Germany WWII 1943 (Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia - Czechoslovakia) Official Complete Set of 12 Stamps

Deutsches Reich was the official name for Germany from 1871 to 1943 in the German language, it translates literally in English to "German Empire" and appropriately "German Realm".

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German: Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren; Czech: Protektorát %u010Cechy a Morava) was the majority ethnic-Czech protectorate which Nazi Germany established in the central parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia in what is today the Czech Republic. It was established on 16 March 1939 by proclamation of Adolf Hitler from Prague Castle following the declaration of establishment of the independent Slovak Republic on 14 March 1939. Bohemia and Moravia were autonomous Nazi-administered territories which the German government considered part of the Greater German Reich. The state's existence came to an end with the surrender of Germany to the Allies of World War II in 1945.

Scott's Catalog Number

O13 30
O14 40
O15 50
O16 60
O17 80
O18 1k
O19 120
O20 150
O21 2k
O22 3k
O23 4k
O24 5k

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Currency

O13 - O17, O19, O20 : Haleru
O18, O21 - O24 : Koruna

100 Haleru = 1 Koruna

Germany's Eagle
Unwatermarked
Perforation 18½ x 24