SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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BARLOG POSTCARDS
8700 Series

The following sets of postcards were published by DRIESEN VERLAG and I have titled them series 1400, series 8500 and series 8700. They are popularly know as Barlog postcards after the artist, Ferdinand Barlog who's work is featured in them. The cards depict the humourous side of the life of a new recruit in the German army. The earliest example in my collection is a 8700 cancelled on 15th Aug 1939.

Series 1400 Cards: 1450 to 1459
Series 1400 Cards: 1460 to 1469
Series 1400 Cards: 1470 to 1479
Series 1400 Cards: 1480 to 1489
Series 1400 Cards: 1490 to 1499

Series 8500 Cards: 8500

Series 8700 Cards 8700 to 8709
Series 8700 Cards 8710 to 8719
Series 8700 Cards 8720 to 8729
Series 8700 Cards 8730 to 8739
Series 8700 Cards 8740 to

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No. 8730

No. 8731

This card shows a German biplane diving towards the ground to the left at the bottom, and a German soldier sat at a table eating and drinking in the top left-hand corner. The design is similar to 1462 and 1463

No. 8732

No. 8733

No. 8734

No. 8735

The text on the card reads "Alles streckt sich, Feder reckt sich. Alles Schwitzt Bis er sitzt --!" - 'Everything stretches, spring stretches. Everything sweats until he sits down!'. Unlike the earlier cards in the series this one was drawn by Stamm and not by Barlog.

No. 8736

No. 8737

No. 8738

This card differs from the others in that it appears to have been drawn by Stamm and not by Ferdinand Barlog. The text reads "Ja, ja din Frauen! Sin fat fort gefragt. ob sie mal drei Worte mit ihrem Bruder bei der anderen Kompanie sprechen sprechen durfte; durfte jetzt spricht sie schon uber dreiviertel Studen, und obendrein scheints gar nicht mal ihr Bruder zu sein!" - 'Yes, yes woman. She asked if she could have a few words with her brother in another company; she's been allowed to, and now she's been talking for over three quarters of an hour, and on top of that, it doesn't even seem to be her brother!'.