by jrdorman | May 14, 2020 | IA Page, Third Reich Semi-Official Airmails
Unlike official airmail stamps, semi-official airmail stamps were issued by aviation companies, air shows, and other aviation-related organizations. The semi-official airmail stamps paid the fee for transport of the mail on a particular airplane, glider, or balloon flight.
by jrdorman | Apr 16, 2020 | Alpenvorland-Adria, IA Page
After World War II, a set of stamps appeared which, as the story went, were printed for use by the civilian postal system in combined Alpenvorland-Adria (a combined district which apparently never actually existed).
by jrdorman | Apr 16, 2020 | IA Page, Zante
Following the defeat of Italy in 1943, Germany assumed responsibility for the Ionian Islands.
by jrdorman | Apr 16, 2020 | IA Page, Ukraine
During the German occupation, overprinted Hitler-head issues were the primary postage for occupied Ukraine. In addition, at the beginning and end of the German occupation, several local administrations issued emergency local issues to fill the void left between the changing national governments.
by jrdorman | Apr 15, 2020 | IA Page, Serbia
During the occupation period, Serbia issued a large number of postage stamps.
by jrdorman | Apr 15, 2020 | IA Page, Ostland
Upon the invasion of Russia, Germany established the Reichskommissariat Ostland to govern Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, eastern Poland, and western Belarus.