Slovakia 1945 Overprint on Hitler Stamp

Slovakia · 1945 · 50h

This provisional stamp features a black overprint on a German Reich 50 heller stamp depicting Adolf Hitler. The overprint consists of the Slovak coat of arms and the text 'SLOVENSKO / 1945'. This issue marks the transition period at the very end of World War II in the region.

Issued in Bratislava in April 1945, these overprints were created as a provisional measure during the final days of the First Slovak Republic, just before its collapse and the liberation of the territory by Soviet forces.