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1941 German Occupation Luxembourg Official Cover with Scott Nos. NB7-NB9, cancelled in Luxembourg

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)
German Dienstpost cover with franked Scott Nos. NB7-NB9, cancelled in Luxemburg, 12 June 1941. The special cancellation publicizes the “liberation” of Luxemburg. This cover is also backstainped Hamburg, 16 June 1941. * * * Gauleiter Simon took over the civil administration of Luxemburg in 1940, and was a Reich defense commissioner as of 1942. In early September 1944 the Allies liberated Luxemburg, but by the end of 1944 it was again briefly a battleground during Germany’s Ardennes Offensive. In April 1945, as the war in Europe was coming to an end, Gustav Simon committed suicide. The grand duchess returned with the government-in-exile, and national sovereignty was again established.
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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction
Auction 17
August 17 - 27, 2021
United States United States , Huntersville , NC

The Big Zemstvo Auction #2 brings rare stamps, multiples, sheets and chronology from the Don Olson collection. Soviet airmail, Russian postal history, Third Reich propaganda, the German occupation of Lithuania, and rare Polish and Chinese stamps join it.

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