Catalogue information

LastDodo number
280495
Area
Stamps
Title
Helgoland
Face value
20
Country / area
Year
1952
Month
09
Day
06
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Hochsee-Fischdampfer vor Helgoland
Michel number
152
Yvert number
37
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Printing office
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
5.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
29 x 23,5 mm
Details

Return from Heligoland Until 1952, Heligoland remained a restricted military area and a bomb dropping area for the British Air Force. During this time, British soldiers cynically named the island Hell-go-land (the land that goes to hell). The British returned Heligoland to the Federal Republic of Germany on March 1, 1952. The population was given permission to return to their island. To this day, March 1st is a public holiday on Heligoland.

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