Germania

[For G&CPS Third Reich Study Group see below]

18/2 (Apr 92). Bodensee Post

31/4 (Nov 95). How to read old German handwriting (illustrated)

32/2 (May 96). The Three Emperor Corner

32/4 (Nov 96). German-Austrian Postal Union: stamp colour schemes

35/2&3 (May & Aug 98). Prussia-Great Britain postal treaties & markings (most pre-UPU mail from Austria to GB went via Prussia)

May 2002 vol 38 no 2. Picture postcards - the first 20 years (brief mention of the Vienna printings); reports from 4 regional groups; and of course much of purely German interest including lovely colour illustrations.

August 2002 vol 38 no 3. SMS Danzig; Heligoland; introduction of the Euro stamps (several differences from Austrian practice); reports from six of their regional groups; Q&A; new issues etc.

November 2002 vol 38 no 4. History of Moresnet; Zepplin mail to Hermann Stolz; reports from regional groups; Q&A; new issues etc.

Feb 2003 vol 39 no 1. Increase in quality of Germania (envy! Ed); reports from regional groups; Berlin Strassenpost (horse-drawn TPOs!); new issues etc.

May 2003 vol 39 no 2. Prussian post in Upper Silesia; etc etc

Aug 2003 vol 39 no 3. June 1948 currency reform (Kleinwalsertal relevance?); local group reports; Q&A; letters; Siebenburgen/Transylvania.

Nov 2003 vol 39 no 4: local group reports; beautiful postcards of Lauenburg in Pomerania; Q&A; letters

Feb 2004 vol 40 no 1: the Pinguin; Königsberg/Kaliningrad 1945-49; I'm-alive cards from Dresden; Gydnia; group reports; Q&A; letters

May 2004 vol 40 no 2: Ian Nutley elected as President, Tony Bosworth as Vice-president; 196-frame exhibition at Stampex; German postcodes; Starnbergsee; the German Eagle's various representations; group reports; Q&A; letters

Supplement: "History of the Germany and Colonies Philatelic Society 1964-2004". 28pp + 4-sided-cover, in full colour on glossy A5.

August 2004 vol 40 no 3: SMS Dresden; Stuttgart Private City Post; early Zepplins; Q&A

November 2004 vol 40 no 4: Berlin Strassenpost; bicycling clubs; Stuttgart City Post (ii); regional group reports; Q&A; etc. The Editor’s Report to the AGM observes that the funding for their lavish and enviable use of colour (32pp!!) runs out soon.

February 2005 vol 41 no 1: Labels on stampless or empty mail to Dresden; Stuttgart City Post (iii); 1935 Costume series; regional group reports; Q&A

May 2005 vol 41 no 2: Stobs Camp (at Hawick) 1914-1919; notes on Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805; Bodensee Schiffspost (lovely pictures!); Stuttgart City Post (iv); regional group reports; AGM Motions; Q&A; etc.

Aug 2005 vol 41 no 3: Saarlouis; a philatelic tour of the changes to Germany's frontiers in 1919-40 (Austria is briefly mentioned); Soldatenbrief 'stamps' (lovely pictures!); Stuttgart City Post (v); regional group reports; Q&A; etc.

Nov 2005 vol 41 no 4: Stamp Days (Tag der Briefmarke) in Germany 1936-45; Forged datestamps of the Polish Post in Danzig 1925-39; Soldatenbrief stamps; regional group reports; Q&A; etc.

Feb 2006 vol 42 no 1: A German POW in England, 1945-48; Stamp Days part 2 (1941-45) [including examples from Vienna]; Graf Zepplin flights 1929, 31; late 19th century official German mail (Dienstsache portopflichtige, D. frei); forced civilian labour in 1916; Auctioneer and Packeteer desperately wanted; Exponet; regional group reports; Q&A; etc.

May 2006 vol 42 no 2: Estonia 1941-43; the Zepplin-Eckener Fund; submarine mail 1916-17 including proposed extension to Austrian mail (Tauchbootbrief), with illustrations and translation of the rules; Q&A; regional group reports; etc.

Aug 2006 vol 42 no 3: World Heritage sites; H v Stephan; Red Cross; labels on mail undeliverable in wartime; regional group reports; Q&A; etc.

Nov 2006 vol 42 no 4: AGM & meeting reports; Martin Luther; Airmails to China (interesting to compare with the routes Austria used); letters; and their Editor's reply to a complaint on coverage - "if nobody writes it I can't print it".

Feb 2007 vol 43 no 1: Control and censorship at Konstanz, 1819-24; Zepplins old & new, and Kinderdorf airmail; a mixed-franked card from Vienna in 1938; meeting reports; new issues; etc.

May 2007 vol 43 no 2: World Heritage Sites; an extensive article on the Hamburg Tram Post; post-WWII mixed frankings in Dresden; etc

August 2007 vol 43 no 3: World Heritage Sites; Leipsig and Dresden local posts; German Post Offices in China; questions & answers; local group reports; etc

November 2007 vol 43 no 4: AGM reports; Dresden advertising postcards; German Post Office forms in Cameroon (similar to Austrian, unsurprisingly); Meter Marks in the Saar; questions & answers; local group reports; etc

February 2008 vol 44 no 1: Catapult mail in the North Atlantic; WWII Punktverrechnungs cards; Liebesgabenpackete (parcels sent by civilians of neutral countries to Austria etc during WWII: perhaps a Gestapo currency-raising scam?)

May 2008 vol 44 no 2: Liebesgabenpackete (2); Study Group & Regional Reports; and many interesting articles.

Aug 2008 vol 44 no 3: Society, Study Group & Regional Reports; storage of stamps in PVC; the Anton Hechler letters; Stadtpost collecting; modern private posts; inflation-period forged cancels; Q&A; book reviews.

Nov 2008 vol 44 no 4: Society, Study Group, AGM & Regional Reports; list of useful websites; and many articles of non-Austrian interest.

Feb 2009 vol 45 no 1: Society Reports; many interesting non-Austrian articles.

May 2009 vol 45 no 2: Society Reports; 'Saxon Blackings' (obliterations made in May 1945 in Saxony of Hitler Head adhesives; loose ones could be confused with loose Vienna obliterations.); a parcel card used in Austria in Oct 1938; book reviews; reports of interesting-sounding regional meetings; etc..

Aug 2009 vol 45 no 3: Group Reports & meetings; Königsberg Exchange Control, 1918-1925 (explains some of the odd markings on Austria-Germany mail); Postleitzahl 7b on cover; Brest Litowsk; book reviews (including one on WWII civil censorship)

G&CPS Third Reich Study Group

News Sheet 115: interesting article by Tony Hickey on the April 1938 Plebiscite Cachets "Am 10. April dem Führer Dein Ja". He makes it clear that these were applied only in certain offices (* list below), some having several types.

* main office in Vienna; Salzburg; Linz; Bregenz; Innsbruck; Eisenstadt; Graz; Braunau am Inn; plus main district sorting offices in Linz; Salzburg; Vienna; Klagenfurt; Innsbruck; Graz.

News Sheet 116: Transition to Reichspost part 5; Heligoland; Horst Wessel.

News Sheet 117: Deutsche Dienstpost Alpenvorland.