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Hi, Stuka, Thanks for the information. How interesting. The knowledge and help from members here is brilliant! Jan

Hi, Stuka, Now I`m intrigued!

Hi, Uwe, Thank you very much indeed. Strange design for it to be parachute related. Don`t think I`d have EVER found it. Jan

Good morning, gentlemen. I recently acquired some badges and one of them is causing me a problem. On the face of it, it shouldn`t have been a difficult task, but a couple of days` searching has come up with nothing. Any help or suggestions would be welcomed.

Think I`m getting somewhere now, even though the answer still evades me! I found this: http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=66157

Hi, Odulf, Many thanks for your information. My research will now take me down the Belgian route.

Hi, Andy, Ah! You could well be right! The lion led me to the conclusion, but that may also be Flanders. More research needed on my part, I think.

Hi, Spreagle, I have looked at the article in the past, but it doesn`t really help to explain these particular "stamps". With their dates all being in the latter part of 44 I`m sure they must have something to do with the food shortages. Some of the designs show bread, others a cow (meat?).

Someone suggested difference in dates could have been due to censorship. Not possible, of course. Not only would it have meant the UBoat captain colluding as regards his log entry, but also my father`s letter was opened by the censor and allowed to pass.

Hi, Paul, My mistake. It is INDEED the Irene Maria to which I refer. He was previously on the Inger Toft, hence my confusion.

Now here`s a complete mystery for you all to ponder. My father was a Danish merchant seaman. On 9th April 1940 his vessel, the Inger Marie, was in Norway at the time of the German invasion. The skipper, along with a few other vessels, accepted the Navy`s offer to sail for Britain, and he arrived at Methil Roads a couple of days later. By August 1940 he was serving on the Birgitta, a Swedish ship, and on the 6th he sent my mother a letter in which he mentions the loss of the Inger Marie and his friend Axel on board. So far, so good. The Inger Marie was, indeed, sunk with the loss of all hands - including Edgard Axel Juul. The facts are confirmed both on Admiralty records and on Uboat.net, and both give the same date for the sinking - 27th November, 1940. They say that there is nothing that can`t be explained, but I can`t get my head around the fact that he wrote about it 3 months (nearly 4 months) before it happened! Totally inexplicable as far as I can see.

Hi, Larry, Didn`t think it would show in any stamp catalogues. They`re "Cinderellas". I`m wondering if they had anything to do with rationing? The dates on the various stamps are around the period of shortages at the end of 1944. Thanks for your help. Jan

Hi, Larry, The stamps are in sheets - as per scans. Wouldn`t want to separate them, sorry. I`ve cropped and resized if that might help.

Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I recently acquired some sheets of what were described as "Cinderella stamps". They are Dutch, and date from late 1944. Does anyone know what they are? Any help would be great, thanks.