Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Deutsches Reichpost "Remember the Lost Colonies" - 1934

DEUTSCHES REICHPOST on 30 June 1934 issued to a set of stamps to "Remember the Lost Colonies", Germany's colonies stripped from her following WWI. The stamps showed famous German colonial figures.

The stamps depicted:
      3 Pf — Franz A.E. Lüderitz, German Southwest Africa (shown here).
      6 Pf — Dr. Gustav Nachtigal, Togo and Cameroon.
    12 Pf — Dr. Karl Peters, German East Africa.
    25 Pf — Hermann von Wissmann, German East Africa.

The “x” values have vertically rippled gum, while the “y” values have horizontally rippled gum.

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