NAZI GERMANY
MISCELLANEOUS POSTCARDS
1933
The 1933 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1933 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).
Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed-to-private-order postcards, 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). These are typically advertising postcards, plain postcards, or tourist type postcards. For the most part these cards have been postally used.
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BERLIN to DESSAU and ZEPPELIN POSRCARD to BRAZIL
POSTCARD BERLIN TO DESSAU
(2nd Aug 1933)
This postcard was sent from BERLIN to DESSAU on the 2nd of Aug 1933 and bears a regular BERLIN CDS. In addition to the CDS, is a slogan cancel inscribed "Bekämpft die Arbeitsnot, Kauft Deutsche Waren" - 'Fight the labour shortage, buy German goods'.
On the top left-hand side there is a business rubber stamp inscribed "REFORMHAUS "JAHN" | BERLIN-WEISSENSEE | Berliner Allee 4 - Tel. Weiβensee 1528 | u. Pistoriusstr. 2 an der Berliner" - 'REFORM HOUSE "JAHN" | BERLIN-WEISSENSEE | Berliner Allee 4 - Tel. Weiβensee 1528 | u. Pistoriusstr. 2 on Berliner Allee'.
BERLIN/DESSAU
FROM MY COLLECTION
ZEPPELIN COVER to BRAZIL
LZ127 'GRAF ZEPPELIN'
(2nd Oct 1933)
This postcard was carried on the Graf Zeppelin's 8th South America flight of 1933 from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, Brazil (as shown by the violet special cancel inscribed "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN | 8. SÜDAMERIKAFAHRT 1933"). The flight began on 30th Sep and reached Pernambuco on 3rd Oct 1933. The cancellation is dated 2nd Oct 1933.
It has three stamps, a 1933 Michel No.489 20Pf Hindenburg Medallion, a 1926 Michel No.380 20Rpf Airmail stamp and a 1928 Michel No.455 1 Mark Zeppelin stamp. The reverse of the card has a stamped 'N.E. SIEGER, LORCH, WURTT' inscription.
ZEPPELIN TO BRAZIL
FROM MY COLLECTION
