hi guys. this is the group before last that i will be posting. i have read many thread trying to make sense in how to rule the good from the bad on these items and have not been able to figure it out yet. i would appreciate it very much comments on the following items and what makes them one thing or the other. thanks!
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Can anyone make out what is the first award on this ribbon bar? Is he an officer candidate?Comment
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Hello Das Reich,
The cards you've shown here are good. They are common. If you're going to dabble in this area of collecting you might consider investing in a Michel Ganzsachen Katalog Deutschland. This will give you information concerning the issuse and their Katalog number.
The first card thanking Adi for the return of the Sudetenland is issue P275, the issue of the stamp of the Girl in a costume from Schaumburg-Lippe is listed as P255, and the final card is listed as P260 from the issue commemorating the Summer Olympic Games. The final card of the soldier is not an issue of the government but appears to be photo postcard that any person could have made by the photographer's shop for private use.
As far as counterfeits of this material, made to defraud the collector, the first three appear completely genuine. If any card might be fraudulent, the 4th card would be the easiest to do. I'm not saying the 4th card is not genuine from period. I am saying that because it is not a standard card and was produced by, perhaps a family member, and thus there would be no katalog to go by, you must go by your knowledge of the period. Paper weight, black light test and the like should be considered.
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.
Cheers,
RamonLast edited by ramon; 12-03-2005, 08:53 AM.Comment
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thank you so much for the information. it was extremely useful.Comment
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Ramon,
I notice that for sale is Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Deutschland 2005 and also Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Deutschland 2005 band 1 and band 2. What is the difference?
Lisa
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An error has slipped in somewhere.
The Michel Ganzsachen-Deutschland Katalog 2005 covers only official postcards of Germany.
The error I see is the 2 volume Michel Deutschland Spezial (not Ganzsachen) covers the postage stamps of Germany in great depth.
Volume 1 covers Germany in all areas (Colonies, Weimar, NS Germany, usw.) up to May, 1945 and Volume 2 covers Germany in depth from May, 1945 to today.
Michel also offers Katalogs for Privatganzsachen Postkarten, Brief (stamps on cover), Motiven, Bildpostkarten such as the Lernt Deutschland Kennen series of cards.
Again, the two volume Michel Deutschland Spezial covers only stamps not postcards.
I should also add that it is reported that Schwaneberger Verlag, the Publishing House responsible for Michel Katalogs will be offering an English translated version of the Deutschland Spezial Kataloge. This is great news for non German reading collectors.
RamonLast edited by ramon; 12-05-2005, 06:24 PM.Comment
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