Can anyone tell me where this German stamp overprinted Poczka / Gdansk / Polska is located in Scott's Catalog? I cannot find it under Port Gdansk (Polish Offices) or Danzig. Thanks!
This type of overprint is a dangerous area. For a short time post-WWII, there was a postal free-for-all in Germany. As a result, you tend to see three broad categories of overprints:
(1) official local issues -- these were recognized as valid postage (2) unofficial local issues -- these were not recognized as valid postage, but some snuck through and can be found used (3) outright fakes -- these are the most common, and were commonly the result of people overprinting old stamps for philatelic or other reasons
Michel's Specialized lists some of (1) and (2). I suspect this is a (3). There would have been no reason for a Danzig local overprint in 1938/1939, and no reason for a Danzig stamp to have been used in Dusseldorf.
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