Postage stamps from St. Nazaire - two postage stamps, catalog no. 1-2 not canceled, German occupation Fran

The German film classic "Das Boot" was filmed largely in the former fortress of La Rochelle. A similar installation was also located in St. Nazaire, where parts of a German infantry division were enclosed by the siege by French and American troops. In the cauldron of St. Nazaire, after French postage stamps had been used up, cash franking and franking were also used until, shortly before the end of the war, the Chamber of Commerce was authorized by the sub-prefect Benedetti to issue two postage stamps.

The artist Emile Guillaume created a woodcut with the motif "Viking ship", which served as the basis for the prints. The production itself took place in stone printing (lithography) on ungummed colored paper on a simple printing press with pedal drive. A notarized protocol was then created for the entire process as documentation.

The edition is very small, because there are only 16,000 sets, of which of course only a few have survived today in beautiful, unused condition.