Catalogue information

LastDodo number
10135343
Area
Stamps
Title
Helgoland
Face value
Country / area
Year
1952
Month
09
Day
07
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Order Number in Issue
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Item subject
Hochsee-Fischdampfer vor Helgoland
Michel number
152
Yvert number
37
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Stanley Gibbons number
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Gum
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Special stamp: HELGOLAND Return of Helgoland Until 1952, Helgoland remained a restricted military area and bombing site for the British Air Force. During this time, British soldiers cynically called the island Hell-go-land. On March 1, 1952, the British returned Heligoland to the Federal Republic of Germany. The population was given permission to return to their island. To this day, March 1st is a public holiday on Helgoland.

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