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1943 Scott B217 with Special postmark Berlin-Grunau 27 June

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)
Scott B217 with Gefalligkeitsstempel (favor cancellation) postmarked: Berlin-Grunau 27 June 1943 The cancellation reads: Greater Berlin Rowing Regatta The stamp was issued for collectors of special postmarks. The collector affixed one to an envelope or post card, or even a piece of paper, and the postal clerk would oblige by canceling it with whatever special postmark was in use at that particular time. The surtax represented the fee for this service. The stamp is known in the two color varieties. The stamp above is the lighter of the two.
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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction
Auction 18
September 28 - October 15, 2021
United States United States , Huntersville , NC

The Russian Empire, offices abroad and Zemstvo, Civil War armies of Siberia and the Caucasus, and Soviet and RSFSR rarities and printing errors. Germany, Ukraine and the world complete the sale, with a session of Third Reich propaganda and postal history.

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