F08_P04: Occupation of the Baltic Countries and White Russia
1943 September 23, Front side - Envelope from Minsk, Belarus to Warsaw, Poland.
Tan envelope with typed text in German using black ink at the center and top edge. At the top right corner is a red 12-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right. Overtop is a provincial Ostland stamp. On top of that is a cancellation dated September 23, 1943. At the bottom left is a overprint stamp depicting the Reichsadler. Across the envelope is an X marking in blue ink.
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F08_P04: Occupation of the Baltic Countries and White RussiaEntry/Object ID
2007.8.4Scope and Content
1943 September 23, envelope from Minsk, Belarus to Warsaw, Poland.Context
Beginning November 4, 1941, German stamps overprinted OSTLAND were sold at civilian post offices in occupied Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus. The September 23, 1943, letter from Minsk, Belarus, to Warsaw, Poland, was sent through the official mail system. The tiny April 24, 1943, envelope was a local letter at Mazsalaca, Latvia. The April 10, 1942, packet card is a waybill for a 20-kilogram parcel mailed from Panemune to Joniskis, Lithuania. Postal rates in Ostland were the same as German Reich rates, except that official post received no concessions. Hence the 12-pfennig stamp reflects normal out-of-town letter postage, the 6-pfennig stamp met the local letter rate, and the parcel (stamps front and back, overprinted and plain) was rated by weight.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
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Philatelic Material