Recreation of the special sheet with 8 stamps & cancellations commemorating the 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler. Signed in the corner by the dictator himself!
The sheet includes the following 8 postal stamps and cancels specially made for the occasion:
- Munich, "the Capital of the Movement" (München, Hauptstadt der Bewegung)
- Nuremberg, "the City of Party Rallies" (Nürnberg, die Stadt der Reichsparteitage). The cancel shows the medieval imperial castle in Nuremberg.
- Berlin, "the Capital of the Empire" (Berlin, Reichshauptstadt). The stamp commemorated the run celebrating 5th anniversary of Nazis taking power.
- Saarbrücken, "Saarland is German" (Saarbrücken, Deutsch die Saar). The stamp and cancel show the Gautheater Saarpfalz (Theater Saarbrücken) commisioned by Josef Goebbels and built in 1937-8. The opening (with Wagner's opera of course) was attended by Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler themselves.
- Braunau am Inn, "1889-1939"; the stamps shows the visit of Adolf Hitler in his home town after annexation of Austria.
- Eger (now Cheb), "Sudetenland is German" (Deutsch der Sudentengau)
- Memel (Klaipėda), "Memelland is German" (Deutsch das Memelland)
- Vienna, "Austria is German" (Wien, Deutsch die Ostmark). The stamp shows the monument to Prince Eugene of Savoy on Heldenplatz, the cancel shows the cathedral in Vienna.
Adolf Hitler - 50th Birthday Stamps Sheet
$12.50Price