Reinhard Heydrich Death Mask SS Stamp

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HEYDRICH NAZI POSTAGE STAMP

Deputy Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia

AN ENVELOPE WITH A
REINHARD HEYDRICH
DEATH MASK STAMP
MAILED IN PRAGUE,
THE CITY OF HIS DEATH

Czech commandos, Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, were trained as spies and assassins by the British Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) in England and parachuted into Czechoslovakia late in 1941. On 27 May 1942 they tossed a large grenade against the side of SS-3, the open Mercedes-Benz automobile in which Deputy Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia and General of Police Reinhard Heydrich was being driven to his office in downtown Praha (Prague, Prag) , inflicting wounds on the SS-Obergruppenführer that took his life in the early morning hours of 4 June 1942.

On 28 May 1943, the first anniversary of the attack on Heydrich's life, a commemorative postage stamp (Sonderbriefmarke) was issued featuring his death mask and SS runes.

The item we offer for sale here is an empty envelope measuring 4-3/8 x 6-1/4 inches. The envelope contains a canceled Reinhard Heydrich Sonderbriefmarke with the words DEUTSCHES REICH, BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN (Bohemia and Moravia), SS (runes), REINHARD HEYDRICH and the date of his birth, 7 March 1904 , and death, 4 June 1942. The cancelation date is 17 June 1943.

This Nazi Heydrich stamp is **SOLD**.

Other Reinhard Heydrich material offered for sale on this website:

- Original September 1941 Heydrich proclamation, death sentences for high treason.

- Völkischer Beobachter newspaper announcing May 1942 attack on Heydrich.

- Framed material related to Reinhard Heydrich's life and untimely death.

- Genuine oil painting of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

- Czech commando / British SOE spy material.

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