PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1914)

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SAXONY POSTAL SERVICE

This series of 12 postcards commemorates the work of the Saxony postal service. There is no date of issue specified, so I have placed them here because the earliest postally used item I have seen was cancelled on 16th Dec 1914. The cards were all created from paintings by artist Gustav Miller which were signed and dated from 1912 to 1913.

The cards were sold in a red envelope inscribed "Zwölf | Farbige Bilder | aus den Lagen der kurfürstlichen und königlich | Sachsischen Post | 1770 bis 1865 | Zweite Auflage | Alle Rechte vorbehalten | Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei, Dresden R."

'Twelve | Coloured images | from the locations of the electoral and royal | Saxon post | 1770 to 1865 | Second edition | All rights reserved | Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei, Dresden R.'



The cards are all inscribed as follows:

12 farbige Bilder aus den Tagen
der Kurfürstlichen und der Königlich
Sächsischen Post
1770-1865.
Nach zeitgenössischen Vorlagen.
Bild X: Stadtpostbote 1830
(Sächsische "Briefsammlung" in Dresden)

12 color pictures from the days of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Post Office 1770-1865.
Based on contemporary models.
Image X: City Postman 1830
(Saxon "Letter Collection" in Dresden)

There appears to be two slightly different versions of these cards as follows:

Type 1: Reverse of the card has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side and the text along the vertical divider reads reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden"

Type 2: Reverse of the card has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the left-hand side and the text along the vertical divider reads reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"

CARD No.1
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTMEISTER 1770

Card No.1 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTMEISTER 1770" - 'SAXON ELECTORAL POST MASTER 1770'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No. 2
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1780

Card No.2 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1780" - 'SAXON POSTMAN 1780'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1914.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No. 3
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1790

Card No.3 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1790" - 'SAXON POSTMAN 1790'. There are two slightly different versions of this card as can be seen below.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No. 4
DIE "GELBE KUTSCHE"

Card No.4 is titled "Die "gelbe Kutsche" 1809 nach einem Originalaquarell von F. Zumpe" - 'The "yellow carriage" 1809 after an original watercolor by F. Zumpe'

CARD No.5
STADTPOSTBOTE 1830

Card No.5 is inscribed "STADTPOSTBOTE 1830" - 'CITY MAIL 1830'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No.6
KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHER POSTILLION
UND POSTFUβBOTE 1833

Card No.6 is inscribed "KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHER POSTILLION UND POSTFUβBOTE 1833" - 'ROYAL SAXON POSTILLION AND POSTCODE 1833'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No. 7
KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHES EXTRAPOSTGESPANN 1836

The seventh card has the title "Königlich Sächsisches Extrapostgespann 1836 vor einem herrschaftlichen Reiswagen" - 'Royal Saxon Extra Post Team 1836 in front of a stately carriage'

CARD No. 8
LOHNKUTSCHERFAHRT 1836

Card No. 8 has the title "Lohnkutscherfahrt 1836 zwischen Leipzig und Dresden" - 'Coach ride in 1836 between Leipzig and Dresden'

CARD No. 9
KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHER EILPOSTWAGEN

Card No. 9 has the title "Königlich Sächsischer Eilpostwagen 'Diligence' 1846 letzte Fahrt Löbau - Görlitz vor Eröffnung der Eisenbahn" - 'Royal Saxon Express Mail Carriage 'Diligence' 1846 last journey Löbau - Görlitz before the opening of the railway'

CARD No. 10

Card No.11 is inscribed "LANDBRIEFTRÄGER 1859" - 'COUNTRY CARRIER 1859'

CARD No.11
STADTBRIEFTRÄGER 1860

Card No.11 is inscribed "STADTBRIEFTRÄGER 1860" - 'CITY CARRIER 1860'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1914.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2

CARD No.12
"DAS LIED IST AUS" 1865

Card No.12 is inscribed "DAS LIED IST AUS 1860" - 'THE SONG IS OVER 1860'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.

The reverse of the card on the left has the "Lehmannsche Buchdruckerei | Dresden-N, Obergraben" logo on the right-hand side whereas the card on the right has the logo in the left-hand side. In addition, the cards have slightly different texts along the vertical divider; on the left it reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thieme, Grossgraups-Dresden" whereas on the right the texts reads "Original-Eigentum Geh, Postrat Karl Thiemes Erben, Grossgraups-Dresden"





ABOVE LEFT: Type 1
ABOVE RIGHT: Type 2