WEIMAR REPUBLIC
OTHER POSTCARDS
1928
The 1928 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1928 Official postcards are now on this page. Official postcards are cards that were issued by the Reich’s post office, had pre-printed (indicia) stamps and were widely available throughout German towns and cities.
Secondly Printed to Private Order postcards are postcards that were generally issued by entities that were advertising an event or commemorating an anniversary, and also had pre-printed stamps, but were not widely available throughout Germany (most were only available at the event they were commemorating).
Thirdly Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed to private order however they do not have pre-printed stamps.
Finally, Miscellaneous postcards is where you will find postcards that do not fit into the first three categories (i.e. they are not official, they do not have pre-printed stamps, and they do not commemorate an event).
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GERMAN NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY and 14th GERMAN TURNFEST
GERMAN NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY
(1928)
This postcard was published by National Verlag Otto Göddertz of Berlin, for the German National People's Party (Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) and bears the inscription "Erhebe dich, mein Vaterland" - 'Rise up my Country' and was likely produced to encourage the population to vote for them in the upcoming election. If that's the case then it was not a successful campaign, as the party's share of the vote fell from 21% in 1924 to 14% after the 20th May 1928 election campaign.
This postcard was not only used by the German National People's Party but also on several other occassions. Click here for more examples of this card.
GERMAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
FROM MY COLLECTION
14th GERMAN TURNFEST
(1928)
The postcard below was one of a series of postcards published to commemorate the 14th German Gymnastics Festival held in Köln in 1928.
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14th GERMAN TURNFEST
3rd RESTAURANT TRADE FAIR
(24th Nov/2nd Dec 1928)
This commemorative postcard was issued as an invitation card "BESUCHS-EINLADUNG" to the 3rd West German Restaurant Trade Fair, held in Köln from 24th Nov until 2nd Dec 1928. The card is addressed to a Mr. Ludwig Dallmeier of Munich. The special cancellations on the front of the card are not related to the event, and were only available 10 years after this card was published, for the annual 'Day of the Stamp' event in 1938.
3rd RESTAURANT TRADE FAIR
FROM MY COLLECTION
