Booklet of Frederick the Great Stamp

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.206

Object Name

Book, Stamp

Date

3-21-1933

Files

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Description

Postage stamp booklet, front includes “Deutsches Reich” in black print and image of two flags, inside includes a page of green postage stamps and a page of red postage stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: The cover of this booklet depicts both existing national flags, the “Kaiserreich” black, white, and red flag, and the new swastika flag which would soon replace the former. The back cover shows information on the new Reichstag opening. As well an interleaf that displays the slogan “All for Germany.” Hitler had been sworn in as Chancellor January 30, 1933. Hitler revered Frederick’s military genius and carried a portrait of him wherever he travelled.

Dimensions

2 x 3"

Keywords

Frederick The Great, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Booklet of Frederick the Great Stamp" (1933). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.206.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1534