PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1937)
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16-Sep-2026 05:27
700th ANNIVERSARY POSTCARDS
OFFICIAL FESTPOSTKARTE
This is probably the most common card out of a number of cards issued to comemmorate the anniversary and it exists in one of two main formats, with "700 Jahre Stadt Berlin" in yellow or in gold text. In addition the card with the gold text has quite a number of variations with additional texts or images on the front side (the side with the address).
ABOVE LEFT: GOLD LETTERING
ABOVE RIGHT: YELLOW LETTERING
YELLOW LETTERING
ABOVE: This card has yellow texts and so far I have not found any other variants of text/images.
ABOVE: This card has yellow texts and so far I have not found any other variants of text/images.
GOLD LETTERING
ABOVE: This is the basic card with gold texts.
OTHER VARIANTS WITH GOLD LETTERING
NO ADDITIONAL TEXT
ABOVE: This version also has gold coloured "700 Jahre Berlin" and is without any historical text.
KROLL ADVERTISING
ABOVE: This version also has gold coloured "700 Jahre Berlin" and has a "Kroll" advertising slogan on the front side.
ADDITIONAL HILDEBRAND TEXT
ABOVE: With this version the "700 Jahre Berlin" is in gold text and there is both an eight line historical text but also an additional seven lines beginning "HILDEBRAND"
ADDITIONAL KARSTADT TEXT
ABOVE: Again "700 Jahre Berlin" is in gold text and there is an eight line historical text. Now however there is an additional image and text referring to KARSTADT.
ADDITIONAL BERLIN GAS TEXT
ABOVE: Again "700 Jahre Berlin" is in gold text and there is an eight line historical text. Now however there is an additional advertisment "Berliner Gasversorgung in 100 Jahren" - "Berlin Gas Supply for 100 Years"
ADDITIONAL CARISH KAFFEEL TEXT
ABOVE: This private card was sponsored by Carish Kaffeel.
EXTRA CARDS WITH YELLOW TEXT IN MY COLLECTION
1. This example was cancelled at the BERLIN MOBILE POST OFFICE counter 'd' on 15th Aug 1937 and was destined for an address in LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, U.S.A. The correct postal rate was 15 Rpf so this card was overfranked by 1 Rpf.
EXTRA CARDS WITH GOLD TEXT IN MY COLLECTION
1. The following example has two different but related special handstamps. The handstamp on the left was used to commemorate fishing festival whilst that on the right was used at the BERLIN mobile post office counter 'f' on 18th Aug 1937.
2. No special handstamp was used on this example but it does have a slogan advertising the speed of the pneumatic postal system (Rohrpost) and was cancelled in BERLIN on 10th Sep 1937
3. The following card has two identical related Mobile post office cancellations applied at counter 'e' on 21st Aug 1937.
4. Below is another example with the special handstamp used to commemorate the fishing competition held as part of the 700th Anniversary celebrations. This example was cancelled on 15th Aug 1937 as was a local delivery in BERLIN.
5. The next example was cancelled at the BERLIN mobile post office counter 'a' on 15th Aug 1937 but the 5 Rpf of applied postage was insufficient to cover the inter city postal fee (6 Rpf). Therefore a penalty of 2 Rpf was required to be paid by the recipient upon delivery.
