Author Description

This 320-page, hardcover volume with dustjacket is an unmatched resource for collectors, featuring full-color illustrations throughout of Third Reich stamps, miniature sheets, booklets, special postcards and special postmarks. Also included is information about the social, political and military events that influenced the philately of Nazi Germany during those turbulent years. Destined to be an instant classic, this book is required reading for any serious student of philately. All stamps, miniature sheets, booklets, special postal cards and special cancels made for the stamp issues are shown in full color. All stamps are shown in accurate color, described with issue date, valid until date, design by, type of printing, printing format, watermark, perforation, and for the first time gum type. All booklets are shown with complete panes and covers (both inside and out) and printed interleavings and printing formats. All postal cards are shown in color and described with issue dates, valid until dates, indicia and type of card stock. All stamps, stamp booklets, miniature sheets, and postal cards are identified by the Michel numbering system. All errors found in Alf Harper s 1967 work have been revised to reflect the information available at time of printing of this book.