PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1937)

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COLONIAL FESTIVE EVENING
PP126-C-18
(23rd/24th Jan 1937)

BACKGROUND: Published to commemorate the Colonial Festive Evening at the Berlin Zoo on 23rd and 24th Jan 1937. There were four postcards, each with a 5Rpf Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp and each featuring a photograph from either Kamerun, Southwest Africa or East Africa (all former German Colonies).

SPECIAL CANCEL: There was a special cancel available in BERLIN inscribed "BERLIN W62 | KOLONIALFEIERN | vom 23.u. 24.Jan.37 | Zoo Berlin".

1. KAMERUN
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

The first postcard in the series depicts an African longhouse with wooden logs forming the vertical columns and a thatched roof.




ABOVE: 1. KAMERUN.

2. OSTAFRIKA
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

The second postcard depicts two African women wearing traditional costume standing in the bush.




ABOVE: 2. OSTAFRIKA.

3. SÜDWESTAFRIKA
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

This postcard features an African chieftan wearing a large three pronged headdress kneeling on the ground.



ABOVE: 3. SÜDWESTAFRIKA.

4. SÜDWESTAFRIKA
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

The finanl card in the set shows a Southwest African 'pontok' (an igloo like habitat) with low lying hills in the background.



ABOVE: 4. SÜDWESTAFRIKA.

REFERENCES:
1. PRIVATPOSTKARTEN KATALOG BAND 1 by HANSPETER FRECH 2003 Edition