Can anyone help me out with the cancel on this Danzig Sc# 170. I can make out "Genutzt" and "Luftpoft". But what is the word under the left wing of the plane?
Cannot find a full example at the moment, but from memory it says: Benutzt die Luftpost. translation Use airmail. Advertising slogan used in the thirties.
I think the cancel on my stamp is "Luftpoft" rather than "Luftpost". Or is the character after the "o", which I think is an "f", not an "f"? I am guessing that I am missing something, as Google Translate tells me that Luftpoft = air pope.
I see what you mean about the lack of a crossbar. But I never would have guessed that in German an "s" can be represented by a character that looks very similar to an "f" with no crossbar.
Not just in German, but also in older English. Check out the words "Course", "necessary" and "desolved" on the first line of this printed copy of the US Declaration of Independence. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...e%2C_LOC.jpg
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