German service mail Netherlands
Field post number 01482 for the German troops in the Netherlands.
The Deutsche Dienstpost Netherlands was an institution of the military administration in the occupied Netherlands during World War II .
history
When the Wehrmacht occupied the Netherlands in the western campaign , the German Service Post Netherlands was set up in 1940. Independently of the Dutch postal facilities, it was responsible for transporting the official mail, the mail of the German staff and the entire field post . Its director was Werner Linnemeyer.
literature
- Axel Doerrenbach: German Service Post Netherlands. Handboek / Catalogus - manual / catalog . Stichting Nederlandsch Maandblad voor Philatelie, The Hague 2018, ISBN 978-90-74572-16-3 (Dutch and German).
Web links
Wiktionary: Dienstpost - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Feldpostnummer database: Feldpostnummer 01482, (April 28, 1940– September 14, 1940) Command Military Commander Netherlands, (February 1, 1941– July 11, 1941) Military Commander Netherlands, (July 15, 1942– January 24, 1943) Wehrmacht Commander Netherlands, (November 7, 1944 - end of war) December 19, 1944 deleted, (November 7, 1944 - end of war) February 11, 1945 AOK. 25.
- ^ Deutsche Post (editor): carrier pigeons, balloons, tin cans. Mail delivery between innovation and curiosity. Without publisher information, without location information 2013, page 163. No ISBN.
- ^ War news of the Corps Masovia. Berlin, Koenigsberg, July 1940