Postage stamps from 1942 issued by the Deutsche Reichspost

6 + 4 Pf.

12 + 88 Pf.

10 years of the German Society for Goldsmithing

The 1942 postage stamps issued by the Deutsche Reichspost comprised 15  special stamps , all of which except for one had a surcharge . In order to save costs, two pfennig values ​​of the permanent series "Adolf Hitler" were issued in a different printing process; there were also four Reichsmark values ​​in a larger format. There is no reliable information about the number of copies of the stamps . As usual, the first three stamps issued between January and April were only valid for postage until the end of the year. Due to the war, the Reich Ministry of Post then decided that all subsequent stamps would remain valid until further notice . The stamps were therefore valid until the surrender in May 1945 .

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 (1942)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	day of the stamp Stamp collector with magnifying glass and stamp album	6 + 24	11th January	December 31, 1942		E. steel	811
	Memorial Day Head of a fallen soldier and his steel helmet	12 + 38	March 10th	December 31, 1942		Richard Klein	812
	53rd birthday of Adolf Hitler	12 + 38	April 13th	December 31, 1942		Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer	813
	Race for the Blue Ribbon in Hamburg Race horse with jockey	25 + 100	June 16	Surrender 1945		Ludwig Hohlwein	814
	9. Race for the Brown Ribbon from Munich Riem 3 horses and ribbon with inscription	42 + 108	July 14th	Surrender 1945		Richard Klein	815
	10 years of the German Society for Goldsmithing Nuremberg bridal cup from the 16th century and Aquamanile , lion from the Lüneburg silver treasure	6 + 4	8th August	Surrender 1945		G. Tischer	816
	Nuremberg bridal cup from the 16th century and Aquamanile, lion from the Lüneburg silver treasure	12 + 88	8th August	Surrender 1945		G. Tischer	817
	Defense days of the SA Defense badge of the SA	6th	8th August	Surrender 1945		Werner and Maria von Axster-Heudtlass	818
	400th anniversary of the death of Peter Henlein Inventor of the pocket watch , memorial in Nuremberg	6 + 24	29th August	Surrender 1945		Manz	819
	European Postal Congress in Vienna Postillon in front of a map of Europe	3 + 7	October 12th	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	820
	Postillon on horseback on a globe	6 + 14	October 12th	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	821
	Postillon on horseback	12 + 38	October 12th	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	822
	European Postal Congress in Vienna, signing of the Convention on the European Postal and Telecommunications Association Postillon in front of a map of Europe - with the imprint “19. Oct. 1942 "	3 + 7	October 18	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	823
	Postillon on horseback on a globe - with the imprint “19. Oct. 1942 "	6 + 14	October 19th	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	824
	Postillon on horseback - with imprint “19. Oct. 1942 "	12 + 38	October 19th	Surrender 1945		Erich Meerwald	825
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies (unless otherwise stated)	Issue date (1942)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Permanent series Adolf Hitler now manufactured using the letterpress process	10	December	Surrender 1945		Richard Klein	826
		12	December			Richard Klein	827
	Mark values ​​in intaglio printing	1 RM	March, 20th			Wilhelm Dachauer	799
		2 RM					800
		3 RM					801
		5 RM					802
Official stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1942)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Badges for party offices Eagle on base	1	2nd March	Surrender 1945		Richard Klein	155
		3					156
		4th					157
		5					158
		6th					159
		8th					160
		12					161
		16					162
		24					163
		30th					164
		40					165
	Official stamps for state (government) authorities Swastika in a wreath	3	1942	Surrender 1945		unknown	166
		4th					167
		5					168
		6th					169
		8th					170
		10					171
		12					172
		15th					173
		20th					174
		30th					175
		40					176
		50					177

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  Direct comparison of the stamps in intaglio printing from 1941 with those in letterpress printing from 1942

Remarks

1. ^ Postnachrichtenblatt - messages from the postal and telecommunications service; Ed .: Reichspostministerium, Volume 24, No. 3; Berlin, January 22, 1944
2. ↑ Supplementary values for the 1941 edition
3. ↑ this set of official stamps is similar to the set from 1938, only partially slightly changed colors, but in contrast to the latter without watermark
4. ↑ This set of official stamps is similar to the set from 1934, only partially slightly changed colors, but in contrast to the latter without watermark

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1942  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1942  - Collection of images, videos and audio files