Postage stamp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.380 inches (21.285 cm) | Width: 6.880 inches (17.475 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 second anniversary of the General government in Poland. Arthur W. Scharfeld retrieved [found?] this object 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"; three inside pages attached to cover by red rope cord; first page imprinted "POSTWERTZEICHEN/DES/GENERALGOUVERNMENTS/DIE FUEHRERMARKEN/ZUM 2. JAHRESTAG/DES/GENERALGOUVERNMENTS/26. OKTOBER 1941/2 bis 48/GROSCHEN"; second and third pages contain six color postage stamps [one on page 2 and five on page 3], each stamp bears drawn profile of Hitler turned to right; printed on lower edge, "DEUTSCHES REICH/GENERALGOUVERNMENT"; each stamp is a different denominations; back of cover imprinted "DP/OSTEN"
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object