FREE: German 1944 Airmail & Surcharge Stamps!

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German 1944 Airmail & Surcharge Stamps!

There is a complete set of three MINT (hinge mark on backside) in this small lot of German stamps. The red, the blue and green stamp, reading: GrossDeutsches Reich. You can see how each has a PLUS sign between two numbers, making these three stamps "surcharge" stamps.

Green: 6 + 4
(Airport scene)

Red: 12 + 8
(Seaplane)

Blue: 42 + 108
(Plane seen from above)

These three (see photos 2, 3 & 4) are the 25th anniversary of German air mail. The surtax (the second number after the PLUS sign) was for the National Culture Fund which supported patronage for the arts - the purchase and exhibition of art and propaganda.).

Notice the bird symbol inside the circle on the left side of the green stamp? That icon survives today as a symbol of German Air Post, now notice, that same symbol on both the blue and red stamp. Cool huh? LOL.....

I have included a snapshot from the Scott Catalog regarding the three surcharge stamps (see last photo)

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