German stamps?

[guyana1230]

Hi, I have 2 stamps to identify, the first has a horse and the words FUR EIN FREIES HANOVER, the second one I'm sure is Bavaria but what is it for as I can't find it in SG.

[khj]

Right stamp is a Bavarian State Railway revenue stamp.

[guyana1230]

awesome-smiley-emoticon Khj, I thought it must be something like that

[khj]

Your welcome. I've seen the left stamp before, but I can't remember the details. I believe it is a cinderella, but I can't remember who issued it. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

[RossTO]

FUR EIN FREIES = For a Free after translation. So the stamp in total says For a Free Hannover.

[RossTO]

Maybe dcstamps will have a clue

[dcstamps]

Haven't a clue. My wild guess - probably some sort of propaganda label for a political group.

Did a quick Google, but nothing came up.

Sorry

[khj]

I'm sure I've seen it before, I just can't remember where and the background info!

k

[PostmasterGS]

WRT the Hannover stamp...

Following the Austro-Prussian War (1866), the formerly independent state of Hanover was annexed by Prussia, where it became the Province of Hanover. In 1869, the Deutsch-Hannoversche Partei (German-Hanoverian Party, or DHP) was formed, with its primary party platform being the restoration of the Kingdom of Hanover.

Over the following decades, their efforts were unsuccessful. During the German Revolution of 1918-1919, the DHP began a publicity campaign called "Für eine freies Hannover" advocating a Free State of Hanover within the Weimar Republic. They achieved a plebiscite in the Province of Hanover on 19 May 1924, but failed to receive enough votes to cross the 1/3 threshold required for independence.

Though I can't say with 100% certainty, I suspect the stamp is a DHP propaganda cinderella from the 1918-1924 timeframe.

[dcstamps]

PostmasterGS

Very interesting, thanks

[guyana1230]

Thank you PostmasterGS, that information is very useful