“THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE FUHRER”
NATIONAL EXHIBITION IN THE HOUSE OF LABOR, 17 THROUGH 20 APRIL 1937. HAMBURG, THE HANSEATIC STATE

These special souvenir sheets with a block of four taken from current booklet panes were sold to visitors at the KdF National Stamp Collectors Association exhibition on 20 April 1937, Hitler’s birthday and the last day of the show.
The 3+2 Rpf value depicts the autobahn between Miinchen and Reichenhall to the Austrian frontier. The autobahns played a major part in the recovery of the German economy with unemployment going from seven million in 1933 to full employment by 1938. With a view for future military needs, they led to the Austrian, Czech, Polish and Belgium frontiers and were massively constructed, Hitler said, “To withstand bombing and straffing later.”
The 12+6 Rpf value depicts the “Alpine Road” near the Mauthausl picturesquely situated above the deep gorge of the Weissbach near Berchtesgaden. The cancellation depicts a sprig of edelweiss.
The Hanseatic League was a protective and commercial association of free towns in northern Germany and neighboring areas, formally organized by Hamburg and Lubeck in 1358. The League dissolved in the 17lh century.