GE B49-57 Wagner's Operas

VF LH. 1933. Wagner was Hitler's favorite composer and much of the 3rd Reich's official music came from Wagner's operas. Nine stamps, each representing a different Opera. Among them, -Das Rheingold, Siegfried, Lohengrin and Parsifal. Printed early in Hitler's reign on Swastika watermarked paper. Very scarce, low printing figures. Only 265,000 sets printed the lowest of all the 3rd Reich's commemorative stamp sets. Includes B55a perforation variety.