Postage stamp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 5.880 inches (14.935 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 commemorating five culturally influential people in celebration of the Generalgouvernement of 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"; two heavy paper pages attached to cover by red rope cord, the first imprinted "ZWEITE SONDERMARKENREIHE/KULTURTRAEGER IM WEICHSELRAUM/MIT ZUSCHLAG FUER DEN KULTURFOND DES FUEHRERS/AUSGABE 15, JULI 1944/Entwurf Prof. Wilhelm Dachauer, Wien/Stich Prof. Ferdinand Lorber, Wine/Druck Linientiefdruck der Staatsdruckerei, Wine," five postage stamps are adhered to the second page, color stamps bear drawn images of five people with his profession listed below his name, each stamp is labeled "HUMANIST/1507 KONRAD CELTIS", BAUMEISTER/U. BILDHAUER/ANDREAS SCHLUETER/1664 1714", HANDELSHERR HANS BONER/1523", AUGUST DER/STARKE/1670 1733" and "GEOLOGE/GEORG GOTTLIEB PUSCH/1791 1846", at lower edge of each stamp "GROSS DEUTCHES REICH/GENERALGOUVERNMENT"; back of cover imprinted "DP/OSTEN"
Genre
- Object
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