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The above 1935 Reichsparteitag Membership Pass with its perfectly struck green handstamp is by itself a desirable Party Rally artifact. Baldur von Schirach’s autograph acquired a month later significantly enhances its value. The Membership Pass was given Hanns Klaus Meyer of the Hitlerjugend, born 6 March 1920. At the time of the 1935 Reichsparteitag, he was residing at 21 Untere Schiede, Limburg (Lahn). He listed his Confession of Faith (Glaubensbeken...

Barechested Labor Corps man with flag on the Zeppelin Field Artist’s card (38/14) designed by Han Friedmann

This commemorative card designed by Hans Friedmann and published by Heinrich Hoffmann depicts an SS Mann holding a swastika flag in front of the Feldherrnhalle in Miinchen, the scene of the attempted putsch.

The message page of the Special Greetings Telegram overleaf sent from the Rally Grounds at 12:00 AM on 10 September 1934 to Elisabeth Kohler in Munchen with the salutation “Herzliche Griisse vom Parteitag” (Hearty Greetings from the Party Rally). Telegram form (LX 10) was designed to mark the event and was printed by the Berlin Staatsdruckerei for issue during the period 4-15 September 1934. The cover designs are by Emmy GHntzer and both feature the popul...

Rottenfiihrer Eicker became a member of the S.A. on 1 January 1934. He was a small slender man with blond hair and blue eyes weighing about 160 pounds. The card was issued 1 April 1937 in Dulken. Sturmabteilung (Storm Trooper) identity card for Corporal Josef Eicker born 6 January 1915 in Dulken. Eicker was in the Niederrhein Group, 75lh Brigade, 75'h Standard.

Hitler’s 1933 decree designating Nurnberg as the City of the National Party Rallies, coupled with Goebbels’ popularization of the town in the press, magazines and films, quickly led to worldwide recognition of the Altstadt. This post card was designed by Hans Friedmann and published by Stiirmer Verlag, Nurnberg. (Sturmer is only known to have published two Rally cards.) All mail collected by the temporary camp post offices was sent to the main post off...

1937 The Greatest Freedom to the World. Propaganda Poster

(Hoffmann Rally Card No. 446. Designed by Hans Friedmann.) Hoffmann Rally Card No. 446 franked with Sc 479 and postally used 13 September 1936. The card was mailed from Nurnberg Postamt 2. Four new single circle date stamps were initially produced and used, in combination with the slogan “Die Stadt der Reichsparteitage," automatic canceling machines at this office. Several identifying letters were used in the date stamp, the above being “c.”

Olympiade, 1936 (The Fuhrer follows the sporting contests with great interest.) Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring (forefront) at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffman) Scott Nos. B84-6, postally used and cancelled at the Berlin Olympia-Stadium, 12 August 1936. “Zum Verkauf auf dem Reichssportfelde freigegeben durch den Reichsportverlag” (“For sale on the Reichs Sports Field by permission of the Reichs Sport Publishing House.”) Photo - Hof...

Rally card (37/8) published by Hoffman in 1937. Designed by Richard Borrmeister. Postally used 8 September 1937.

Artist: Hans Friedmann. Hoffmann Rally Card No. 36/3 franked with Sc В120 and mailed from Nurnberg, 7 September 1938. Postal station “b” unknown.

Heinrich Hoffman Parteitagspostkarte No. 38/9. (Artist: Hans Friedmann; printer unknown.) Scott В120 with Gefalligkeitsstempelungen (favor cancel) dated 11 September 1938. The sonderhandstempel (commemorative handstamp) is Type I (b) in which the left-hand side of the eagle’s body is drawn with a curved line, and the letter “a” has a large loop. Postally used mail with this cancellation was forwarded through Postamt Nurnberg 2.

Germany Summons You Brochure for the NSDAP Plebiscite of November 1933 On 14 October 1933 Hitler proclaimed Germany’s withdrawal from the League of Nations and ordered the Wehrmacht to resist with force if an attempt were made to apply sanctions. In a radio address delivered that evening, he applied to foreign affairs the dual tactics which had proved of such value to him in domestic affairs: he masked his belligerence by a torrent of words and show of a...

the message page of the Special Greetings Telegram overleaf sent from the Rally Grounds at 3:10 PM on 2 September 1933 to the Kohler wedding couple with the salutation “Sieg Heil” (Hail Victory). The telegram form (LX 9) was on sale in the camp post offices at the Niirnberg Rally from 30 August to 6 September 1933. The Reichsadler design on the front cover and the Garrison Church in Potsdam on the back, were by Hans Bastanier. The form itself was printed ...

An official NSDAP souvenir post card franked with Sc 465 postally used 31 August 1933 with a “3 star” slogan cancellation. It was mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2. The card was designed by Siegmar von Suchodolski. Brend’amour, Simhart & Company of Munich did the copper engraved printing. Copyrighted by Franz Eher Verlag of Munich “The 1933 Rally had its official beginning with the arrival of Hitler shortly before 8:00 PM on 31 August. He had come from Mu...

2 September 1933, Nurnberg 22 mm single circle with two stars.

Hoffmann Rally Card No. 36/9 franked with Sc 479. Mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2, 14 September 1936. This 1936 slogan cancellation is the same as the 1935 design, a double circle date stamp with the identifying letter “u.” As in the earlier design, the divided shield with three complete shaded bars is on the left. It was used throughout 1936 in Postamtern 1, 2 and 5.

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Franked with Michel 546, posted 8 September 1934. The newly designed bffentliche sonderhandstempel (publicity slogan cancellation) was placed in five automatic canceling machines in the three main Nurnberg post offices in the weeks before the Rally. It featured a large swastika banner reminiscent of the huge flags displayed in the Luitpold Arena at the Rally grounds.

(In Remembrance of the Reichs Party Rally of the NSDAP. from 1-3 Sept. 1933 in Niirnberg) One of five different view cards of Niirnberg’s Altstadt published by Verlag von Wilhelm Serz in 1933. The above (Adolf-Hitler-Platz mit Schbnem Brunnen) depicts Adolf Hitler Plaza with its Beautiful Fountain.

(Artist unknown.) Hoffmann Rally Card No. 38/3 postally used 5 September 1938. The card was mailed fr om Nurnberg Postamt 2. The Parteitaghandstempel cancellation is Type I wh ere the tail of the eagle is between the “t” and “a” of “tag.”

Souvenir cover with commemorative label depicting The House In Which The Fuhrer Was Born in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn. The cover was mailed 20 April 1942 from Postamt Wien 1 to Herrn Hof rat Prof.Dr.Gustav Riehl. Hofrat means “Privy Councilor” in German. A Privy Councilor is a legal advisor to an executive or governmental administrator. This cover is franked with a 3 Rpf stamp (Scott 507), the printed matter rate (Drucksache) for its weight. ...

Heinrich Hoffmann Parteitagspostkarte No. 38/5. Printed by K. Ulrich & Company, Nurnberg-O (Artist unknown.) Herr Katzsch mailed this card from Nurnberg 2 on 14 September 1938 to Frau Elena Katzsch in Leipzig. It was posted two days after the closing of the Party Congress.

This semi-official post card depicts the plaque designed by Professor Richard Klein, and was issued by the NSDAP Central Office in Munchen. Held in an Olympic year, the Party Rally of Honor was on a vast scale never before equaled. In his main speech, Hitler announced his first Four Year Plan, which summarized economic preparations for war. This Reichsparteitag post card was mailed from Nurnberg on 16 September 1936 to Parteigenossen Lagarie in Diisseld...

Heinrich Hoffmann Rally Card No. 50 originally published in 1935, showing Hitler saluting in front of the bronze National Socialist Eagle on the Luitpoldhain. Mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2 on 13 September 1936. Hoffmann Rally Card No. 50 franked with Sc 442-43 and mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2 on 13 September 1936. It is of note, however, that these 1934 issues were invalid for postal use effective 31 December 1935. Not only that, the card has been c...

Bavarian beer advertising post card franked with Sc B120 posted in Nurnberg 2 on 12 September 1938. The upper left slogan translates: “Scherdel-Brau” Guaranteed for Quality!

1933 Zeppelin cover to South america Berlin - Moron

1943 Flag Of The Anti-aircraft Artillery

Designed by J. Wegener, this colorful Festpostkarte depicts the regimental standard of the SA Gruppe Thuringen. It was issued in commemoration of the Thuringen Gautag (Administrative District Day) held in Weimar 22/23 October 1938. Wegener originally designed the card in 1936 for the ten year commemoration of the July 1926 party rally held in Weimar, then the capital of the state of Thuringen. (Thuringen was included in Saxony in 1934.) Official Festiv...

Full color artist’s card designed by J. Dvrst. Published by Verlag Intra. Nurnberg. Posted in Postamt Nurnberg 2 on 12 September 1936. Artist’s card franked with Sc 479 with the slogan cancellation. A new single circle date stamp, roughly 28 mm in diameter, was used in 1936. Four varieties were initially installed. This “a” variety was mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2 on 12 September 1936.

Hoffmann Rally Card No. 37/14 franked with Sc 419 and postally used 7 September 1937. The Werbestempeln fur die Parteitage (Rally publicity cancel) depicts one of the bronze eagles at Luitpoldhain and a stylized view of the city rooftops. The new design was used only Postamt 2 Nurnberg and is of the type in which the “U” in NURNBERG is wide. Each separate die was distinguished by one of six small identifying letters, the above being “z. ”

Heinrich Hoffmann Parteitagspostkarte No. 37/2. (Artist and printer unknown.) Franked with Sc 419, postally used 12 September 1937. The routing designated by the identifying letter “o” in the sonderhandstempel (commemorative handstamp) is unknown.

The Roll Call of the Political Administrators. Marching with flags at the 1933 Nurnberg Party Rally. On 2 September 160,000 political leaders paraded in the Zeppelinfeld in ranks divided by a wide middle avenue, with three narrower lanes on each side. Waves of flag bearers came over the embankments at the rear of the field, sweeping through blocks of men, marching twelve abreast through the central lane. One hundred thousand spectators watched the parade.

Streetcar Ticket RIDE THE STREETCAR TO THE PARTY GROUNDS! Illustrated streetcar ticket from the Hauptbahnhof (main railroad station) to the Party Rally Grounds. Illustrated streetcar ticket from the Nurnberg Hauptbahnhof (main railroad station) to the Party Rally Grounds. The sketch appears to be a stylized map of Nurnberg’s major streets. Riickseite beachten! translates: Pay attention to the reverse! The 20 Rpf. ticket appears to be dated 12 Septemb...

1938 Konrad Henlein and Adolf Hitler. Airmail GRAF ZEPPELIN Flight

This Hoffmann card depicts an SA man holding the Blutfahne before the Feldherrnhalle Mahnmal in Munich. The plaque names, and the 1939 handstamp on the reverse commemorates, the sixteen who fell on this historical date sixteen years earlier. The card was issued in 1935 and handstainped in 1939. It received a Tag der Briefmarke Gefalligkeitsstempel (favor cancellation) in Munich on 30 January 1941. The sword and clasped hands cancel was also used in Berli...

1941 Winter Relief of the German People Day of the Wehrmacht

The Roll Call of Political leaders on the Zeppelinwiese; the March of 25,000 Flags Mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2, 14 September 1936. Reichsparteitag card franked with Sc 479 with the single circle date stamp, roughly 28 mm in diameter, first used in 1936. Four varieties (“a,” “c,” “e,” and “h”) were initially installed. This “c” variety was mailed from Postamt Nurnberg 2 on 14 September 1936.

View card 53 published by Kunstverlag George Michel, Nurnberg-S. The gefdlligkeitsstempel (favor cancellation) was applied on 7 September 1937. The card is franked with a tab single of Scott 106a, The letter “c” inserted below the date bridge in sonderhandstempel (commemorative hand stamp) indicates the card was cancelled in Postamt Nurnberg 2. View card published by Kunstverlag George Michel presenting a view of the monumental Reichsadler in the Lui...

1933 Zeppelin cover to South america Wettin - Valparaiso

Souvenir card from the 1941 Day of the Stamp and the Second Wartime Winter Help. Franked with Sc. В188 and 3 gummed labels (Klebezettel) publicizing the Reichsbund der PhilateHsten. The cancellations include depictions of the Signal Corps, a U-boat, an E-boat, Parachutists, and an edelweiss and rifle, and are from the set of ten war motif designs used in a number of towns between 10 and 14 January 1941.

Baldur von Schirach was born 9 May 1907 in Berlin, the son of Weimar Theater director Karl von Schirach and his American wife, Emma. His mother’s ancestors included two signatories of the Declaration of Independence and he was the grandson of a soldier who lost a leg at the Battle of Bull Run. Young Baldur grew up in a well-to-do environment. He met Hitler in 1925, and joined the NSDAP (as member No. 17,251), after beginning his studies at the University o...

1941 The Führer and Reich Chancellor, Adolf Hitler Scott No. В190 tied to propaganda postal card with cancellation commemorating Hitler’s 52'"' Birthday. Published by Heinrich Hoffmann of Munich, Hitler’s personal photographer. Posted in Vienna, 20 April 1941.

Hoffmann post card No. 442b philatelically prepared, but postally used 16 June 1943 in Hohensalza. Hohensalza was the German name for a commune formerly known as Inowrazlaw in north central Poland. The most notable aspect of this card, therefore, is that stamps of the Deutsches Reich (B216) and Bohemia and Moravia (Sc В18-19) were used to pay the postage, not those of the Generalgouvemement. The publicity cancel depicts a health resort, and the slogan:...

In July 1926 an early NSDAP Rally had been held in Weimar because it lay in Thuringen, one of the few German states in which Hitler was then allowed to make public speeches. This occasion was commemorated in July 1936 when the city's postal authorities decided to mark the 10"' anniversary by introducing two specially designed cancellations for use in Postamt Weimar 1. This unused commemorative postcard designed by J. Wegener was also produced. It depicts t...

Otto Hoppe Verlag View card No. 124 Postally used with commemorative handstamp dated 7 September 1937. The letter “g” in the cancel designates one of the temporary post offices on the Rally grounds, but the specific Nurnberg Postamt that forwarded the card is not known.

This ticket was issued for the fireworks exhibition on the last night of the last Nurnberg Party Rally

Registered cover from Postamt Stuttgart 1 dated 26 March 1935 and franked with Sc 446 and multiple copies of Sc 447. The letter was sent from the offices of Drs. Ostertag and Ulmer, attorneys on Marien Street in Stuttgart, to the Baden District Office in Villingen, an industrial town and clock-making center in the Black Forest region in the south of Germany. The general donation propaganda label translates as: “With Adolf Hitler for Equal Rights and Fre...

A philatelically prepared, but registered and postally used cover franked with a complete set of the Schutz, Bach and Handel issue and a complete set of the Eisenbahn issue on the latter’s first day of issue. Mailed from Dusseldorf 8 10 July 1935. In German philatelic terms a card or cover with the complete issue is known as a Satzbrief.

1936 Zeppelin Hindenburg cover to North America

Souvenir Sheet issued for the Day of National Labor, franked with Scott 485 and cancelled: Wien, 1 May 1938 FAHRBARES POSTAMT (Travelling Post Office) The inscription translates: Ostmark celebrates the Day of National Labor (Ostmark was the new term for Austria.)

The launching of the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, 1933 The pocket-battleship concept was an ingenious response to a stringent clause in the Versailles treaty that limited future German warships to a displacement weight of a mere 10,000 tons. By contrast the Washington Naval Treaties of 1921 and 1922 allowed the world’s five leading sea powers—Great Britain, the United States, Japan, Italy, and France—to build battleships of up to 35,000 tons. Yet the...

1935 Berlin Airport. Postcard sent to Denver USA

1938 The Führer and Reich Chancellor, Adolf Hitler special card for Hitler's 49th birthday (Special post card published by J. Bettenhausen, Dresden , in commemoration of Hitler’s 49"' birthday with facsimile signature.) Franked with Scott Bl 18, cancelled in Linz on 20 April 1938 and Scott 484 cancelled in Wien on 20 April 1938, Hitler’s 49"' birthday.

1939 Special Postcard issued in commemoration of Hitler’s 50th birthday Michel P 278/03 1939, 13. April. Sonderkarte zum 50 Geburtstag Hitlers.

1940 Bombs on Engeland German Air Force, bomber Junkers Ju 87

Souvenir post card issued to publicize the Berlin Christmas Market postally used 20 December 1936. Franked with Scott 419 and mailed from Berlin C 2.

Wehrmacht Souvenir Card No. 37 franked with Scott B229 and cancelled 15 May 1943, Mulhausen, Elsass. This card was prepared by R. Winckler, Briefmarken Mulhausen/Els. Forst Staden 27b Postscheck Strassburg 324.45 Published by Verlag Grieshaber & Sauberlich (Propaganda Stuttgart), KI. Konigstr. 1

Wehrmacht Souvenir Card No. 41 franked with Scott B226 and cancelled 15 May 1943, Mulhausen, Elsass. This card was prepared by R. Winckler, Briefmarken Mulhausen/Els. Forst Staden 27b Postscheck Strassburg 324.45 Published by Verlag Grieshaber & Sduberlich (Propaganda Stuttgart), KI. Konigstr. 1

The Party was celebrating its accession to absolute political power when special trains brought 750,000 of the faithful to the main railway station in the last week of August. Some 253,000 dispersed to their billets in hotels, public buildings and private homes in the city, and the remainder marched off to seven huge tented camps set up to accommodate them in areas in or close to the Rally grounds. The new regime had not yet seized the opportunities provid...

One of six known true Rally cards Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s personal photographer, published in 1933. The inscription “1923-1933” above, and on the message side of the card commemorates the tenth anniversary of Deutschen Tag in 1923. Festival Card No. 410 franked with Scott 403 mailed from Postamt Niimberg 2 on 2 September 1933 with the “3 star” date stamp which is always to the right of the slogan. Photo - Hoffmann, Munich, Amalienstr. 25 — Nachdruc...

This Nurnberg Bildpostkarte depicts Albrecht Durer’s house, the Imperial Castle, and the Bratwurstglockle, a “Beer Restaurant” famous for its sausages, that was built in 1313. Scott 465 canceled with the Postamt Nurnberg 2 Parteitagssonderstempel on 13 September 1935. The cancel is an example of the 22 mm single circle, * 2 * “flatfoot 2” variety. The card was printed and published by H. Lauschke, Leipzig, Gabelsbergerstr. la.

Souvenir card from the 1941 Day of the Stamp and the Second Wartime Winter Help. Franked with a block of 4 including se-tenants Sc. B177a and B179a from a pane intended for booklets. The cancellations include depictions of an E-boat, a Panzer, a Stuka dive bomber and parachutists, and are from the set of ten war motif designs used in a number of towns between 10 and 14 January 1941. Wien (Hofburg) 12 January 1941.

Wehrmacht Souvenir Card No. 15 franked with Scott B225 and cancelled 15 May 1943, Mulhausen, Elsass. This card was prepared by R. Winckler, Briefmarken Mulhausen/Els. Forst Staden 27b Postscheck Strassburg 324.45 Published by Verlag Grieshaber & Sduberlich (Propaganda Stuttgart), KI. Konigstr. 1

Wehrmacht Souvenir Card No. 39 franked with Scott B218 and cancelled 15 May 1943, Mulhausen, Elsass This card was prepared by R. Winckler, Briefmarken Mulhausen/Els. Forst Staden 27b Postscheck Strassburg 324.45 Published by Verlag Grieshaber & Sduberlich (Propaganda Stuttgart), KI. Kbnigstr. 1

(In Remembrance of the Reichs Party Rally of the NSDAP. from 1-3 Sept. 1933 in Nurnberg) One of five view cards depicting views of Nurnberg’s Altstadt published by Verlag von Wilhelm Serz in 1933. The above (Blick auf die Burg) presents a view of the castle.

The obverse of this card is the previously exhibited (A United People Is A Strong Empire) Brend’amour, Simhart & Company of Miinchen did the copper engraved printing on this NSDAP souvenir post card copyrighted by Franz Eher Verlag of Munich, Zentralverlag der NSDAP. Posted 4 September 1933 Nurnberg 2 (22 mm single circle with three stars, one of five varieties.) Although the card was written and addressed on 3 September, the last day of the Rally, it ...

This Remembrance of the 1934 Reichsparteitag presents a western view of Nurnberg Imperial Castle and the bridge beside the zoological garden gate. Nurnberg’s Imperial Castle or Kaiserburg was at the center of the Empire’s history longer and more frequently than any other German castle. Of all imperial castles it was probably the only one to survive from feudal days and the rise of towns in the late Middle Ages down to the beginning of modern times. Neithe...

Franz Eher Verlag of Munich, central publishers for the NSDAP, issued two types of commemorative cards for each year’s Rally. As they were available in fairly large numbers, they are more common than other unofficial cards. The above depicts an SA man holding a flag with others behind. It was designed by Siegmar von Suchodolski. This card was postally used to the US (6 September 1934), albeit lacking sufficient postage. The card bears two US postage due st...

Several post cards were published to celebrate the 6,h Party Rally. The above could be termed the semi-official card issued by the Party. It depicts a mythical NSDAP knight with a swastika shield. It was produced by Verlag Frz. Eher, Munich 2 from a copperplate by Brend’amour, Simhart & Co., Munich. Rally post card franked with Scott 442 mailed 9 September 1934 at Postamt Nurnberg 2. This slogan cancel was used in three separate machines in the main po...

Nurnberg: A view of the Museum Bridge towards Holy Ghost Hospital. View card R 30 published by Kunstverlag Georg Michel, Nurnberg-8. Printed by C. Lipp & Co., Munich, designed by Sepp Aumeier. This card is franked with Sc 465 and was postally used 11 September 1935. The slogan cancellation features the same vertical swastika banner as the 1934 design, and the announcement in the official Post Office Bulletin (Amtsblatt) indicates it was intended to be ...

Nurnberg: Hangmans Path View card R 32 published by Kunstverlag Georg Michel, Niirnberg-8. Printed by C. Lipp & Co., Miinchen. This postally used card is franked with Sc 465 and was mailed 12 September 1935 from Postamt Nurnberg 2. The official publicity slogan cancellation employed by that office, a single circle date stamp, was available in two separate dies. The die “3 star” variety was used above.

Designed by Hans Albert Schweitzer (Mjolnir). Published by Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf., Miinchen 2. Copperplate by Brend’amour, Simhart & Co., Munich.

Photo card entitled “Tag der Gemeinschaft” (Day of Community) franked with Sc Nos. B117 and B120 exhibiting the Bossek cancel, Type II (b) “a” and posted in Nurnberg 2 on 13 September 1938. Published by Verlag Intra Nurnberg; printed by F. Willmy G.m.b.H., Nurnberg. Series 38/41

Roll call of the Reichsarbeitsdientes on the Zeppelinwiese

Commemorative postal card (Michel P 280) issued for the 27,h Annual German Eastfair held in Konigsberg (East Prussia), 20 through 23 August 1939. The imprinted stamp is of a moose head (Elchkopf). Designed by Professor F. Marten of Konigsberg. Issued 8 August 1939. A philatelic exhibition was held in conjunction with the Eastfair, and a special postmark was prepared.

Miniature souvenir sheet sold at the Hamburg Postage Stamp Collectors Show held the weekend of 8 April 1937. The commemorative cancellation is dated 9 April 1937. EROFFNUNG DES POSTMUSEUMS IM POSTAMT 8 • AM 8. APRIL 1937 HANSESTADT HAMBURG ERLOS ZUGUNSTEN DER NSV • GAUAMT HAMBURG translates as: INAUGURATION OF THE POSTAL MUSEUM IN POST OFFICE 8 ON 8 APRIL 1937 HANSEATIC CITY OF HAMBURG PROCEEDS IN FAVOR OF THE HAMBURG DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE NSV § N...

Souvenir Sheet 38/26 franked with the Winter Relief Fund set of November 1938 cancelled by handstamp in Berlin on 23 December 1938 to mark “Volks” Christmas. The cancel depicts a Yuletide candle. The name of the printer is unknown, but the sheet was sponsored by the Winter Relief Organization in Berlin.

1941 Souvenir card Day of the Stamp Special postmark Wien

Photocard published by A. Lengauer, Miinchen. Franked with Sc 422 and posted 17 August 1937 at Postamt Miinchen, Station “b.” The publicity cancel is for the International Leipzig Fair, 29 August through 2 September 1937. When Reich Education Minister Rust asked the eminent Gottingen mathematician, David Hilbert, if his institute had suffered as a result of the departure of the Jews and their friends, the professor replied, “Suffered? No, it hasn’t suffe...

1937 Munich The Capital City of the Movement. Konigsplatz with Fiihrerhaus, Temple of Honor and Administration Building. Photocard Nr. 871 published by Carl Krueck, Miinchen. Franked with Sc 419 and posted 28 September 1937 in Miinchen.

Gera 700 Jabre Sladl 1237- 1937 An unused art card printed by Ernst Giinther, G.M.B.H., Gera Gera, the capital of the former principality of Reuss jiingere Linie, was a busy manufacturing town of 83,000 in 1937. It is located in northern Germany about 35 miles west of Chemnitz. Depicted is a medieval knight and an SA-Mann on this card celebrating Gera’s 700 years as a city.

22/23 August 1942 Munich The cancellations promote the Wartime Relief for the German Red Cross. A postal stationery designed by Gottfried Klein and published by Heinrich Hoffmann. The inscription reads: “Only one of us can be the victor and that is we.” It is a quote from Hitler’s speech of 8 November 1939.

Published in 1934 by Stiirmer Verlag, Nurnberg, Julius Streicher’s own publishing house, and the publisher of Der Stiirmer, the anti-Semitic and pornographic newspaper of the National Socialist militant press. It was founded in the early 1920s. Reichsparteitag post card franked with Scott 442 mailed 8 September 1934 from Postamt Nurnberg 1. A “true” Rally card published by Julius Streicher’s Sturmer Verlag, it is not listed in Rawlings and Passmore’s Po...

This Remembrance of the 1934 Reichsparteitag presents a view looking north. In the foreground is the Albrecht Durer Memorial with the Imperial Castle (left) and Vestner Tower (right) in the background. Depicted in the lower center of the card is the Jungfrauenadler (Virgin Eagle), the municipal arms of Nurnberg at the time. Postamt Nurnberg 2 9 September 1934. The favor cancel is an excellent example of the 20.5 mm single circle, * 2 * “flatfoot 2” v...

This Nurnberg view card offers the popular western view of the Imperial Castle and the bridge beside the zoological garden gate. The Kaiserburg or Imperial Castle was probably founded in the ll,h century, and enlarged by Frederick Barbarossa in the 12,h. It was frequently altered through the years. The zoological gardens on the west side of the Castle are said to have been laid out in 1487.

This Remembrance of Nurnberg presents a view of the old city from Sebalduskirche with the Albrecht Diirer Memorial in the foreground. The Imperial Castle dominates the background on the left, with the Vestner Tower in the center, and Luginsland on the right. The Vestner or Sinwell (Round) Tower is Nurnberg’s only medieval round tower, and was built in the 13"1 century. The Luginsland is a square tower surmounted by a helm with four turrets. The town erecte...

View card (Series 2) published by Verlag Wilhelm Serz, circa 1935, presenting a sketch of Albrecht Diirer’s house. View card published by Wilhelm Sen franked with Sc 465 with the slogan cancellation Nurnberg - die Stadt der Reichsparteitage (Niirnberg - The City of the National Party Rallies) in traditional German longhand script (Siitterlin). The slogan first made its appearance in the months following the end of the 1934 Rally. Depicted are the two sh...

Depicted is the Nurnberger Trichter (“Nurnberg funnel”) with a view of the Old City in the background. The origin of the funnel as a folklore symbol is obscure. Other postcards have shown the funnel being used to pour a potion into a young man, with the text: “Der Nurnberger Trichter: Sicher and schnel —Macht er die Kopfe hell!” This translates: The Nurnberg funnel: Surely and quickly—it makes heads bright!” In addition, the figurines on some Nurnberg beer...

Publisher: E. Wirthmann, Nurnberg (Reichskulturkamnier KB 110). Engraved copper plate printing: W. Tummels Buchdruckerei, Nurnberg. The right-hand silver rectangle beside the word Nurnberg on this card obliterates the date 1935. (The left-hand rectangle was put in for balance.) Superficially a view card, disputably a Rally card. Posted 12 September 1936 in Postamt Nurnberg 2. Franked with Scott 479. The 28-inm single circle cancel with the identifying ...

One of a series of post cards published from 1939 to 1942 commemorating the Waffen SS The reverse of this unmailed card reads: Foto: SS - Kreigsbericheter Buschel Herausgegeben im Einvernehmen mit dem SS - Fuhrungshauptamt. Herstellung und Alleinvertrieb: Kunstverlag E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co., AG., Berlin Photo: SS - War Correspondent Biischel Published with consent of the SS Management Headquarters. Production and Sole Distributing Rights: Art Publi...

1937 Reich party rally of the NSDAP in Nuremberg. 9 used postcard Special postmark date 11.9.1937

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1936 Zeppelin cover Dusseldorf - San Paulo

1938 Referendum in Austria Souvenir card franked with Scott 485, postmarked in Wien

1938 Registered cover with Souvenir Sheet sent to Chemnitz

1940 Registered cover with Block of four franked and Special postmark Fuehrer's birt