Local stamps were produced during 1945 for
the Soviet occupation zone town of Glauchau in Saxony. The town is
situated on the Mulde River, north of Zwickau and west of Chemnitz.
A reminder: One must realize that in the months and years following the
collapse of the Third Reich, up to about 1948, there was really no
civilian or commercial infrastructure, no local government, and the only
national governments were those of the Allied occupation military
forces. All of the local issues of Germany from this period, especially
the ones with obliterating overprints on the stamps of the former Third
Reich, have been heavily counterfeited. Authentic mint and used stamps
from this period are actually very scarce. One must assume that
unauthenticated mint condition examples of some of the local issues are
either forgeries or reproductions. Likewise, one must assume that
unauthenticated used condition examples from this period are either of
"philatelic" in origin or have been favor-canceled. These all have
minimal philatelic value. If one is buying unauthenticated examples of
the post-war local issues, please keep this in mind and DON'T spend too
much money on them.
Glauchau was founded by the Sorbs and
Wends, and the old castle there dates to the 12th Century. Glauchau's
twin city is Lynchburg, Virginia.
During 1945, existing stocks of the
definitive postage stamps and official postage stamps of the Third Reich
were utilized to create local stamps for Glauchau. These Third Reich
issues were overprinted with obliterating bars, "Kreis / Glauchau" or "District of Glauchau" in different styles, and in most cases, they were re-valued with new denominations.
At
the beginning of June 1945, the Third Reich Adolf Hitler definitive
stamp series of 1941-1944 was overprinted and revalued (or not revalued)
in the style of the examples shown in the first row above.
Many of these Glauchau local stamps also exist with double overprints and shifted overprints.
In the middle of June 1945, ten denominations of the Third Reich Nazi Party Official Stamp series of 1942 were overprinted and revalued in the style of the examples shown in the second row above. These stamps were all re-valued to 15 Pf.
At the same time, thirteen denominations
of the Third Reich Official Stamp issues of 1934-1942 were overprinted
and revalued in the style of the examples shown in the third row above.
These stamps were all re-valued to 25 Pf.
In
August 1945, the six
denominations of the Third Reich Adolph Hitler definitive stamp series
were overprinted in the style shown in the last row above. These
overprints were never authorized for use, and they were not officially
issued.
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