Deutsche Post 2000th Anniversary of The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

DEUTSCHE POST issued this 2009 First Day Cover stamp marking the 2000th Anniversary of The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht, or Varusschlacht). Roman historians described it as the Varian Disaster (Clades Variana), which took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus's auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses. 

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Deutsche Post Helmut and Loki Schmidt

DEUTSCHE POST issued this First Day Cover Stamp sheet in 2020 of Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt with his wife Loki. the backdrop is their home in Hamburg.

Deutsche Post Germany Reunification

DEUTSCHE POST issued these First Day Cover stamps in 1990 marking Reunification of Germany. 

Deutsche Post 50th Anniversary of The Bonn–Paris Conventions

DEUTSCHE POST issued this 2005 First Day Cover stamp marking the 50th Anniversary of The Bonn–Paris Conventions. It was initially signed in May 1952 and came into force after the 1955 ratification. The conventions put an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.

 

Deutsche Post FDC of Stauffenberg and Moltke

 

DEUTSCHE POST issued this First Day Cover stamp of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Helmuth Graf von Moltke in 2007.

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair and remove the Nazi Party from power. Along with Henning von Tresckow and Hans Oster, he was one of the central figures of the German resistance to Nazism within the Wehrmacht. For his involvement in the movement, he was executed by firing squad shortly after Operation Valkyrie.

Helmuth James Graf von Moltke  was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II. He was a founding member of the Kreisau Circle opposition group, whose members opposed the government of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, and discussed prospects for a Germany based on moral and democratic principles after Hitler. The Nazi government executed him for treason for his participation in these discussions.

 

 

 

 

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Deutsche Post FDC of Friedrich Ebert

DEUTSCHE POST issued this commemorative First Day Cover stamp in 2000 of Friedrich Ebert. He was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first President of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925.

Ebert was a pivotal figure in the German Revolution of 1918–19. When Germany became a republic at the end of World War I, he became its first chancellor. His policies at that time were primarily aimed at restoring peace and order in Germany and suppressing the left. In order to accomplish these goals, he allied himself with conservative and nationalistic political forces, in particular the leadership of the military under General Wilhelm Groener and the right-wing Freikorps. With their help, Ebert's government crushed a number of socialist and communist uprisings as well as those from the right, including the Kapp Putsch, a legacy that has made him a controversial historical figure.

 

 

 

 

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Deutsche Post 100th Anniversary on Birth of Willy Brandt

DEUTSCHE POST in 2013 issued this 100th anniversary stamp on the birth of former West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt. Featured here is the First Day Cover stamp and biographical card. 

Deutsche Post 50th Anniversary of Kniefall von Warschau

 

DEUTSCHE POST 50th Anniversary of Kniefall von Warschau  (or Warsaw Genuflection) refers to a gesture of humility and penance by West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt towards the victims of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. 

 

Earlier on 7 December 1970, he had signed the Treaty of Warsaw, which acknowledged the Oder–Neisse line as the final German border with Poland. 

 

In a Der Spiegel survey at the time 48% of West Germans considered it excessive. This Ostpolitik gesture and treaty was also not popular within his own political party. To Poland, the Jewish holocaust survivors and the rest of the world it meant Germany (West Germany) had turned a leaf in acknowledging its atrocities.

 

Now, 50 years on his spontaneous act of humility and penance has been honoured in a first day cover stamp, dated 7 December 2020.

 

See video of the event HERE.

 

Israel Post 50th Anniversary of Holocaust Martyrs and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

ISRAEL POST First Day Cover stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.

Poczta Polska Military and Battles of WWII in Poland.

 POCZTA POLSKA issued this series of stamps ion 1984 dedicated to the Polish officers and battles of WWII fought in Poland.

USPS Miscellaneous Stamps

 

USPS Miscellaneous Stamps received from American stamp collectors who I purchased stamps from. Interesting there is an assortment of recent as well as older stamps on this envelope.

Special Pony Express Delivery

 

Special Pony Express Delivery in Colorado issued in 1969.

USPS Soil Conservation

 

USPS  First Day Cover Souvenir Sheet for Soil Conservation. It was signed by U.S. Senior Assistant Postmaster General James Jellison and issued on 6 February 1982.

USPS America's Wool

USPS  First Day Cover of America's Wool issued in 1971.

USPS 50th Anniversary of WWII 1991-1945

 1941 - WORLD AT WAR

 

 USPS from 1991 through 1995 issued five souvenir sheets to commemorate the United States  50th Anniversary of WWII. Each of these mint and unmarked stamps highlight events as they happened in in 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945, respectively. Ten stamps on each sheet was released, making a total of 50 commemorative to mark 50 years since WWII.

 

 

 

 

1942 - INTO THE BATTLE

 

1943 -TURNING THE TIDE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1944 - ROAD TO VICTORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945 - VICTORY AT LAST

 

 

USPS General Douglas MacArthur (1971)

USPS First Day Cover stamp of US General Douglas MacArthur who commanded the Allied forces in the Pacific theatre of WWII, then served as UN commander during the early stage of the Korean War. This stamp was issued in 1971,

 

USPS 100th Anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birth

 

USPS Block Set commemorative on the 100th Anniversary of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's birth, without postmark, issued in 1982. 

USPS Definitive Stamps (1971)

 

USPS block set of Definitive Stamps issued in 1971

USPS Dwight D. Eisenhower (1970)

USPS Block Set commemorative of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, without postmark, issued in 1970.

USPS Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969)

USPS Block Set commemorative of  former Allied Commander in WWII and US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, without postmark, issued in 1969.

 

First Day Cover of Dwight D. Eisenhower issued in 1969.
 

USPS First Man on the Moon

 

USPS Block Set of First Man on the Moon, without postmark, issued in 1969.

USPS Christmas (1969)

 

USPS Block Set Christmas issue, without postmark, issued in 1969.

 

USPS First Day Cover stamp of Christmas issued in 1969.

 

USPS 100th Anniversary of Professional Baseball

USPS Block Set commemorative on the 100th Anniversary of Professional Baseball, without postmark, 1969.

USPS W.C. Handy Father of the Blues

USPS Block Set commemorative of W.C. Handy Father of the Blues, without postmark, issued in 1969.

China Post Ancient Chinese Learning Centres

 

CHINA POST First Day Cover of Ancient Chinese Learning Centres.

Taiwan Post Famous Mosques in Taiwan

TAIWAN POST (Chunghwa Post) issued two First Day Cover stamps of the Taipei Grand Mosque and Taiching Mosque in 2020.  Interestingly, Islam first reached Taiwan in the 17th century when a few Muslim families from the southern Chinese coastal province of Fujian accompanied Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong). He invaded Taiwan to oust the Dutch from Tainan in 1661, thus establishing the Kingdom of Tungning. From that time, and under trying times during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan when foreign religions were forbidden, the Muslim population underwent great change, yet continued to flourish after 1945. From what I have read I understand there are around 60,000 Muslims in Taiwan, of which about 90% belong to the Hui ethnic group. I am also aware that there are more than 180,000 foreign Muslims working in Taiwan from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, as well as other nationalities from more than 30 countries. And as of 2018, there are eleven mosques in Taiwan, with the most notable being the Taipei Grand Mosque, the oldest and largest one. I see too that Taiwan promotes itself as a Muslim-friendly travel destination, and the country even has halal certification for food manufactured in Taiwan.

 

Taiwan Post Classical Chinese Poetry

TAIWAN POST (Chunghwa Post) issued a series of First Day Cover stamps dedicated to Classical Chinese Poetry, replete illustrations and passages from the poems: "Plum Blossoms" by Wang Anshi, "Orchid River" by Du Mu, "New Bamboo" by Zheng Banqiao and "Chrysanthemums" by Yuan Zhen Shown are four of the stamps in this set which were issued in 2018 and 2019.

Eesti Post Traditional Costumes

EESTI (ESTONIA) POST  issued stamps of the Estonia's traditional costumes in 2015. These maxi-cards feature the stamps and attire of the people from the towns of Kirbla, Rapla, Lihula, Jõelähtme, Mustjala and Jamaja. I purchased directly from Estonia. Additional stamps and first day covers stamps of traditional costumes were issued, but these may  be available only from private stamp collectors.