Contents & Index

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Notes on the use of abbreviations within the Brief History collection
Auslandsbriefprüfstelle (ABP)
Index of actors who performed in films during the 3rd Reich period
Index of actresses who performed in films during the 3rd period
Index of postal addresses deemed acceptable pre-1945, and subsequently re-named post-1945
Eagle icon imprint (+ date) to lower right panel on postcards
Information on POW collection centres
Index of both Military & Commercial aircraft
Airports
Berlin Tempelhof 11.07.1939
ALLIED OCCUPATION POSTAGE STAMPS
The use of amateur radio in Germany (with reports from 'The Short-Wave Magazine').
Annahmestelle 18/2,
Cancel 6/4, 7/4, Kassel 8/2, 10/2,
Argentina
Diplomatic relationship with Germany
Argentinian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers
Associations & Organisations Directory
Being non-Philatelic and non-NSDAP associations or organisations
Aston Villa 5/5, 7/3
'Aus dem Briefkasten' 11/3
Information on POW reception camps
Austrian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
I.D. Card for Repatriated Persons - Saar Offensive
'Free India' - the unreleased postage stamps of 1943 from the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind), which designed and printed in Germany.
B
Correspondence to/from German banks
Barracks (kaserne) & Lager Directory
Postcards, letters and postal cancellations
Books, journals and magazines etc., used for Brief History research
Bildtelegramm 20/4, 21/3
Special/commemorative cancellations by place name as listed in the Julius Bochmann catalogues of 1952. ALSO including special cancellations from the Occupied countries
Aschaffenburg2/4, 4/2, 11/2, 13/2, Berlin 6/5, 6/6, 11/4, 11/4 Bitterfeld 6/6, Coburg 2/4, Dresden 11/4, 12/3, Hamburg 13/2, 13/3 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 9/3, Iglau 5/4, Krefeld 6/6, Lauenhain 6/6, Linz 6/6, 'Mother & Child' 5/4, Mannheim 7/8, Munich 2/4, 20/10, Nuremberg 2/1, 9/3, 12/2, Oberhof 6/6, Pasewalk 6/4, Posen 20/11, 'Postgut' 4/2, Villach 6/6, Wilhelmshaven 4/3, Wollstein 20/3
A directory of Bohemia & Moravia (inc. stamps and postal history etc.) can be found here.
Booksellers (Buchhandlung) Directory
Brazilian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Breslau 1938 cachet 5/5, 7/3
Road and rail bridges of significance in Germany
Significant buildings within the 3rd Reich (ancient and modern)
An A-Z of companies of historical interest
C
'CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE'
Postcard index (also including 'Biglietto Postale' - letter-sheets) for correspondence from Italian military personnel.
Ceylon postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Churches & Cathedrals
Places of worship and religious affairs (LINK REQUIRED)
Films, film production and associated industries
Civil Censorship Detachment (CCD)
Post-war Germany civil censorship of the Munich censorship office
Collectors Cards (Sammlerausweis)
Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
With further information on Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
Directory of references within the Brief History collection
Cologne Carnival 1939 3/4
Cologne Post Offices destroyed 11/8
German colonial propaganda 1933 onward
10/5
Directory of German cruise and passenger ships used into and during the 3rd Reich period.
D
Danish Nazi Party (Vignette) 17/2
Danzig postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Correspondence with reference to the undelivered letters and the DLO
Dein sparen hilft dem Volk (savings stamp) 21/4
Deutschlandflug 1938 14/4
The postal service of German-occupied areas during WWII
'Deutsche Dienstelle/ Gefallenen/ Wehrmacht'
Post-war organisation 'German Office for the notification of the next of kin of the fallen of the former German Wehrmacht'
Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG)
German Agricultural Society (Pre Reichsnährstand)
Deutscher Landhandelsbund e.V.
German Agricultural Trade Association
Foreign Exchange Control labels
'Die bunten Hefte für unsere Soldaten'
Books which could be sent through the feldpost system
German Youth Hostel Association
E
Ecuadorian postage stamps with the Brief History collection
Education and research establishments
Stationery/correspondence from German Foreign Embassies & Consulates
Stationery/correspondence from Foreign Embassies & Consulates (non-German)
Cabaret, Theatre, Variety, Circus & Fair
Ergänzungsstelle der Waffen-SS
Esperanto
To be added
Items of interest within the Brief History collection
Exhibitions and events (non-philatelic), 1933-1947
(for philatelic events click here)
F
Fake Briefstempels 14/2, 15/15, 16/6,
Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
Free German Trade Union Federation (1946-1990)
FELDPOST
Cancel 3/3, forged cancels 4/3, 13/9, 'Skorpion' FPN 00220 7/7, 17/14, 'Panzer Post' 12/9, Luftfeldpost in Scandinavia 17/12,
Film and Cinema
Films, film production and associated industries
Finish postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Fire and rescue service
Civil Fire Brigades and associated industries
(To be added)
Directory of references to food and drink within the Brief History collection
France
French 'POSTE AUX ARMEES' military post
Postage Meter Stamp variations manufactured by Francotyp
G
Correspondence from Civil Work Camps (often foreign workers)
Special/commemorative cancellations by place name
GERMAN POSTAGE STAMPS 1933-1945
GG Mi.117-119 18/3, 19/2
B&M Mi.131 16/10
Mi.571-2 21/12, Mi. 581 9/8, Mi.582 10/4, Mi.583 11/10, Mi.598/99 19/2, 20/11, Mi.654 15/13, Mi.655 2/4, Mi.689-90 21/12, Mi.714 11/14, Mi.746 11/14, Mi.816 17/3, Mi.830 16/3, Mi.855-56 20/9, Mi.856 13/4, Mi.863 19/6, Mi.864 12/4, 13/2, 15/3, Mi.883 13/11, Mi.887 14/9,
'Get to know Germany'
Hindenburg Head postcard series
Also see: Unabkömmlichstellung (UK) und Zurückstellung
Indispensable status (UK) and deferment
Gratz, Karl postcards 20/3
Greek postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Gurs, Camp de (see Germania Vol.13/3 pp.138-39)
To be added
H
HITLER, ADOLF
Aspects of his life and leadership
8/3, Unsere Führer vignette 18/12,
also including Deutsches Jungvolk
18/4
Humour
Directory of postcards and artwork
Also see Directory of Artists, Cartoonist and Graphic Designers
I
Indian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
For information follow this link to 'Camp 27'
Italian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
J
Jamaican postage stamps within the Brief History collection
K
Kaserne (barracks) & Lager Directory
Postcards, letters and postal cancellations
Leisure Congresses 8/6, Cruise ships 9/4, 10/9, 11/5, 12/5, 13/5, 14/5, 15/11, 16/11, 17/5, 18/7, 19/7
'Kriegsbeginn' cachet 9/2, 10/2
L
Mostly decorative commercial and commemorative adhesive labels
Lager & Kaserne (barracks) Directory
Postcards, letters and postal cancellations
LATVIA
Latvian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
As found within the Brief History collection
(with additional transcriptions from official text)
Air-raid survivors card (green and red border). ALSO verification of address cards (green border)
Postcards featuring traditional lyrics and popular songs
LUFTWAFFE
Luftgaue air-district command (inc. occupied countries)
Postal cancellations on feldpost labels (Luftgaupostämt)
Luxembourg
M
Cultural association of the Serbołużic people
'Meteor' Survey Ship 20/5, 21/7
Mexico
Mexican postage stamps within the Brief History collection
08.02.1938 - 22/80
Artwork and sculpture in public areas
(Gebirgstruppen) Mountain troops of the Waffen-SS
N
Country residence of Paul von Hindenburg
Postal ephemera and publications (including wrappers)
SS 'Normandie', French ocean liner
NSDAP
Administrative Buildings and Offices
Directory of organisations within the NSDAP (mostly prefixed 'NS.=')
NSDAP Hitler vignette 5 pf 7/4, 12/3, 16/5, 17/2, N.S.R.L.c. registered label 18/2, 21/2, 22/2
Cancel types 17/4
O
Official- post-war covers and documents
Hand-stamp 10/3, 11/3, Mobile Post Offices 13/12, Postal arrangements in Kiel 17/9
Winter 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Organisations & Associations Directory
Agricultural policy (1926-1937)
P
'POL' Police perfins of the Hindenburg Memorial issues
Directory of events 1933 - 1947
Photo-Porst-Postkartenkalender
Pneumatic Mail (Rohrpost)
Polish postage stamps within the Brief History collection (inc. Polish Government in Exile)
Catholic criticism of the Nazi regime
Stamps (not German nor Occupation)
Postal rates in Germany 1933-1939 11/11, 12/4
Earliest use 4/4, 5/1, 6/2, 16/2, Mi.P241 6/3, Mi.P266 13/3, Mi.P271 6/5, Mi.P278 3/2, 5/3, Mi.P299 7/3, Various 12/2
German Postal Stationery (with imprint stamp)
19/11, 20/12, 21/14
Postzentrale 18/2
13th March 1932 (Hindenburg victory)
'The enemy is listening' campaign (German)
The cartoons of Punch magazine
Games within books and correspondence
Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Washington
R
All things radio and Rundfunk within the Brief History collection
'RDPSH' postage fund raiser 9/2, 15/4
Reichsberufewettkampf der Deutschen Jugend 1934-44 21/11
'REICHS' NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
also see other 'Reichs' in the index
Reichsbahn, Reichsdruckerei, Reichsluftschutzbund, Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung un Volksbildung, Reichsnährstand
Needs tidying up see 29.05.1938
REICHSPOSTDIREKTION (RPD)
Postal Instruction Labels. ALSOÂ including foreign postal and post-war labels.
Hand-stamp instructions & declarations. ALSO including foreign postal and post-war hand-stamps.
Reichstag, Opening of, 18/11, 19/2
Reichswinterhilfe Lotterie 1934/35
also see Winterhilfswerk d. Deutschen Volkes 1933/34
Official documentation with the required fee (by town and city)
Rohrpost - see Pneumatic mail
Correspondence and images within the Brief History collection
Romanian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Directory of all things Red Cross
S
SA Wehrkampftag 1942 6/7
Cancel 9/2, 11/2,
Schalburg vignette (Denmark) 15/5, 16/4,
Directory of shipping lines postal stationery and references
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Sign of the Times directory (SOTT) - numerous pages with (mostly) non-philatelic content pertaining to events of the day. Sourced from contemporary printed material, i.e. newspapers, pamphlets, decrees, and governmental dispatches etc. Pertinent information is listed in the index, sub-indexes and search field. Pertinent advertising is also included.
Postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Postage stamps within the Brief History collection
The various manifestations of commemorative sheet and postage stamp combinations.
Russian postage stamps within the Brief History collection
Directory of items within the Brief History collection (17th July 1936 - 1st April 1939).
Competitive sporting events and commemorative ceremonies
Brief description of the Frontstalag-Stalag-Oflag system
Directory of 'Briefmarken' dealers and associations
(for philatelic events click here)
SUDETENLAND
Local Official issues and 'Commemoration Overprints'
Postal history (not overprinted)
Neu-Titschein 13/4
Switzerland
Swiss postage stamps within the Brief History collection
T
Income tax return instructions (1943)
Telegrams (Schmuckblatt) 15/6
'Torbruch' overprint 9/8
(aka Berlin Pact) - Germany, Italy & Japan, 1940
Guide to fonts used on printed matter
U
Information regarding German/Allied 'overtaken' mail (1944-45)
Unabkömmlichstellung (UK) und Zurückstellung
Indispensable status and deferment
Also see: Gottbegnadeten List (God-Gifted)
American postage stamps within the Brief History collection
'Unsere Hoffnung' 7/5, 9/3, 10/3,
V
Article from 'The Aero Field' magazine, 1947
Valeur label 7/4,
Postage stamps within the Brief History collection
VIKTORIA!
Propaganda campaign in Germany
Propaganda campaign in Bohemia & Moravia
Volksbund Deutsche kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
The German War Graves Commission
W
 Military recruiting sub-district HQ
Directory of the Wehrmacht including, Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, weapon, ranks etc.
Postcards produced for the manoeuvres of 1937
Draft board 'Form 14' (conscription)
Those people depicted photographically or in quotations
Willrich, Wolfgang 16/7
Winterhilfswerk
NSV Pfundmarken 18/2,
Winterhilfswerk d. Deutschen Volkes 1933/34
also see Reichswinterhilfe Lotterie 1934/35
Z
ZEPPELINS
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II 12/4, 15/16
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