Description
GPNN, Working Group on Greater Germany New Items, headed by Alfred Metzner, new items lists from No. 1, May 1943 to January 1945, simple paperback COPY of the extremely rare lists, published loosely, here presumably complete. Contains countless highly interesting information about the issues and purchase of stamps in the Reich and the occupied territories. A total of around 150 hand-typed pages with many details on the regular issues and special features such as the Heydrich souvenir sheet, field postal registration stamps, Tunis packet stamp, variations, misprints, etc., as well as the general situation, the stamp trade, speculative purchases and also increasingly on reports of lost collections, bomb damage (Hannover library), damage repair, etc., in the introduction there are also some general circulars from the Reichsbund from No. 30 (1.11.1940) to No. 47 (22.12.41) and 1+2/ 1943, which concern the procurement of new items. A total of around 200 pages. Essential original source material for the researching philatelist of the war issues of the Third Reich including the occupied territories! #45810