F08_P06: Occupation of Soviet Russia Pskov (Pleskau) Local Post, Ostland Provisional
1942 May 8, Front side - Post card summoning individual with Ostland overprint provisional stamp.
Green post card with printed outline in black ink. Cursive handwriting in Russian using black ink. At the top right corner is a purple 6-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right. Overtop is a provisional Ostland stamp. Two cancellations dated May 8, 1942 are present at the right side. At the top left is a purple overprint stamp stating "Arbeitsamt Pleskau".
Name/Title
F08_P06: Occupation of Soviet Russia Pskov (Pleskau) Local Post, Ostland ProvisionalEntry/Object ID
2007.8.6.aScope and Content
1942 May 8, post card summoning individual with Ostland overprint provisional stamp.Context
The first regular local issues of Pskov appeared on October 18, 1941. Additional printings appeared at various dates through mid-March 1942. Most were used on formular post cards that summoned local residents to the Pleskau Labor Office. Most of the respondents were conscripted as Ostarbeiter slave laborers and transported to German factories and work camps. The local post ended on April 30, 1942, replaced by the German Ostland occupation postal system that had been established in the Baltic States and Belarus. An April 14,1942, Pleskau Labor Office summons post card franked with a 20-kopeck Pskov local post stamp, and a May 8, 1942, summons card franked with a German 6-pfennig OSTLAND overprinted stamp.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material