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Issue date ( day-month-year) : 13 - 04 - 1943
Design : G. Klein
Watermark : None
Perforation : 13 1/2 x 14 1/4
Size :
Printing : Photogravure on chalky paper
Values :
3pf + 7pf lilac-black
6pf + 14pf black blue-green
8pf + 22pf indigo
12pf + 38pf dark brown-red
24pf + 76pf black-lilac
40pf + 160pf black grey-olive

All stamps are showing Hitler.

History and other information :

The symbols at either side of these stamps are, a torch symbolic of freedom, a pen symbolic of learning and a sword symbolic of might.

1943 was the beginning of the reversal of the German victories. They had lost North Africa and their Russian campaign had bogged down. Hitler now started a new propaganda campaign for a "United Europe against Bolshevism" in the vain hope that he may get some of the conquered countries of Europe to give him some support.

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