Prison Camp Postage Stamps at Ruhleben

Notes:

These postage stamps were sold in the prison camp in Ruhleben to support a private postal system inside the facility. In addition to regular postage stamps, the postal authorities issued a postage due stamp and an administration (on service) stamp. The Reichspost ended the postage stamp service since it infringed on the German Post Office's mail monopoly and violated the law.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Ruhleben, Post, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Conrad Hoffman, "In the Prison Camps of Germany," New York: Association Press, 1920, 240B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/672