German Reich postage stamps year 1939 Nuremburg Congress

German Reich postage stamps year 1939 Nuremburg Congress

📌 1939 Reichsparteitag (Nürnberg) Stamp

• Michel 701 — 6 + 19 Rpf (black-brown) was issued on 25 August 1939 to commemorate the 11th Nürnberg Reichsparteitag (11th Nazi Party Rally).
• The stamp’s design is based on a photograph of Adolf Hitler taken by his official photographer Heinrich Hoffmann and adds the inscription “Reichsparteitag 1939” to distinguish it from the earlier Labour Day issue.

🇩🇪 Historical Context

• The 11th Reichsparteitag was scheduled for 2 – 11 September 1939 in Nürnberg as a major political rally.
• However, the rally was canceled because World War II began with Germany’s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.
• Because of the cancellation, no special rally handstamp / postmark was used in Nürnberg on the day itself.
• Despite the rally’s cancellation, the stamp remained a valid postage issue and is collected as the official Reichsparteitag 1939 commemorative stamp.

🗂️ Collecting Notes

• Michel 701 is the primary and generally only dedicated Party Rally stamp for 1939.
• Because the rally did not take place, there are no known official special event cancels for this issue, which is a notable point for collectors of Nazi-era special events.
• This 1939 rally stamp is part of the broader series of Reichsparteitag labels issued annually during the 1930s, despite the unique historical circumstances of its use.