Miniature souvenir sheet sold at the Hamburg Postage Stamp Collectors Show held the weekend of 8 April 1937. The commemorative cancellation is dated
9 April 1937.
EROFFNUNG DES POSTMUSEUMS
IM POSTAMT 8 • AM 8. APRIL 1937
HANSESTADT HAMBURG
ERLOS ZUGUNSTEN DER NSV • GAUAMT HAMBURG
translates as:
INAUGURATION OF THE POSTAL MUSEUM IN POST OFFICE 8 ON 8 APRIL 1937 HANSEATIC CITY OF HAMBURG PROCEEDS IN FAVOR OF THE HAMBURG DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE NSV §
NSV stands for Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist Peoples Welfare) which arose from the party’s social welfare initiatives in the period before the Seizure of Power. It was organized regionally, like the party, into Gau, Kreis and local administrations, and then into cells and blocks. It was divided into six departments (organization, financial administration, welfare work and youth care, public health, propaganda and training).