WEIMAR REPUBLIC
PRIVATE PRINTED TO ORDER
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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PP81-B-9/01 (ONLY BUY TELEFUNKEN) , PP101-D-2 (NORDHAUSEN) , PP104-B-1 (ROBERT NORSK, BORNA) , PP104-C-7 (DRESDEN ANNUAL SHOW) , PP111-B-1 (ADOLF LEIDNER)
PP81-B-9/01
ONLY BUY TELEFUNKEN
This postcard is a modified official postcard P162 from 1925, only now with an additional inscription running around the edges of the left-hand pane. The inscription reads "SIE WÜNSCHEN HÖCHSTLEISTUNG | KAUFEN SIE NUR TELEFUNKEN RÖHREN | ACHTENSIE AUF TELEFUNKEN STERN | KAUFEN SIE NUR TELEFUNKEN-ORIGINAL GERÄT" - 'YOU WANT TOP PERFORMANCE | ONLY BUY TELEFUNKEN TUBES | WATCH OUT FOR TELEFUNKEN STAR | BUY ORIGINAL TELEFUNKEN DEVICES ONLY'
There are two versions of thnis card, the one below which is PP81-B-9/01 and a second card PP81-B-9/02 which is identical except with the addition of a portrait of Graf Arco.
PP81-B-9/01
PP101-D-2
1,000 ANNIVERSARY
NORDHAUSEN
This postcard was published to commemorate the 1,000th Anniversary of the city of Nordhausen in the Northern Thuringia and Southern Harz region, about 60Km north of Erfurt. The design of the card features the market square and wooden buildings and what appears to be a statue of Roland [more research is required to confirm the identity of the figure].
PP101-D-2
FROM MY COLLECTION
PP104-B-1
ROBERT NORSK, BORNA
P104-B-1 features a small image on the left-hand side with the inscription "Buchdruckerei von Robert Noske in Borna" - 'Robert Noske's printing press in Borna' and an 8Rpf pre-printed Beethoven stamp. There are two versions of this card, the one below without additional inscription and another with an advertisment for Ascher's Great Postal Stationary Catalogue.
PP104-B-1/01
PP104-C-7
DRESDEN ANNUAL SHOW
P104-C-7 was published to advertise the Dresden Annual Technical Show held from May to Oct 1928. The card depicts a steel construction girder with the image of a city scene on the leading edge and the inscription "Die Technische Stadt Jahresschau Dresden" - 'The Technical City Annual Show Dresden'. The pre-printed stamp is an 8Rpf Beethoven stamp.
DRESDEN ANNUAL SHOW
PP111-B-1
ADOLF LEIDNER
P111-B-1 is a plain postcard with a single vertical dividing line, 4 dotted and one solid address lines, and the word "Postkarte" to the right of the vertical divider. The card is addressed from "Adolf Leidner | Aschaffenburg | Danzigerstrasse 1." and features a single 6Rpf EBERT pre-printed stamp.
ADOLF LEIDNER
