NAZI GERMANY
200th ANNIV of
SAXONY COUNTRY POSTAGE &

This series of 6 postcards was published as a set inside an envelope with the inscription "200 Jahre Sächsische Landespost in Bildern", to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of postal services in Saxony. There are three sets of almost identical cards, the first two with pre-printed stamps and the third set without. The first set of cards all have a 3Pf Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp and the second set was issued in Leipzig and has several different pre-printed stamps.

200th ANNIVERSARY of SAXONY COUNTRY POSTAGE

FROM MY COLLECTION

FIRST SET
200th ANNIVERSARY of
SAXON POSTAGE
(16th Oct 1938)
3Pf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

(1)
PP122-E-5/01

(2)
PP122-E-5/02

FROM MY COLLECTION

(3)
PP122-E-5/03

FROM MY COLLECTION

(4)
PP122-E-5/04

(5)
PP122-E-5/05

(6)
PP122-E-5/06

SECOND SERIES
125th ANNIVERSARY of the
BATTLE of NATIONS
(16th Oct 1938)

There is a second set of identical cards from Leipzig, the only difference being an additional inscription on the reverse of the card on the bottom left-hand side, and a different value pre-printed stamp. In this second set, card No.1 does not have the additional text, No.2 has a 3Pf Hindenburg Medallion stamp, No.3 has a 5Pf Luftpost stamp, No.4 has a 5Pf Hindenburg Medallion stamp, No.5 has a 6Pf Hindenburg Medallion and No.6 has a 5Pf HIndenburg Medallion stamp.