Vlaanderen...land of beauty

[Kris]

Bij elke postzegel die wordt uitgegeven bestaat er toch een brochure van uitgifte, zelfs vandaag nog...
Pieter.

Dan zijn die om één of andere reden zeldzaam want heb er nog geen gezien.
Alhoewel er veel van moeten geweest zijn.

Then these brochures are rare; strange as there should have been many of them. Maybe most people didn't care about the brochures and went for the stamps

[FLANDERN]

I think Pieter is referring to, what stamp collectors in Belgium tend to call the "eerstedagsafstempeling" ... my father and grandfather being both heavy fanatic stamp collectors in the past, I have seen these type of "brochures" many times. They normally contain some information!

I didn't know there also existed "first day covers" for these kind of stamps anyway, have the check the books of the family again ... perhaps they are in there Guess they are pretty rare ...

Regards
Geert

[gilles]

my grandfather has a big stamp collection too, think i'm going to take a look in it

[Kris]

Ah, ok. We're talking fdc's.

I don't think they existed for this kind of stamps.

[Rene Chavez]

A few months ago, on Ebay Germany, there was an envelope and letter sold addressed to a certain "Untersturmführer François"... ... It had 2 of these Flemish stamps on it... It sold for about 130 Euros I believe...
I have always wondered who the buyer was... Was it perhaps one of you guys??

Kind regards,
Gerd

Hi Gerd,

Concerning the propaganda labels showing Flemish SS Soldiers and planes were issued in 1944 as a set of 5 miniature sheets illustrating Flemish Waffen-SS in military scenes were printed in horz. format, perf. and imperf. These labels are inscribed “SS FELDPOST /Wapen SS,” all bearing values from 10 Francs to 100 Francs.

"These issues were prepared for sale but never issued. Only 6000 perforated and 1200 imperforate sets were printed."

I am surprise that they were posted on a feldpost, I'lll bet it is probably a fake feldpost because these issues were never issued.

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In late 1944, the 50Franc Waffen-SS label was issued with overprinted “LANGEMARK” in red. This issue commemorated the Assault Brigade Langemark. This unissued label was the last to be printed. A total of 3600 labels were overprinted.

For more info. of Legion stamps and feldpost, please visit my web site.

Rene Chavez
Http://axis101.bizlalnd.com

[oli4vercammen]

16!

Sorry, there will be 16 of them.

all more the reason to buy the originals!
Oli4

[JOHN VD HEIJDEN]

Wolfschanze... isn,t that a leather gayclub in flandern

[FLANDERN]

John,

This forum is about collecting militaria.
I can well understand you have some other hobby's too, but I guess you have to look for appropriate forums for "that other passe-temps"

[JOHN VD HEIJDEN]

re

John,

This forum is about collecting militaria.
I can well understand you have some other hobby's too, but I guess you have to look for appropriate forums for "that other passe-temps"

TOUCHE ,Flandern

[willysproject]

"These issues were prepared for sale but never issued. Only 6000 perforated and 1200 imperforate sets were printed."

I am surprise that they were posted on a feldpost, I'lll bet it is probably a fake feldpost because these issues were never issued.

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Hi René,

Yes, I learned on your site the 'planes and soldiers' were never really used back in 1944... But on the Ebay letter and envelope adressed to Jef François there were 2 flemish stamps as show on my first post (the knights) and not the 'planes and soldiers' type... Maybe I didn't express it well enough hence the misunderstanding.

regards,
Gerd

[junior]

John, John, John,... Are you of that kind... Junior

[FLANDERN]

TOUCHE ,Flandern

Now and then a good laugh is always good for the health!

[willysproject]

I think Pieter is referring to, what stamp collectors in Belgium tend to call the "eerstedagsafstempeling" ... my father and grandfather being both heavy fanatic stamp collectors in the past, I have seen these type of "brochures" many times. They normally contain some information!

I didn't know there also existed "first day covers" for these kind of stamps anyway, have the check the books of the family again ... perhaps they are in there Guess they are pretty rare ...

Regards
Geert

Hi Geert and others,

No, Pieter isn't referring to the 'FDC' (first day cover) or Eerstedagsafstempeling. IMO he's referring to the paper leaflet issued by the Post that announces the new stamp.

Take a look at the pics below to see what I mean... (It's from a sixties stamp...) Don't worry, I'll remove these pics in a few days so they won't mess up this beautiful thread. Just want to be sure everybody understands what Pieter and Luc are talking about...

kind regards and Happy New Year !!!

[willysproject]

2nd

[Kris]

ok, thanks

Thanks for making that clear. Now i understand.
Yes, than this must be rare for Flemish ww2 stamps.

Below something from my collection, not yet shown here (i think)

Regards,
Kris