Set Date(s)
1 August 1936
Third Reich
Watermark(s)
Certificate(s)
Summer Olympics Blocks
MiNr. 624
MiNr. 625
MiNr. 626
MiNr. 627
MiNr. Block 5 X
MiNr. 629
MiNr. 630
MiNr. 628
MiNr. 631
MiNr. Block 6
These sheets are the earlier 1936 Summer Olympics issues sold as blocks/souvenir sheets. Initial issue date was 1 August 1936.
Purchase price of the blocks was 1.20 M.
Those with “X” suffixes feature a normal swastika watermark — when viewed from the rear, the legs of the swastika point in a counterclockwise direction. The “Y” suffixes feature the rarer reversed swastika watermark, with the legs of the swastika pointed in a clockwise direction when viewed from the rear.
MiNr. Block 5 Y
Copies also exist on thicker paper (approximately 0.19 mm thick).
MiNr. Block 5 z
MiNr. Block 5 z
MiNr. Block 6 z
Summer Olympics Blocks
MiNr. 624
MiNr. 625
MiNr. 626
MiNr. 627
MiNr. Block 5 X
MiNr. 629
MiNr. 630
MiNr. 628
MiNr. 631
MiNr. Block 6
These sheets are the earlier 1936 Summer Olympics issues sold as blocks/souvenir sheets. Initial issue date was 1 August 1936.
Purchase price of the blocks was 1.20 M.
Those with “X” suffixes feature a normal swastika watermark — when viewed from the rear, the legs of the swastika point in a counterclockwise direction. The “Y” suffixes feature the rarer reversed swastika watermark, with the legs of the swastika pointed in a clockwise direction when viewed from the rear.
MiNr. Block 5 Y
Copies also exist on thicker paper (approximately 0.19 mm thick).
MiNr. Block 5 z
MiNr. Block 5 z
MiNr. Block 6 z
Watermark(s)
Certificate(s)