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MICHEL P174 / 07
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
5 Rpf

Issued 1927 and the only series of pre-'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' to feature a Friedrich von Schiller stamp. This is the seventh of 10 different postcards all with an artist's, hand-drawn image on the left pane, and a 5 Rpf Schiller stamp on the right.

The text below the image reads "Industriestadt Neumünster (Holstein)"

'Industrial city Neumünster (Holstein)'

Neumünster is a city in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg). The Holstenhallen and the Stadthalle make the city an important trade fair location.

The city is famous for its cloth, cotton weaving, tanneries, paper mills and metal industry, the chimneys of which, located mostly on the Schwake, are depicted on this postcard.

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

The following postally used example was posted in LEIPZIG on 6th Jun 1927 and was sent to KLOSTERLAUSNITZ in Thüringia.

The message on the reverse side reads "Mr. Rudolf Erdmann, Klosterlausnitz. In addition to the goods I have ordered, please send me a dock ladder no. 15, 3 m high. As I need it for my requirements, please make the steps 9 cm. wide. They do not need to be wider at the top than the usual stepladders. Please deliver as soon as possible. Yours sincerely"





These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. Handbuch und Katalog Die Bildpostkarten des Deutschen Reiches. Böhmen und Mährens sowie der Freien Stadt Danzig. Michael Bockisch. ISBN: 978-3-00-074078-4
2. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 ISBN: 978-3-95-407225-0
3. To find out more about Neumünster and its industrial development visit Gesellschaft fur Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte