Zeppelin LZ 129 Trial Flight 1936 Mixed Franking on Board Cancellation

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Zeppelin Mail first post Flight LZ 129 1936 Hamburg vintage postcard, official postcard by DELAG, Frankfurt with 4 air-mail stamps attached: 5, 10, 15, 20 Pfennig, Luftschiff LZ 126 on-board cancellations from 23.03.36. This was a trial flight.

Sent to Breslau. Good condition. More Zeppelin Postal History: HERE

Republic of China WWII Letter Censored

Republic of China Censored Letter to USA 1942

Fuzhou China, Republic Period, World War 2: Strip of 4 Sun Yatsen 10 Cent stamps, tied by bilingual MINROW – FOOCHOW 1942. (福州闽侯县)

Sent to California, USA. Opened and resealed by Censor, C. 255

Some wear, a part at upper right side is missing due to rough opening..

More Postal History: HERE

WWII German Inselpost Greece Agram Imprint Letter 1945

WWII, German fieldpost stamp #2 with dark-blue imprint INSELPOST. Michel #10 b 1. Imprint 36 degrees.

Sent as fieldpost to Wien. Altheide Bad Kr. Glatz 7. 4. 45 – cancellation. Decorative sealing stamp. Good condition.

More WWII Postal History: HERE

Zeppelin Mail Deutschlandfahrt 1937 with Miniature Sheet

Zeppelin Mail Deutschlandfahrt 1937 with Miniature Sheet



Airship Hindenburg Germany Flight from 1. May 1937. Cover, franked with a Hitler miniature sheet, Hindenburg and 75 Pfennig airmail stamps.

Red Luftschiff Hindenburg Deutschlandfahrt – strike and square cancellation: Wegen Ausfalls der Deutschlandfahrt Postabwurf bei Nordamerikafahrt.

Koeln-arrival-mark 3. 5. 37 Good condition, clean, unfolded.

WWII: Scarce German Shanghai Strike on Receipt



China, Shanghai 1936: German Agfa company in Shanghai. Receipt for Registered article with violet strike „Deutsche Gesandtschaft in Shanghai“ and Nazi eagle beneath.

Black Shanghai cancellation 16. 9 25 ( = 1936).
Green strike at reverse, oval Shanghai District Head Office cancellation. Very scarce.

W.W.II.: 2 POW letters from STALG IX C and Stalag XVII A

W.W.II.: 2 letters from German - Austrian Lager 2. Worl War. Stalag M.-Stammlager IX C and M.-Stammlager XVII A.



Both letters are complete and in fine condition, no tears or aging.
Both with STALAG censor strikes.

Stammlager IX C(b) was in Meiningen, Germany.

Stammlager XVII A was in Kaisersteinbruch Austria.

W.W.II. German Postcard: Not Worth a Penny. Winston Churchill.

German WW2 propaganda postcard with imprinted stamp, ridiculing the Allied leader Winston Churchill.




It illustrates the Germans attacking Churchill and his navy by depicting a British destroyer being broken over his head.

This postcard was designed by Heinz Fehling. The imprinted stamp-like label bears a crossed-out denomination "1" and the German text “Wert keinen Pfennig” (Not worth a penny).

Postally used, choice.

Censored Chinese Letter 1940: Minhow, Fuzhou to Denmark

China 1940: Censored Letter Minhow, Fuzhou to Denmark





Republic of China, W.W.II: Scarce cover sent Minhow, Fuzhou to Charlottenlund in Denmark. Franked with a 50 cents Martyr stamp. Bilingual Minhow Foochow cancellation. Opened by Nazi censors. "C" - Censor Mark at front. Scarce destination.

Sender was H. S. Kierkegaard.

WWII.: 7 Anti Nazi US covers from 1943-45. FDC

Lot of 7 US "patriotic" covers from 1943 – 1945 with propaganda / anti-propaganda cachets, all as First Day of Issue.



The most exiting is entitled: „ We can, we will, we must eliminate these axis brutes“.. The other 6 are related to home front, unconditional surrender, stamp out aggression…...