NAZI GERMANY
MY STATE VISIT of
PRINCE REGENT HORTHY
POSTCARDS
Issued 25th to 27th Aug to celebrate the official visit of Hungarian Prince Regent Horthy to Germany. The card features portraits of Adolf Hitler and Horthy and was published by Verlag O. Struck, Berlin-Lichterfelde. There were at least another 4 postcards commemorating the visit.
FIRST DESIGN
This postcard has portraits of both Hitler and Horthy with the inscription "Staatstreffen Hilter - v. Horthy" - 'State meeting Hilter - v. Horthy'. This example has the special cancel used to celebrate the event in Berlin as well as an additional cancel from Stuttgart, commemorating the 6th Ethnic Germans Living Abroad Convention, held from 26th Aug to 4th Sep 1938.This postcard was published by Verlag O.Struck, Berlin-Lichterfelde.
(1) Horthy and Hilter
FROM MY COLLECTION
SECOND DESIGN
The second design features an image of Horthy wearing military dress complete with medals and the inscription "Admiral N. von HORTHY. | Reichsweser von Ungarn." - 'Admiral N. of HORTHY. | Imperial State of Hungary.'This postcard was published by Otto Hoppe Verlag, Berlin.
This example is purely philatelic in nature and has several cancelled-to-order strikes on 1Rpf self-adhesive Hindenburg Medallion stamps. The special cancel on the top right-hand side of the reverse was the one used in Berlin to commemorate the visit. On the top left and centre are two strikes from the 1938 Nazi Party rally in Nürnberg inscribed 'NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP". One of these also has the slogan cancel used at the rally depicting the city of Nürnberg and three swastika flags.
The CDS cancel on the bottom right-hand side was used in BERCHTESGADEN, the location of Hitler's alpine retreat, on 15th Sep 1938. Finally there is the special slogan cancel inscribed "Historische zusammenkunft | Chamberlain - Hitler" - 'Historical meeting | Chamberlain - Hitler', used during Neville Chamberlain's ill-fated trip to Germany to appease Hilter's territorial demands in Czechoslovakia.
(1) Horthy
FROM MY COLLECTION
The following example features the special cancellation used in Berlin to commemorate the visit.
(2) Horthy
FROM MY COLLECTION
THIRD DESIGN
The third design is almost exactly the same as the one above, only now there is only one line of text below the image of Horthy.
(3) Horthy
FROM MY COLLECTION
FOURTH DESIGN
This postcard featured both Horthy and his wife. There is an inscription on the front that reads 'Seine Durchlaucht der Reichsverweser des Konigsreichs Ungarn Virez | Nikolaus Horthy von Nagybanya | Ihre Durchlaucht Frau von Horthy' - "His Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary Virez | Nikolaus Horthy from Nagybanya | Your Highness Mrs. von Horthy". On the reverse is a second inscription that reads "Unter den Linden" in festlicher Ausschmückung | und Beleuchtung" - 'Under the Linden" in festive decoration and lighting'.This postcard was published by Verlag Wilhelm Stiewe, Berlin NW 21.
(1) Horthy and his Wife
FROM MY COLLECTION
The exact same design also exists where the coat of arms and crown are in black and white, unlike the colour version above. In addition this card does not have the inscription on the reverse.
(2) Horthy and his Wife
FROM MY COLLECTION
DOUBLE CARD
Official Visit of Horthy
COMING SOON