PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1937)

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ADOLF HITLER - MUSSOLINI STATE VISIT CANCEL
(25th/29th Sep 1937)

BACKGROUND: The Italian premier, Benito Mussolini made a number of visits to Germany, this one taking place from the 25th until 29th Sep 1937. There were quite a few postcards published, not only by the major publishing companies but also by smaller printers. Below is a selection of the postcards that were available.

SPECIAL CANCEL: Two special cancels inscribed "BERLIN | 25.-29.9.1937 | Staatstreffen Mussolini-Hitler", and "MUNCHEN | Staatsbesuch | Mussolini - Hitler | 25 - 28 9.1937 | 25.9.1937" were available during the visit.

VERLAG AUGUST LENGAUR, MUNICH

This Verlag August Lengaur postcard features Hitler and Mussolini to commemorate the Duce's visit to Germany from 25th to 29th Sep 1937. The special cancel on this card was not related to the visit.

VERLAG ALFRED OEMLER, BERLIN

This was a double postcard that is most often found used as either the Hitler image or the Mussolini image.

VERLAG R. SCHLOTHAUSER, LEIPZIG

This verlag Schlothauser postcard features Hitler and Mussolini greeting each other.

PHOTO HOFFMANN - DIE GARANTEN DES FRIEDENS

The cards in this series all bear the inscription "Der FÜHRER und der DUCE | "Die Garanten des Friedens"" - 'The FÜHRER and the DUCE | "The guarantors of peace'. The cards appear to have been re-issued in 1940 for a later Mussolini visit, and those cards are titled "Die Historische Begegnung am 18.Juni 1940" with the same "M" series of numbering.

M6

The M6 postcard has Hitler and Mussolini (saluting) on a raised platform.

M8

This card has multiple special cancels from MUNICH. The earliest cancel relates to this official visit and as you can see the one used in MUNCIH is quite different from that used in BERLIN (see M10 below). The other two special cancels relate to the "Eternal Jew" Exhibition on 9th Nov and also the 13th Anniversary of the Munich putsch on the same day.

M10

The M10 postcard below has Hitler and Mussolini greeting each other and it has the special cancellation used in BERLIN for the duration of the visit. This example was stamped at counter 'm', but there were many other counters from 'a' to 'ab' with counter 'a' in either Fractur font or in Antigua font.

M13

The M13 card below was postally used in BERLIN on 29th Sep 1937, the last day of Mussolini's official visit, and it has the special cancel used in BERLIN to commemorate the event.

M14

The two cards below were both published under the 1937 postcard issue, however the one on the right was not favour cancelled until Mussolini's visit in 1940. The card on the left was first favour cancelled in BERLIN for Mussolini's 1937 visit, then cancelled again 4 days later in BÜCKEBERG, and then cancelled a third time in BERLIN, for the Day of National Solidarity on 4th Dec 1937 (this cancel was also available in DRESDEN, HAGEN and HAMBURG).

The card on the right has the special cancellation used in MUNICH for Mussolini's 1940 visit.

M25

The M25 postcard below has two special cancels, neither one related to the visit. The Austrian self-adhesive stamp has been cancelled with a special cancel used when Hitler Visited Vienna on 17th Mar 1938. The lower special cancel was used in MUNICH and is inscribed "Hauptstadt der Bewegung | 9.11.23-9.11.36" - "The Home of the Movement 9.11.23 - 9.11.36" and commemorates the 13th Anniversary of the Munich putsch.

M32

M32 depicts Hitler and Mussolini at the railway station at the end of a successful official visit.

Im QUIRINAL

It-10 depicts Hitler and Mussolini shaking hands

VERLAG PHOTO HOCH, DRESDEN

This Verlag Photo Hoch postcard shows a smiling Adolf Hitler saluting. The postcatd itself is not related to the visit but it does have the special cancel that was used during the visit.