Need German person to tell me what this is please.

Reece · 12-26-07, 07:27 PM

Hi, I just received this & wondered what it is, hopefully someone has come across this before.
Many thanks in advance.

Pablo · 12-26-07, 07:50 PM

Hi!

I think it is a marketing pitch. Caveat emptor! My rough translation:

RARITIES IN GOLD

German U-boat Stamp 1916.

The merchant U-boats Deutschland and Bremen went to the United States of America before the entrance of the USA into World War I. The Deutsche Versicherungsbank GmbH ("German Insurance Bank, Inc.") issued postage stamps for the company that operated the merchant U-boats, Deutsche Ozean-Reederei ("German Ocean Shipping Company"), on September 18, 1916 with the permission of the German Post Office. The stamps combined postage and insurance premium in their nominal value; the value of the postage was transferred later to the postal administration. These stamps promise highly stable value in editions of between 200 to 1000 copies.

I make no claim as to the accuracy or verity of the advertisement, but I hope this helps!

Pablo

GoldenRivet · 12-26-07, 07:56 PM

pretty much what i got out of it Pablo.

looks to be some sort of certificate of authenticity.

Reece · 12-26-07, 08:13 PM

Since it was a gift I assume some sort of authenticity, the center is a plastic envelope containing a gold (assume it to be), stamp/seal, I will remove it & scan it in.

Thanks.

Reece · 12-26-07, 08:22 PM

HW3 · 12-27-07, 01:37 AM

You can find them listed for sale on the German E-bay.

Enchanter · 12-27-07, 04:47 PM

Very thoughtful gift!
Now...I happen to know a little antique store that is selling an Iron Cross Second Class....

Reece · 12-27-07, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Now...I happen to know a little antique store that is selling an Iron Cross Second Class....

Ah, I have one of those, and I have a rather expensive gift that is in transit, a U-Boat commanders cap!

Wish it would hurry up & get here, was sent by surface by mistake!

d@rk51d3 · 12-27-07, 08:42 PM

Wow, a stamp for 50 DM. That's one big package.

12-26-07, 07:27 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,696 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Need German person to tell me what this is please. Hi, I just received this & wondered what it is, hopefully someone has come across this before. Many thanks in advance. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-26-07, 07:50 PM	#2
Pablo Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Hi! I think it is a marketing pitch. Caveat emptor! My rough translation: RARITIES IN GOLD German U-boat Stamp 1916. The merchant U-boats Deutschland and Bremen went to the United States of America before the entrance of the USA into World War I. The Deutsche Versicherungsbank GmbH ("German Insurance Bank, Inc.") issued postage stamps for the company that operated the merchant U-boats, Deutsche Ozean-Reederei ("German Ocean Shipping Company"), on September 18, 1916 with the permission of the German Post Office. The stamps combined postage and insurance premium in their nominal value; the value of the postage was transferred later to the postal administration. These stamps promise highly stable value in editions of between 200 to 1000 copies. I make no claim as to the accuracy or verity of the advertisement, but I hope this helps! Pablo __________________ "...far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899

12-26-07, 07:56 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	pretty much what i got out of it Pablo. looks to be some sort of certificate of authenticity. __________________

12-26-07, 08:13 PM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,696 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Since it was a gift I assume some sort of authenticity, the center is a plastic envelope containing a gold (assume it to be), stamp/seal, I will remove it & scan it in. Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!* Last edited by Reece; 12-26-07 at 09:30 PM.

12-26-07, 08:22 PM	#5
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,696 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	__________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-27-07, 01:37 AM	#6
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	You can find them listed for sale on the German E-bay. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

12-27-07, 04:47 PM	#7
Enchanter Bosun Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 66 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Very thoughtful gift! Now...I happen to know a little antique store that is selling an Iron Cross Second Class.... __________________ Hasta la wookie...baby.

12-27-07, 08:42 PM	#9
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Wow, a stamp for 50 DM. That's one big package.