Germany C46-C54
This stamp is part of a
larger set of 11 stamps, nine of which have the same design. The view
of the globe is directed to the Atlantic Ocean and the continents that
border it.
Adolph Hitler came to power in Germany when he was
appointed Chancellor in 1933 by President von Hindenburg. These stamps
were issued in 1934, although it wasn’t until September 1935 that the
Flag Law replaced the Kaiser's black-red-white horizontal striped flag
with the swastika as the nation's official symbol.
The design indicates German control over the world with
a swastika that rises like a sun over the globe. But the sun sets
in the west, and ironically that metaphor fits history much
better.
Germany B200
The stamp issued in 1942
to commemorate “Tag der Briefmarke” (Stamp Day) shows a collector
(perhaps a cartophilatelist) examining a stamp with tongs and a
magnifying glass. The globe shows the Iceland, part of Greenland, the British Isles and Europe quite
clearly.
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