Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Date
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issue:
1944 July 15
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diane Scharfeld Isaacs
- Markings
- Translation:
first page, recto: "Second Special Edition Issue/Cultural Standardbearers in the Vistula Region/With a Surcharge for the Cultural Fund of the Fuehrer"/"Edition 15. July 1942"/"Design Prof. Wilhelm Dachauer Vienna/Printing Prof. Ferdinand Lorber Vienna/Printing Line Deep Printing State Printing House Vienna"
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Postage stamps
- Object Type
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Postage stamps (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- 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"
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 5.880 inches (14.935 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive, cloth
: plastic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The postage stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Diane Scharfeld Isaacs, the daughter of Arthur W. Scharfeld.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-16 14:36:38
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