page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg / World War II
caption_attribution_description: Stamp of Germany for Luxembourg; 1940; Hindenburg-series from 1933/36 with singlie-line, black overprint in Gothic letters "Luxemburg" Stamp: German occupation issues 1939/45 - Luxembourg; Michel-No. 7 (= Michel No. 519 from 1934 with overprint "Luxemburg") Color: bright-red (middle-red) to red Nominal value: 12 (Pfennig) Watermark: Germany No. 4 (horizontal wave lines, narrow waves) Postage validity: from 1 October 1940 until 31 December 1941 date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1940-10-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1941-12-31T00:00:00Z/11
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg.
  Luxembourg is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres.
context_section_description: After Luxembourg was occupied by German forces during World War II, German stamps were overprinted for use in Luxembourg in 1940 and 1941. In 1942 Luxembourg was annexed into Germany and used German stamps until its liberation in 1944.
caption: German occupation issue, 1940
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