12-01-2026, 10:27 PM
There is something I find arresting about these three stamps. Their simplicity, I suppose? Or, the Naïve Art style of the designer? As semi-postals in Soviet Occupied Meckenburg / Vorpommen in 1945 raising money for child welfare the images would seem very appropriate to the task and very reflective of the state of the economy.
Stamps:
Mecklenburg / Vorpommen under Allied Occupation / Soviet Zone
Series: Semi-postal / Child Assistance
Issued on December 31, 1945
Baby
6+14Pf, Orange
Mi.Nr. 26
Notice the shift to the left resulting in a misperforation. The word, VORPOMMERN usually on the right of the stamp is completely missing.
Michel notes that due to difficult technical considerations of the time "standardized quality ranges cannot be made for separations, perforations and centering."
Girl
8+22Pf, Blue
Mi.Nr. 27
Boy
12+28PF. Pink Red
Mi.Nr. 28
Stamps:
Mecklenburg / Vorpommen under Allied Occupation / Soviet Zone
Series: Semi-postal / Child Assistance
Issued on December 31, 1945
Baby
6+14Pf, Orange
Mi.Nr. 26
Notice the shift to the left resulting in a misperforation. The word, VORPOMMERN usually on the right of the stamp is completely missing.
Michel notes that due to difficult technical considerations of the time "standardized quality ranges cannot be made for separations, perforations and centering."
Girl
8+22Pf, Blue
Mi.Nr. 27
Boy
12+28PF. Pink Red
Mi.Nr. 28
Hugh MacDonald, Wolfe Island
Member: BNAPS. PHSC, Auxiliary Markings Club, Postal Stationary Society, British Postmark Society,
AMG Collectors Club, China Stamp Society, France and Colonies Philatelic Society
ArGe Deutsche Feldpost: 1914-1918 e.V.