1939 Business envelope with cancellation dated 1 September 1939. The envelope was never sealed, and it is likely that it was a favor cancel

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)

Business envelope with cancellation dated 1 September 1939. The envelope was never sealed, and it is likely that it was a “favor cancel.” § At 4:17 a.m. on Friday, September 1, a group of overzealous Nazi irregulars surrounded the Polish post office and demanded its surrender. The response was a hail of gunfire—the postal workers in that troubled city were armed—and a small but bitter engagement began that would last all day. Citizens awakened by the small-arms fire thought they were hearing another skirmish in the long agony of the free city, but the booming sound fr om the harbor at a quarter to five could not be dismissed so lightly. The obsolete but still potent battleship Schleswig-Holstein, supposedly on a ceremonial visit, opened fire at point-blank range on the Westerplate, an old fortress located four miles north of Danzig wh ere the Poles had a military installation. About the same time, other sounds of doomsday reverberated over Poland as the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on air bases, railroads, highways, and cities. “The Reach for Empire” Volume V, The Third Reich Series

Condition: Used.

Type: Cover, Postal History

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #13

Auction 13

March 3 - 5, 2021

United States , Lake Oswego , Oregon

1933-45 Third Reich Germany Propaganda auction in 3 parts. More than 1,000 items of German propaganda. Highly specialized auction with many rare and valuable postcards, covers, souvenir sheets, posters, documents, and more. High value and low starting prices.

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1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part I

Lots 1 - 431

Closed on Mar 3

1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part II

Lots 432 - 869

Closed on Mar 4

1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part III