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Stamp 1944 DRBM MiNr0135 mt B002

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Stamp 1944 DRBM MiNr0135 mt B002

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Surcharge stamp of the Nazi-German "Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren" (= Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia); 1944; semi-postal commemorative stamp of the issue "Folk costumes"; The motive of the depicted stamp shows a man and woman in traditional "Chodish and Hanakish clothings" in oder to mark the "5th anniversary of the foundation of the protectorate Bohemia and Moravia" (1939).; With the term "Chodish people" are meant the citizen of the region around the town "Chodsko" in the Czech-Bavarian frontiers region and remebering to the "Great rebellion of the Chodish clans" from 1693.; Then were seen the so-called "Chod walkers" as Czech frontiersmen of the Kingdom of Bohemia.; Contemporary there takes place a great festival under this name all 2 years in August with ca. 70,000 visitors.; A classification of the "Hanakish people" is however important more difficultly.; It could mean a (Jewish) temple in Jerusalem with this or a similar name, but what seems to be unrealistic at the sight of the Nazis.; But, it could also be meant the ethnic group of the "Hannah" (German: "Hannaken") around the contemporary town "Úsov" in Czech and Moravia with an own language (region "Brno") (Hannakish name: "Hosov"; Czech name: "Úsov"; German name: "(Mährisch-)Aussee") at the little river "Doubravka".; Contemporary there is located the Natural Reserve area of "CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví".; The depicted stamp is from 1944 as stamp of the Nazi-protectorate "Bohemia and Moravia". This state was erected at 15 March 1939 and existed until to 8 May 1945, although the old Nazi-stamps could official be used until 16 May 1945 according to an Ordinance of the Czechoslovak Postal Administration.; Reasonable for stamps of the "Protektorat" was in each case the "Postal Supervision" (German: "Postaufsicht") of the German Empire. Currency until to 8 May 1945 was 1 Koruna (German: "Krone") = 100 Haléřů (German: "Heller").; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 135; Yvert & Tellier: No. 114; Scott: No. B24; AFA: No. 115
Color: black ultramarine
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 10 + 20 K (Koruna) (20 Koruna as surcharge)

Postage validity: from 15 March 1944 until 31 December 1944 date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1944-03-15T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1944-12-31T00:00:00Z/11
Stamp size: (printed area of a single stamp): 22.0 x 26.0 mm

Print run: 3,000,000 stamps in sheets à 100

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15/03/1944
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