Hello! This is a page about philthelia. Here I share some albums that I've been working as well as interesting materials I find.

Updates:

14.May.2025: Some updates in the WWII timeline.

26.Oct.2024: Launched the project "World War II".

25.feb.2024: New text "Bohemia & Moravia - Hidden Patriotic Messages" in the section Philatelic Information.

03.dec.2023: Added Dead Country Stamps and Banknotes to Links.

29.may.2022: Added Stamp Smarter to Links.

Interests:

Click here to see some pictures of my stamp collection. In particular, I collect:

• Countries:

             

• Thematics:
  • WWII, 3º Reich and Occupations;
  • Butterflies.

The World War II (WWII) Project

The ideal is pretty simple (although ambitious) create albums of Germany and each occupied country during WWII.
In other words this is basically a philately study considering the WWII scenario.

THIS SECTION IS IN DEVELOPMENT!

• 1938:
  • Austria (Anschluss)
    Austrian stamps ceased circulation, and regular German stamps were used after annexation.
• 1939:
  • Czechoslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia)
    Overprints on Czechoslovak stamps with "Böhmen und Mähren" marked the establishment of the German Protectorate.
  • Poland (Generalgouvernement)
    Polish stamps were overprinted or replaced by new designs issued by the German administration.
    • Overprint "Deutsche Post OSTEN";
  • Memel / Lithuania (Klaipėda Region)
    After German occupation in March, overprinted Lithuanian and German stamps with "Memel" were issued; later replaced by standard German issues.
• 1940:
  • Denmark
    Stamps remained Danish; no specific German overprints were introduced during occupation.
  • France (Alsace-Lorraine)
    Overprints were introduced in Alsace and Lorraine.
    • Lorraine (overprint "LOTHRINGEN");
    • Alsace (overprint "ELSASS");
  • Norway
    Norwegian stamps were overprinted, and German-influenced designs emerged later.
  • Netherlands
    Stamps were overprinted with "Nederlandsche Post" under German administration.
  • Belgium
    Overprints with "Belgien" and later new issues with German iconography appeared.
  • Luxembourg
    Local stamps overprinted with "Deutsches Reich"; regular German stamps used subsequently.
  • Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey)
    Locally produced stamps featured regional symbols, such as the Guernsey lily, during German occupation.
• 1941:
  • Yugoslavia
    Following invasion and partition, overprinted stamps were used in Serbia ("Serbien") and Croatia issued its own stamps as a German ally.
    • 1941, Yugoslavia (overprint "SERBIEN");
  • Greece
    Regional overprints appeared in Crete and mainland Greece under Axis occupation.
  • Soviet Union (Occupied territories)
    Stamps were overprinted for Reichskommissariats: Ukraine and Ostland. These included reworked Soviet designs.
    • 1941-43, Ukraine (overprint "UKRAINE");
  • Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
    Integrated into Reichskommissariat Ostland. Local stamps were overprinted before German designs replaced them.
    Note: Memel had been annexed in 1939 but continued to issue overprints in 1941.
    • 1941-43, Baltic (overprint "OSTLAND");
• 1943:
  • Italy (Italian Social Republic - RSI)
    Stamps issued under German occupation included "G.N.R." (Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana) and RSI overprints.
• 1945:
  • Italy (end of war)
    Allied Military Government (AMG) issued stamps in liberated areas such as Friuli Venezia Giulia.
    • 1945, Italy, Ally Occupation of Friuli Venezia Giulia (overprint "A.M.G. V.G.");
• Special Cases:
  • France (1940–1944, Vichy France and German-occupied zone)
    Vichy France continued with its own stamps, while the occupied zone used regular French stamps without overprints.
  • Baltic Coast Regions (e.g., Danzig, Memel)
    Danzig: Local issues were overprinted after incorporation into the Reich, followed by standard German usage.

My other Albums

These albums were created by me, based on the albums by Will Steiner among other materials found on the internet.

• Italy/Italia:
  • 1973, 2015;
• Vatican City: 2017;
• San Marino:
  • 1877-1903, 1905-1924, 1925, 1926-1932, 1933-1934, 1935-1936, 1937-1939,
  • 1940-1942, 1943-44 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949,
  • 1950, 1951-1952, 1953, 1954,
  • 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969,
  • 1970-71, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979;
• Butterflies: The album is divided into several files, each with a single page. There is no sequence because the files were organized according to the stamps that I have at the moment. Click here to check the list with the list of countries by file. Here is the list of files from the album:
  
  • 01; 02; 03; 04; 05.

Other...

Here are PDFs with information about the themes/countries I collect. These files are available the way I found them on the internet.

• Italy:
  • Castelli d'Italia - I colori naturali della serie.
  • Forgeries.
  • The foreign correspondence of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1875), Andrea Mori.
  • Fiume (Estado Livre de Fiume):
    • Catalogue.
    • Forgeries.
• World War II (WWII/WW2):
  • Bohemia & Moravia - Hidden Patriotic Messages.