Postage stamp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
Archival History
The postage stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Diane Scharfeld Isaacs, the daughter of Arthur W. Scharfeld.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diane Scharfeld Isaacs
Scope and Content
Special commemorative edition philatelic booklet issued for the third anniversary of the establishment of the General government in Poland. Retrieved [found] by Arthur W. Scharfeld, while stationed in former occupied Germany after the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
folded, vertically, cardboard cover, imprinted center with Nazi National Insignia; imprinted at bottom "DEUTSCHE POST OSTEN/GENERALGOUVERNMENT"; single page adhered to interior of cover printed with: "ZUM DREIJAEHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER NSDAP/IM GENERALGOUVERNMENT/Mit Zuschlag Fuer den Julturfond des Fuehrers/AUSGABE 13. AUGUST 1943/und 14. SEPTEMBER 1943/Entwurf Walter Kreb Krakau/Druck Rastertiefdruck und Praegedruck/der Staatsdruckerei Wien"; below are five adhesive postage stamps representing Lublin, Krakau [Cracow], Radom, Warschau [Warsaw] and Lemberg [Lvov], each originally drawn and printed in color with embossed seal of Nazi National Insignia center; back of cover imprinted "DP/OSTEN"
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media