GPS June 2020

Images 21a & 21b. This cover is, of course, a fake. Cancelled “Vlasov stamps” were
mounted on an envelope. The cancellations do not match exactly where two stamps
meet. The “STO” of the left cancellation had to be retouched on the red 1 rouble
stamp, and the day of the right cancellation was not the 29th and had to be erased.
Since March 2018 this cover is offered on ebay for 750 euros.
The story about the “Vlasov stamps” would be incomplete without
mentioning a mystery. The two illustrated 50 kopecs stamps are clearly
datestamped 23 and 24 September 1942 (Image 22). The stamps with
the erroneous name withhold a little piece of their history for future
researchers.
Image 22. In 2018 I discovered two copies with 1942 dates. They are from 23 and 24
September 1942. The cancellations are a mystery. The Sloboda farm was occupied in
June 1942 but nothing is known of a propaganda stamp project at this early date.
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