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GERMANY 1945 ISSUES, part 3

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Just after the second world war, numerous local stamps were issued in Germany. Some examples are given below:

For more Germany 1945 local issues, see part 1 or part 2.

Perleberg (Brandenburg)

Hitler stamps overprinted with star with pearls.

Plauen

  5+3 p green 
  6+4 p green (ruins)
  6+4 p green (man reparing)
  8+6 p red
  12+8 p brown 
  20+10 p blue (building)
  20+10 p blue (value with flower motifs)

Rosswein

I've seen the value 12 p with inscription 'DEUTSCHE POST' in a block of four with overprint 'ROSSWEIN 1376 1946' in a octagonal with an image of a horse in the center. The overprint exists in brown and black.

Ründeroth

  3 p black (blue underprint)
  6 p green (blue underprint)
  12 p red (blue underprint)

Saulgau

(Stamp of Germany overprinted '- - - - \ /')

Spremberg

I have seen the values 3 p brown, 4 p blue, 5 p green, 6 p blue, 8 p orange, 12 p red, 42 p brown, 54 p green both perforated and imperforated.

These stamps exist overprinted 'Wideraufbau 1 Mark'. I have seen 8 p orange, 8 p blue, 12 p red, 12 p green, both imperforated and perforated.

Schwarzenberg

(Stamp of Germany, overprinted 'Schwarzenberg' and castle)

Storkow

Bird (stork), inscription 'POST' on top 'STADT STORKOW' below

  3 p yellow
  4 p blue
  5 p green
  6 p violet 
  8 p orange
  12 p black

These stamps are usually perforated, but I have also seen them imperforate.

Another stamp with 'STADT STORKOW POST NIE VERGESSEN' with 'KZ' and a triangle in the center was issued (value 12+38 p, colour red). This stamp was issued in a mini sheet containing just one stamp.

Stadt Storkow +10 overprint on stamp of 'Stadt Berlin'. I've seen this overprint on all 7 stamps of the Berlin issue.

Strausberg

Some Hitler stamps were overprinted with bars and 'Stadt Strausberg'. Other stamps simply received 'Stadt Strausberg' as overprint.

Stamp of Germany of 1942 overprinted 'Stadt Strausberg 1945'

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Blocks with 4 stamps and inscription 'Stadt Strausberg Aufbau POST' were issued. I have seen the following values:
In red: 5+45, 6+44, 8+42, 12+38 (both perforated and imperforate)
In black: 5+45, 6+44, 8+42, 12+38 (only imperforate, also in a sheet of four values with thick black border).

Unna

Stamps with inscription 'Gebuhr bezahlt Postage prepaid Taxe percue Postamt Unna' were issued. I have seen the values 6 p black and 12 p black .

Vlotho

(Circular seal, cancelled with 'VLOTHO Gebuhr bezahlt')

Wasungen

I've seen a mini-sheet with 4 stamps; 2 p black ('Rathaus'), 10 p green ('Burg Maienluft'), 30 p red ('Damenstift') and 42 p blue ('Amtsgericht').

Wederstede

Stamps of Hitler with '..... V' overprinted.

Wittenberg

Some Hitler stamps received a black blotch in Wittenberg. I have also seen a block with 6 stamps commemorating Luther in the values: 12+18 p red, 60+60 p black, 24+38 p brown, 48+52 p green, 20+30 p blue and 16+34 p green.

Wuppertal-Elberfeld

Some labels with 'Gebuhr Bezahlt' were issued in this town, sorry, no pictures available yet.

Wurzen

Some Hitler stamps were overprinted with a violet square pattern.

Other stamps with Hitler surcharged:

The next stamp is a so-called 'Sachsische Schwarzung' (Saxony blackening), the head of Hitler was covered with black ink.

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