Postage stamps from 1940 by the Deutsche Reichspost

6 + 94 Pf.

Helgoland 50 years to

Belonging to the German Empire

The postage stamp year 1940 of the Deutsche Reichspost comprised 23  special stamps , with the exception of the first set for the Leipzig trade fair , all had a surcharge . Definitive stamps were not issued this year. There is no reliable information about the number of copies of the stamps .

List of issues and motives

Legend

• Image: An edited image of the brand mentioned. The ratio of the size of the stamps to each other is shown approximately to scale in this article.
• Description: A brief description of the motif and / or the reason for the issue. In the case of issued series or blocks , the descriptions that belong together are indented with a marker.
• Value: The face value of the individual stamp in pfennigs . A "+" means that it is an additional stamp (= postage value + donation).
• Issue Date: The date this stamp was first sold.
• Valid To: The date on which the validity ended.
• Edition: As far as known, the number of this edition offered for sale is given here.
• Design: As far as is known, it is stated here who designed this brand.
• Mi.-No .: This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Special stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1940)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Leipzig Spring Fair German library in Leipzig and bust of Johannes Gutenberg	3	3 March	December 31, 1941		Werner and Maria von Axster-Heudtlass	739
	Krochhochhaus and, to the left, Bamberger & Hertz department store (until 1938 ) on Augustusplatz in Leipzig	6th	3 March	December 31, 1941		Werner and Maria von Axster-Heudtlass	740
	Market square and old town hall in Leipzig	12	3 March	December 31, 1941		Werner and Maria von Axster-Heudtlass	741
	Exhibition grounds in Leipzig	25th	3 March	December 31, 1941		Engelhardt	742
	National stamp exhibition in Berlin Courtyard of the New Reich Chancellery	24 + 76	28th March	December 31, 1941		Georg Fritz	743
	51st birthday of Adolf Hitler	12 + 38	10th of April	December 31, 1941		Richard Klein	744
	Labor Day Knight with sword	6 + 4	April, 30th	December 31, 1941		A. Grögerchen	745
	Race for the Blue Ribbon in Hamburg Show jumping	25 + 100	June 22	December 31, 1941		E. steel	746
	7th race for the brown belt from Munich Riem Ancient chariot with 3 horses	42 + 108	20th of July	December 31, 1941		Richard Klein	747
	Incorporation of Eupen , Malmedy and Moresnet into the German Empire View of Malmedy	6 + 4	July 25th	December 31, 1941		Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer	748
	View of Eupen	12 + 8	July 25th	December 31, 1941		Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer	749
	50 years of Heligoland belonging to the German Empire The red rocks of Heligoland	6 + 94	August 9	December 31, 1941		Erich Meerwald	750
	Winter relief organization , buildings Artus Court of Gdansk	3 + 2	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	751
	Town hall, Thorn	4 + 3	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	752
	Pfalzgrafenstein Castle near Kaub	5 + 3	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	753
	City Theater in Poznan	6 + 4	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	754
	Heidelberger Castle	8 + 4	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	755
	Porta Nigra in Trier	12 + 6	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	756
	German Theater in Prague	15 + 10	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	757
	Bremen town hall	25 + 15	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	758
	Historic Town Hall Münster (Westphalia)	40 + 35	November 5th	December 31, 1941		Lothar Wüst	759
	50 years of diphtheria serum Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917)	6 + 4	November 26th	December 31, 1941		State Printing Office Vienna	760
	Emil Adolf von Behring, discoverer of diphtheria serum	25 + 10	November 26th	December 31, 1941		State Printing Office Vienna	761

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

Web links

Commons : Germany's postage stamps from 1940  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1940  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ Compare the website Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed January 10, 2015). From 1949 to the mid-1950s, the business building Goethestrasse 1 housed the Blumen-Hanisch company on the ground floor .