rare1900-1945

12 Pfennig Adolf Hitler Forgery (Unused)

Name: 12 Pfennig Adolf Hitler Forgery (Unused)
Brand: Germany

Germany · 1941 · 12 Pfennig

A red-brown stamp featuring a right-facing portrait of Adolf Hitler, with 'Deutsches Reich' at the top and '12' at the bottom.

This is an unused postal forgery of a 12 Pfennig definitive stamp from Nazi Germany, originally issued in 1941, depicting Adolf Hitler. Such forgeries were sometimes produced for propaganda purposes during World War II.

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portrait heads-of-state wwii propaganda forgery

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