May 1942
Also known as: Mai 1942
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1942-05-01
German postage stamp, affixed with special postmarks to special printed slips of paper; postage stamp with head of a man facing left (Adolf Hitler). Note: See NG-700-G.
Inscription; bottom: 'Grosz-Deutschland und die Niederlande / feiern dan Tag der Arbeit'. Dated; on postmark: 1.5.42. Marked; on postage stamp and paper: postmark; on paper: swastika. Inscription; on postage stamp: 'DEUTSCHES REICH'. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-700-F; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique printing; measurements height 13.8 cm x width 10.8 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- printing
- Measurements
- height 13.8 cm x width 10.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Mai 1942
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-700-F
- Museum classification
- postage stamp
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the stamp issue, catalogue numbers and printing details against philatelic references.