German Reich / Bohemia & Moravia year 1944 stamps – Adolf Hitler – Complete set MNH
📮 Bohemia & Moravia — 1944 Hitler-Related Stamps
🔸 1) 55th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (20 April 1944)
- Issue: Commemorative set for Adolf Hitler’s 55th birthday, showing his portrait and/or symbolic imagery.
- Stamps: 2 semi-postal stamps with Hitler theme, usually inscribed:
“Deutsches Reich” above and “Böhmen und Mähren / Čechy a Morava” below. - Denominations:
- 60 + 140 Haleru
- 120 + 380 Haleru
- Michel catalog numbers: 136–137.
- Date of issue: 20 April 1944.
- These are the standard commemoratives specifically celebrating the Führer.
🔸 2) Definitives & Hitler Portrait Series (earlier but circulating into 1944)
- A larger definitive set featuring Adolf Hitler’s portrait was issued earlier (around 1942), and these stamps continued in use through 1944 (and even into 1945 in the Protectorate). This series includes many denominations from small haléř values up to high koruna values.
📌 Notes for Collectors
- These stamps were issued when the Bohemia & Moravia Protectorate postal system was under German Reich authority — hence the “Deutsches Reich” inscription, with Czech/German Protectorate names below on some issues.
- In 1944, besides the Hitler birthday stamps, other commemorative designs (e.g., St. Vitus Cathedral, Bedřich Smetana, etc.) were also issued but are not Hitler-themed.
- Michel catalog numbers for the 1944 Hitler birthday issue (136–137) help you identify the correct stamps in standard European catalogs.
