Germany-Third Reich 1935 Contest

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  • Label : „Deutsche Reichspost“; 1935; commemorative stamps of the issue „1st Apprentices Vocational Contest“ (German: „Reichsberufswettkamp“); stamp motive with a badge, a hand holding a winner‘s wreath before a swastika-emblen after a template by Karl Diebitsch (1899-1985): issue of 2 stamps


Note:
The event took place at 01 May 1935.

Stamp datas:

  • Issue date : 26 April 1935
  • Catalogue numbers : Michel No. 571, 572; Yvert & Tellier: No. 530, 531; Scott: No. 454,455
(Michel type „x“ = vertical gum rippling) (usual)
(Michel type „y“ = horizontal gum rippling) (rare)
  • Watermark : none
  • Nominal values : 6 (Rpf) – 12 (Rpf = Reichspfennig)
  • Postage validity : to 31 December 1936
  • Designed by : Karl Diebitsch (1899-1985)
  • Printed by : „Reichsdruckerei“, Berlin
  • Print process : Photogravure on coated paper
  • Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
  • Print run : 1,000,000 each in sheets à 100 stamps (10 x 10)


Commemorative stamps of the issue „1st Apprentices Vocational Contest
(issue of 2 stamps)

Michel No. 571, mint
Michel No. 571, postmarked
Michel No. 572, mint
Michel No. 572, postmarked at "Naumburg", 09-11-1936