GET TO KNOW GERMANY POSTCARDS

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GET TO KNOW GERMANY
THE THIRD HINDENBURG SERIES
P232 / 143

The third Hindenburg series of Get to Know Germany also appeared in early 1934 and are refered to as P232 in the Michel series. This series is distinquished by a much shorter tail to the 'e' in 'Postkarte', the length varying between 1 to 1.4 mm. This series was more substantial than that of series two, with 144 different cards being produced. There were four variations: The 'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' heading (130 cards), the 'Besucht des Schone Schlesien' heading (12 cards), the 'Besucht die Bayerische Ostmark' heading (1 card) and finally the 'Lernt Ostpreussen Kennen' heading (1 card).



The inscription below the image reads "Wittenberg, die alte Lutherstadt"

'Wittenberg, the old Luther town'.

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

PRIVATE PRINTING - HELLMUTH STENZEL - BERLIN

Hellmuth Stenzel was the owner of a postal stationary speciality store in Berlin (Berlin SO 16, Brückenstaβe 10B) and was the author of a philatelic catalogue entitled "Ganzsachen-Nettopreisliste 1941" - 'Postal stationery net price list 1941' and sub-titled "Altdeutschland Deutsches Reich Besetzte und Abstimmungsgebiete Deutsche Kolonien" - 'Old Germany German Empire Occupied and voting areas German colonies'.




These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018' ISBN 9783954022250
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.