Postal History, Flight & Commemorative Covers

VF 1939 set on a special card for the Berlin auto show. Picturing the first Mercedes (horseless carriage) a Volkswagen and a Porsche Racing Car on display at the show. Three stamps on the card with a special Cancel for the Auto Show! Reverse has advertising for Dresdener Bank.

VF 1939 set on special cards for the Berlin auto show. Picturing the first Mercedes (horseless carriage) a Volkswagen and a Porsche Racing Car on display at the show. Three stamps each on a card with a special Cancel for the Auto Show! Reverse has advertising for Deutsche Bank.

1937 Dusseldorf Creative People Exhibition to highlight German technology. Cover has Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg stamp with surcharge tab. Additional 10pf airmail adds color. Special cancel.

1939SA Games Cancel, Linz Austria on postal card to Vienna. Cancel says: Military competition of the SA Brigade 94 in the Fuhrer's twin town. Six pf. Hindenburg stamp printed on card.

1937 PPC for KDF, workers organization, event in Wansee, Berlin. Quality photo card with Hitler Birthday stamp with surcharge. Cancel for the KDF, Work Through Friendship, event.

1942 formula letter from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The letter is a folding card with instructions to the sender and a space for a message. Instructions to the reciepient is attached via a pasted strip. Sachsenhausen, in Oranienburg Germany, near Berlin, was a brutal camp, noted for extermination of Russian POW's as well as political and religious prisoners. Small tear in right margin. Overall great shape considering conditions this survived.

1940 formula letter from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The letter is a folding card with instructions (see photo) to the sender and a space for a message. Sachsenhausen, in Oranienburg Germany, near Berlin, was a brutal camp, noted for extermination of Russian POW's as well as political and religious prisoners. Content censor K. Filefold down middle. Overall fair shape considering conditions this survived.

1942 formula letter from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The letter is a folding card with instructions (see photo) to the sender and a space for a message. Sachsenhausen, in Oranienburg Germany, near Berlin, was a brutal camp, noted for extermination of Russian POW's as well as political and religious prisoners. Content mail censor office B. Uses Leipzig 12pf stamp, probably sent to inmate by family. Small closed tear bottom, otherwise overall excellent shape considering conditions this survived.

1941 printed envelope From Neuengamme Concentration Camp. The envelope has instructions and regulations about an inmate's mail priviliges (see Google translation of message). Neuengamme, in Hamburg, Northern Germany. <p>"Over its years of operation, Neuengamme held approximately 100,000 to 106,000 prisoners, including about 13,500 women, who came from across occupied Europe. The inmate population included political prisoners, Jews, Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, and others deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime.Conditions at Neuengamme were horrific, with overcrowding, poor nutrition, lack of medical care, and forced labor leading to widespread disease and physical abuse. Prisoners suffered severe beatings, arbitrary punishments, and were subjected to grueling work. Death was frequent due to executions, gassing, lethal injections, disease, starvation, and overexertion." Credit Wikipedia. Uses Hindenburg 12pf stamp. Roughly opened at right, otherwise overall good shape considering conditions this survived.

1943 Package receipt for package sent from Kielce, Poland, in the Generalgovernment, to Dachau 3K camp near Munich Germany. Postmarked June 26, 1943, the 6 Kg. package postage was paid with 2.30 zolty using Generalgovernment Hitler stamps. Reverse also has censor marking. and receiprt postmark July 3,7 1944. Card has non-detached receipt.

1942 formula letter from Sachsenhausen concentration camp to the Jewish ghetto in Litzmannstadt, Poland. The letter is a folding card with instructions (see photo) to the sender and a space for a message. Sachsenhausen, in Oranienburg Germany, near Berlin, was a brutal camp, noted for extermination of Russian POW's as well as political and religious prisoners. Content mail censor office D. Uses hitler 12pf stamp. Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall excellent condition.

1944 envelope and letter from Women's concentration camp Ravensbruck north of Berlin was sent by Emilie Sebkova. The letter has instructions to the sender and a space for a message. Both envelope and letter were sent by Emilie, but at a few months apart. Ravensntuck housed mainly political prisoners and some Jews. "Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, 90 km (56 mi) north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel). The camp memorial's estimated figure of 132,000 women were in the camp during the war... Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall excellent condition.

Scarce 1942 formula lettersheet from Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria to occupied Czechslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia). The lettersheet folds into a cover with instructions to the sender. Mauthausen was a also brutal camp, with several sub camps. Light censor markings over instructions. Uses hitler 12pf stamp. Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall good condition.

Scarce 1942 formula lettersheet from Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria to occupied Czechslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia). The lettersheet folds into a cover with instructions to the sender. Mauthausen was a also brutal camp, with several sub camps. Light censor markings over instructions. Uses two hitler 6pf stamps. Reverse of letter with space for inmate's name, number, block and DOB partially missing. Overall condition has missing piece and folded top along stamps.

1943 formula letter from Gross Rosen concentration camp. The letter is a folding card with instructions to the sender and a space for a message. Gross Rosen, The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen It was a labor camp that had some 120,000 prisoners pass through, a third of which died. Uses Hitler 12pf stam. Overall excellent shape considering conditions this survived.

1940's formula envelope from Auschwitz concentration camp. Envelope has instructions to the sender and room for a signiture, name, birthdate, prisoner number and block. KL Auschwitz was the largest and most notorious of the Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives there. Overall very fine condition. Second photo is a Google translation of the camp rules for mail.