Third Reich, German occupation of Poland, General Government (GENERALGOUVERNEMENT), 1940-1944: lot of 80 stamps on...
Lot of 80 stamps of the General Government (GENERALGOUVERNEMENT), the German administration of occupied Poland, 1940-1944, on 4 printed album pages (POLAND, ISSUED UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION):
(1) officials: 12 stamps of the 1943 issue, and a 1940 official stamp, used;
(2) 1940 semi-postals: 2 stamps with the Red Cross surcharge, 3 stamps printed in black (a girl, a woman in a headscarf and a man in a fur hat) and 4 WINTERHILFSWERK stamps;
(3) 1942-1943 semi-postals: 5 portrait stamps (Veit Stoss, Hans Dürer, Johann Christian Schuch, the composer Joseph Elsner, teacher of Chopin, and Nicolaus Copernicus) and the Copernicus stamp overprinted '24. MAI 1543 24. MAI 1943', the 400th anniversary of his death; 5 stamps with views of Lublin, Krakau, Radom, Warschau and Lemberg and embossed shields; 4 stamps 'LUBLIN DEUTSCHE STADT 1342-1942'; 6 stamps with the portrait of Hitler, 3 of them inscribed '20. APRIL 1943';
(4) 1944: 3 stamps with the portrait of Hitler inscribed '20. APRIL 1944', and 3 more copies of them in sheet corners with the decorated margins and the imprint 'BILD: Willy Exner'; 5 portrait stamps: Konrad Celtis, Andreas Schlüter, Hans Boner, August the Strong and Georg Gottlieb Pusch;
(5) 1941-1944 definitives with the portrait of Hitler: 26 stamps, 8 of them used, with Lemberg, Warschau and Czortków postmarks.
Condition: mostly mint, 9 stamps used; on the album pages, exactly as photographed.
Condition Report:
The accompanying photographs constitute an integral part of the item description and complement the written information.
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
Lot of 80 stamps of the General Government (GENERALGOUVERNEMENT), the German administration of occupied Poland, 1940-1944, on 4 printed album pages (POLAND, ISSUED UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION):
(1) officials: 12 stamps of the 1943 issue, and a 1940 official stamp, used;
(2) 1940 semi-postals: 2 stamps with the Red Cross surcharge, 3 stamps printed in black (a girl, a woman in a headscarf and a man in a fur hat) and 4 WINTERHILFSWERK stamps;
(3) 1942-1943 semi-postals: 5 portrait stamps (Veit Stoss, Hans Dürer, Johann Christian Schuch, the composer Joseph Elsner, teacher of Chopin, and Nicolaus Copernicus) and the Copernicus stamp overprinted '24. MAI 1543 24. MAI 1943', the 400th anniversary of his death; 5 stamps with views of Lublin, Krakau, Radom, Warschau and Lemberg and embossed shields; 4 stamps 'LUBLIN DEUTSCHE STADT 1342-1942'; 6 stamps with the portrait of Hitler, 3 of them inscribed '20. APRIL 1943';
(4) 1944: 3 stamps with the portrait of Hitler inscribed '20. APRIL 1944', and 3 more copies of them in sheet corners with the decorated margins and the imprint 'BILD: Willy Exner'; 5 portrait stamps: Konrad Celtis, Andreas Schlüter, Hans Boner, August the Strong and Georg Gottlieb Pusch;
(5) 1941-1944 definitives with the portrait of Hitler: 26 stamps, 8 of them used, with Lemberg, Warschau and Czortków postmarks.
Condition: mostly mint, 9 stamps used; on the album pages, exactly as photographed.
Condition Report:
The accompanying photographs constitute an integral part of the item description and complement the written information.