Lot 320
Germany, 1944, ½d & 1½d KGVI & Stalin Silver Jubilee Forgeries, Commemorative Sheet, with inscription in English and Russian, stamps uncancelled, Very Fine and scarce.Michel No. 2PG €600 ($670).
This sheet was produced at a secret stamp production site in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Realized: $260
Lot 321
Germany, 1944, ½d-3d KGV Forgeries, "Liquidation of Empire" overprint group, 31 issues mixed used and unused, including 11 of the slightly better second overprints; some minor duplication, Very Fine overall.Michel No. 9VIa//10Vf €4,670 ($5,200).
Realized: $1,100
Lot 322
Germany, 1943, 20 (Gr) Hans Frank Forgery, neat town corner cancel, Very Fine, a very rare used example of this Polish Generalgouvernement forgery; signed Dr. Weinberger.Michel No. 33A €4,600 ($5,130).
In 1943, the British created this propaganda forgery depicting Hans Frank, the Governor-General of the Polish Generalgouvernement. The stamp design is an imitation of the 1941 Generalgouvernement 20 Groschen Hitler Issue, MiNr. 77. It exists perforated and imperforate.
The stamps were airdropped to the Polish Resistance in January-April 1943. The Resistance mailed a small quantity of covers, each containing a propaganda leaflet, bearing the stamp and two genuine 2-Groschen stamps to various addresses in Occupied Poland.
Realized: $1,300