SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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OLAF IVERSEN - J SERIES

The following series of 20 postcards were issued by Spezialverlag HORN of GOTHA and feature cartoons drawn by Olaf Iversen. There are two types depending on the texts.

TITLE TEXT

Type I: Lower case 'Olaf Iversen'



Serie: Soldaten-HUMOR
20 Aquarell-Künstler-Zeichnungen von Olaf Iversen
-dem bekannten Humorzeichner - (u.v.zust. St. z. Veröffentl. frelgeg.)

'Series: Soldier's Humor
20 watercolor drawings by Olaf Iversen
—the well-known humor artist—(regardless of publication)'

Type II: Upper case 'OLAF IVERSEN'



Serie: Soldaten-HUMOR
20 Aquarell-Künstler-Zeichnungen von OLAF IVERSEN
-dem bekannten Humorzeichner - (u.v.zust. St. z. Veröffentl. frelgeg.)

'Series: Soldier's Humor
20 watercolor drawings by Olaf Iversen
—the well-known humor artist—(regardless of publication)'

PUBLISHER TEXT

There are two variations in the publisher's text running along the vertical divider reads:



Type I: "Alleinger Verlag: HORN-Spezialverlag, Gotha, seit 1898
Zeichnung u.Text gesetzl. geschützt. Nachahmung auch auszugsw.w.strafr. verf"

'Alleinger Publishing House: HORN Specialist Publishers, Gotha, since 1898
Drawing and text legally protected. Reproduction, even in part, is punishable by law.'



Type II: "Alleinger Verlag: HORN-Spezialverlag für Qualitäts-Bildpostkarten, Gotha, seit 1898
Zeichnung u.Text gesetzl. geschützt. Nachahmung auch auszugsw.w.strafr. verf"

'Alleinger Publishing House: HORN Specialist Publisher for Quality Picture Postcards, Gotha, since 1898
Drawing and text legally protected. Reproduction, even in part, is punishable by law.'

No. 5

The following example has Type II publisher texts and was a local delivery cancelled in CHEMNITZ on 17th Apr 1942

No. 6

The following Type-I example was postally unused.

No. 7

The following Type-I example was postally unused.

No.8

The postally used Type-I example below has been trimmed quite significantly. It is a FELDPOST usage dated 18th Feb 1942.

No.9

The Type-I example below has been written on but was never postally used

No.12

The following example is a Type-II FELDPOST (Station 44992) usage cancelled on 17.8.42. At this time Feldpost Number 44992 was assigned to Stab Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung z.b.V. 1, 'Staff Air Signals and Directional Unit (Special Purpose) 1'

No. 13

The Type-I postcard below was postally unused

No. 14

The two cards below are both Type-I. The FELDPOST example below right was sent from MIESBACH to AUGSBURG on 26th Apr 1942. Miesbach is a town in Bavaria, and is the capital of the Miesbach district and is located 48 km southeast of Munich.

These two examples are identical except that the card on the left has straight edges and the card on the right has irregular edges

No.15

The Type-I postcard below was postally unused

No. 18

Both cards below are Type-I examples. The postally used card below-right was cancelled in WRIEZEN on 14th Feb 1942. Wriezen is a town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, near the border with Poland, which at the time had a population of approx 10,000 people.

These two examples are identical except that the card on the left has straight edges and the card on the right has irregular edges