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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Beles WW2 German Occupation Communals—genuine or bogus?




Sanem-Belvaux WW2 Communals

Real or Fake?

 

Sanem_Beles mint set WW2 Occupation
 
During the WW2 German occupation, the administration for Sanem-Belvaux apparently issued an attractive set of communal revenues. Curiously, they were denominated in pfenning, not Reichpfenning—which was the occupation currency—and bear the name Beles, which of course is German for Belvaux. 
 
Were these stamps actually used? I’ve never seen uses or used examples. The mint set of four is shown above.

The design is strikingly similar to this pre-WW2 Sanem-Belvaux communal revenue:



During the occupation, the nearby commune of Esch-sur-Alzette issued communal revenues with denominations less than one mark denominated in “Pf.” However, denominations of 1 mark or more were denominated in Reichmark.

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