PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1936)

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IV WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
(6th/16th Feb 1936)

The 1936 Winter Olympics (also known as the IV Winter Olympics) was held from 6th to 16th Feb 1936, in the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on the German/Austrian border. The games featured participants from 28 countries and was almost abandoned due to the lack of adequate snowfall.

ÖSTERREICHISCHES OLYMPISCHES COMITE

This postcard was actually printed in Austria but it has a German Michel 600X stamp cancelled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the first day of the games and also featuring one of the three special slogan postmarks that were available.

The inscription on the card reads:

Stützet den
ÖSTERREICHISCHEN OLYMPIA FOND
zur Beschickung der
IV OLYMPISCHEN WINTERSPIELE
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN 6.-16 FEBRUAR 1936
Kaufet: OLYMPIA ABZEICHEN zu 50 Gr., 1 u. 2 Sch. - OLYMPIA ZÜNDER | OLYMPIA BAUSTEINE zu 10 Groschen u. 1 Sch. - OLYMPIA POSTKARTEN

'Support the
AUSTRIAN OLYMPIC FUND
for arranging the
IV WINTER OLYMPICS
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN FEBRUARY 6-16, 1936
Buy: OLYMPIC BADGES at 50 gr., 1 and 2 sch. - OLYMPIC IGNITER | OLYMPIA BUILDING BLOCKS for 10 Groschen and 1 Sch. - OLYMPIC POSTCARDS'

GERMAN TRAIN TRAVEL

The following postcard was reproduced from a 'Reichsbahnzentrale Für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, Berlin' poster to promote travel to the games, and there are two versions: one with text as below, and the other without text.

HANS HUBER, ALPINER VERLAG

This particular postcard was available in either colour or black and white versions.

VERLAG PHOTO-ZENTRALE - PARTENKIRCHEN

The following postcard is likely one of a series produced by the local publisher Verlag Photo-Zentrale. This example features a special slogan cancellation inscribed "Der Schauplatz der | IV Olympischen | Winterspiele | Garmisch Partenkirchen" - 'The scene of the | IV Olympic | Winter Games | Garmisch-Partenkirchen'. There were at least five special cancellations used in Garmisch Partenkirchen to commemorate the games.

VERLAG CARL RIETZSCHEL

The card below was produced by Verlag Carl Rietzschel and is numbered 759. This example was cancelled in GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN on 14th Feb 1936 and was sent to BERLIN.