1940 Cover with illustrated corner card from the Reichsniihrstand (Reich Food Estate) Kreisbauernshaft Eupen

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)

Cover with illustrated corner card from the Reichsniihrstand (Reich Food Estate) Kreisbauernshaft Eupen. It was posted 20 December 1940 in Postamt Eupen 1. Franked with Scott 418 and 421 and cancelled with the sonderstempeh (Eupen Returned Home to the Greater German Fatherland on 18 May 1940.) in the logo translates as Blood and Soil. The Reichsniihrstand was a monopoly agricultural organization established by law in 1933. It included all persons and businesses involved in the cultivation, processing, and marketing of farm products. Membership was obligatory. The administrative head was Reich Peasant Fiihrer and Agriculture Minister Walther Darre. Beneath him, in a strictly hierarchical structure, were the State (Land), District (Kreis), and local peasant unions (Bauernschaften).

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Third Reich Propaganda

Auction 13

March 3 - 5, 2021

United States , Lake Oswego , Oregon

A dedicated three-part sale of Third Reich propaganda and postal history, 1933–1945. Illustrated postcards, labels and covers for collectors of German propaganda and wartime mail.

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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