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3rd September 1947
JB: Leipzig

Bochmann Leipzig

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Bochmann Leipzig

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Souvenir Sheet for the Leipzig Autumn Fair featuring Mi.965 and Mi.966. Featuring cancelaltion JB:Leipzig198/486The image to the reverse depicts the charter where all three annual market/fair dates are confirmed for the first time by Royal Decree of the Roman-German King Maximilian I (appointed Holy Roman Emperor in 1508.) Ref: 03.09.1947 - 15/76




LEIPZIG cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952)

 


JB:Leipzig118/477 - 'Presse-/ Postamt/ Haus der/ Nationen/ Messestadt'. Ref: 02.09.1937
 

JB:Leipzig128/478 - 'Reichsmessestadt'. Ref: 19.10.1945

Note on JB:Leipzig128/478 - This cancel was used in Leipzig between 1938 and 1946 with numerous alpha-numeric sequences (mostly C1 and C2). However, it is noted that cancellations post-war 1945 command a higher price in the Bochmann catalogue.

 

JB:Leipzig143/481 - 'Gautag Sachsen' (watchman figure). Ref: 22.05.1938
JB:Leipzig185/485 - 'Volkssolidarität/ gegen/ Volksnot' (date dial to right). Ref: 28.01.1946 - 15/77
JB:Leipzig185/485 - 'Volkssolidarität/ gegen/ Volksnot' (band stamp). Ref: 29.03.1946 - 15/78
JB:Leipzig198/486 - 'Gedenkfeier 450 Jahre Messe-Privileg/ 1497 1947'. Ref: 03.09.1947 - 15/76

Notes on JB:Leipzig198/486 - The postmark was used by the special post office at the commemoration, where only invited guests were allowed to post. After the end of the fair, the fair office sold commemorative sheets with special stamps bearing this postmark.


 

JB:Leipzig219/488 - 'Kampf/ gegen Krieg und/ Faschismus/ Woche des Friedens und der Völkerverständigung'. Ref: 12.09.1948 - 15/47
 

Generic cancellations

 

JB:411/842 - 'Ein/ Postsparbuch/ bietet viele Vorteile!' Ref: 05.01.1944
 

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