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1943 Hitler 'Spitler' Anti-nazi Propaganda, Little Girl Spitting in Hitler's Face, Complete Sheet (Rare)

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)

"""Spitler"" stamp, a parody of the 1940 12pf + 38pf red-brown Hitler birthday stamp. Extremely rare in complete sheet. This stamp block is a private patriotic parody of Germany's 1940 12+38 pfennig brown-red Hitler's birthday stamp, with a child spitting in Hitler's face and the legend ""Deutsches Ziel"" (""German aim""). The German original shows Hitler receiving a bouquet of flowers from a young girl, with the legend ""Deutsches Reich."" The parody was produced in America by Lawrence & Graves, Los Angeles stamp dealers, in miniature sheets of four (2x2). The sheets have full margins bearing the small inscription ""Copyright 1943 / Lawrence & Graves"" beneath the left label and ""Hollywood / California"" beneath the right label. The stamps were distributed to prominent stamp dealers and collectors, including U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The mailing to President Roosevelt resulted in the Secret Service and postal inspectors being notified and confiscation of the printer's Spitler stock, plates, and production supplies."

Condition: MNH, MVLH. Top stamps - MVLH, bottom stamps - MNH. Light crease on top left corner, one separation by perforation at the right margin.
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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction
Auction 26
November 29 - December 14, 2022
United States United States , Huntersville , NC

Romanov Tercentenary essays and proofs, Empire printing errors, the Arnold Ryss charity letter sheets and the Timma collection of Wenden and offices abroad lead a sale with Zemstvo, Civil War armies and Soviet rarities. Germany, Zeppelin and airmail, Third Reich propaganda, DP camps and Russian war loan postcards complete it.

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