SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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HERMARES SERIES No. 23

This series of postcards was published by HERMARES of BERLIN and consists of an unknown quantity of numbered cards. The series is number 23. Each card depicts a photograph of a military theme with a small rectangular sub-image of a Nazi flag and eagle (see sidebar). This series was probably issued in 1940.



Cards Measure: 150 x 110mm
Issue Date: The earliest date in my collection is 3rd Jun 1940.

In addition to this series there are also similar issues from:

A. Dense
Postkartenverlag Donauland
Hermares
Kunstverlag Johannes Thordsen
Kunstverlag Heinrich Thies
E. Tietze

Nr. 16

Nr. 23

Nr. 25

The following postally used example was cancelled in SCHWERIN (WARTH) on 15th Jun 1941.

Nr. 27

The feldpost example below was cancelled in PADERBORN on 26th Sep 1940 and was destined for KARDORF.

Nr. 27a

The following postcard also has the number 27 but the design is very different to the one above. It too was a Feldpost example posted in GIESSEN on 6th Nov 1941.

Nr. 38

The following postally used example was cancelled in TORGAU on 3rd Jun 1940.

Nr. 125

The following postally used example was cancelled in DRESDEN on 3rd Mar 1941.

Nr. 126