Thursday, February 20, 2014

Five-color, four-territory, two-issue, registered 42 Rpf. cover incoming to Mondorf-les-Bains in 1941


Sometimes a cover is so visually compelling as to be irresistible, depending of course on your sense of philatelic beauty.  For me, this stunner was such a cover:

001
002
Mixed Franking
3 Rpf.   Alsace Hindenburg (brown)
5 Rpf.   Lorraine Hindenburg (green)
6 Rpf.   Reich Hitler-head (violet)
8 Rpf.   Luxemburg Hindenburg (orange)
20 Rpf. Lorraine Hindenburg (blue)
Territories
Reich, Alsace, Lorraine, Luxemburg


Routing
Hayingen (Lothr), 29 September 1941
to
Bad Mondorf, 30 September 1941
Rate
12 Rpf. 20g letter to Luxemburg
30 Rpf. Registration fee

Validity

Hindenburgs: 1 Oct 1940 – 31 Dec 1941
Hitler-heads:  1 Aug 1941 - 1944

         

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