Dr Seitz and the Campaign to Reclaim Germany's Lost Colonies
Dr. Theodor Seitz was the fifth and last Governor of GSWA (German South West Africa). After its defeat in WW1 Germany was forced to accept the punitive terms of the 1919 Versailles Treaty which resulted in the loss of its European empire and all of its overseas colonies. From 1920 until 1933 Seitz lead the Colonial Society's campaign for the return of Germany‘s ‘Lost Colonies’.
I used ChatGPT to create the image below and also used Photoshop to add a few bits and pieces. I am hoping that you will be intrigued by the idea of GSWA stamps being overprinted 'G.R.I.' and what they might have looked like. Dr Seitz went to great lengths to prevent this from happening. I am wondering if my manipulation of the stamps shown in the PDF and in the image below meets with your approval or not. Pleae advise.
In this image Dr Seitz reflects on his life, the loss of GSWA; his prevention of a humiliating GSWA ‘G.R.I.’ overprint; the troubled Weimar Republic; the Colonial Society’s impotent campaign for the return of Germany’s Lost Colonies; the duplicity of the Nazis whose actions resulted in Holocaust and Gotterdammerung; and the consequent turning of German cities into piles of rubble.
See the article as a PDF here: https://southafricanphilatelyclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Seitz-and-the-Campaign-for-the-Return-of-Germanys-Lost-Colonies-2.pdf