffersdorf Wir Sind Frei period, etc. Click here or on the image to view the sale.

Germany WWI-WWII

This sale is almost exclusively Germany, mostly WWI-WWII, including propaganda forgeries and postcards, and lots of Feldpost -- from WWI hospitals and ambulances to the WWII French Legion bear sheet on cover.

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Germany-Austria WWI-WWII

Our second sale of the year is comprised mostly of WWI-WWII-era Germany, with lots of feldposts, some photographs, etc. Also I have more items from the police/prison estate I started breaking up in the last sale. There are quite a few revenues, again, including Austria; and there are also a handful of Austrian covers. I've put up a number of Inflation-era items as well as some WWII-era non-feldpost postal history. Not as many items as usual, but by putting up two sales a month, I believe the overall number of pieces added per month has increased. I hope you can find something of use, or at least enjoy looking.

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German Area

Our first sale of the year is an eclectic mix of German-area covers and stamps: a number of Police/prison items from an original stash out of Berlin, as well as a group of Finance Office correspondence comprising a bunch of reasons why people can't pay their taxes -- notably because their residences or businesses were bombed out. There is Weimar to 3rd Reich-era postal history (for the frankings), and of course more feldpost -- including at least 20 WWI pilot/Airman cards: Feldflieger, Jasta, Schusta, and Kampfflieger. Also this week are twenty-odd German 1919 Revolution postcards, including street-fighting scenes and a few with Freikorps or Spartakisten. There are some stamps as well -- odd groupings of this and that, Austrian revenues, a couple better Swiss MNH items, etc. My New Year's resolution is to put out a sale twice a month, around the 1st and 15th; but since I'm already late for the first one here on the 4th... well, we'll see.

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Germany WWI-WWII

The boxes from our last buying trip finally have started to arrive. First up are forty or so German States covers, particularly with some nice Thurn und Taxis items. Then we have a multitude of Naval Feldpost / Schiffspost from WWI-WWII. There are a handful of colonies, a bunch of Weimar Inflation (mostly first and last day rates), and some ephemera from both Germany and Austria. I also purchased a nice group of flown Zeppelin RPPCs and a bit of WWII Propaganda -- hope you can find something you can use.

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German Reich, Austria, and Italy

Includes a lot of ship mail from WWI and WWII, with more on the way. Also various feldpost usages from registered to interesting return markings. I also purchased an Italian Libya cover collection which has arrived - it's small, but there are some nice items.

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German Empire, 3rd Reich, Austria, and Italy

A litle bit of everything -- Austrian Imperial stamps, Italian States stamps, 3rd Reich postcards, Germany WWI Navy postcards, feldpost from WWI-WWII, a few Judaica and KZ items, a number of photograph/RPPC lots from both wars; even a Czech WWII-Legion souvenir folder. An eclectic mix.

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Revenues from the German Empire, 3rd Reich, and Austria

I've added another huge bunch of Germany revenues, mostly from the former German States but also federal issues as well asome Austrian items.

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Germany Revenues, Austria and German Empire, WWII-era

German revenues, a group of complete Hindenburg/AH Ganzsachen sets, some WWII feldpost and non-postcard propaganda items. Also added another lot of Austria stamps from Franz Josef to early II Republic. There're a bunch of WWI naval picture postcards, both used with MSP cancels and mint. Plus more stuff I don't remember; many hundreds of new items!

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Germany and Austria Empire, plus WWII Feldpost

A big sale covering lot of territory. I've added many better West Berlin sets and singles, another huge bunch of Germany revenues (from Reutlingen to TR), a nice group of complete Hindenburg Ganzsachen sets, some WWII feldpost (including a more from the LSSAH Tiger Tank correspondence), and quite a lot of Austria from classics to the Republic, as well as more revenue groups. Also other WWI-WWII feldpost (though little propaganda), some photographs, etc.

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German Postwar Stamps, States Revenues, Feldpost, and Propaganda

I've added a lot of pre-war revenue stamps, mostly from Bavaria (also some from Mecklenburg), out of a huge revenue lot I purchased -- other German states will go up starting in a week or so. I also have some better Austrian stamps, Austrian revenue lots, Austria WWI feldpost and then quite a bit of WWII-era Germany -- propaganda, few KZ/KL covers, feldpost from a variety of units (including Schutzstaffel and Marine), and most of the better postwar Bundesrepublik stamps -- between last month and this, I've posted all the better BRD sets MNH and/or used -- at mostly around 20-25% of Michel (all sound). I still have the rest of Berlin to go through for next month...

Also, I purchased a 290 volume collection of philatelic references. I'm putting these up catch as catch can -- all the spare Erler German Revenue catalogs are already present, and the 'collectible' (i.e. over $100 antique volumes) are going up on GothicStamps.com -- all should be posted before my next sale in August. Click here or on the image to view the sale.

Bamberg Pfarrkirch

The Pfarrkirch, or Bamberg 'Parish Church' is the most significant Gothic church in the city. And we're all about the Gothic... Click here or on the image to go to history-of-germany.com to view the tour.

Bamberg Kloster Sankt Michaelsberg

The Michaelsberg Cloister is a former Benedictine monastary in Bamberg Germany. It is a phenenomenal church / cloister complex dating to 1015. Besides the fabulous church, there are restaurants, cafes, a hotel, an old-folks home, and the Frankish Beer Museum among other things in this massive enclosed square which sits atop a hill looking down on the old city center of Bamberg, with good views of the Imperial complex and Cathedral / Dom. Click here or on the image to go to history-of-germany.com to view the tour.