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    Posted 11 years ago

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    This is a printed military postal card (2.Kreigs Postkarte) for the WHW.
    "Winterhilfswerk" - (Winter Relief Fund)
    It is addressed to my grandfather with a typewritten message on the reverse from his doctor. The printed stamp image is a semi-postal but I can find no reference to either image in my catalog. (Semi-postals are postage values with surcharge added for cultural donation and denoted by a "B" # in the Scott Catalogs.)
    TOPIC - "Kampfen, Arbeiten, Opfern" - (Struggle, Work, Sacrifice)
    -- Image of steelworker, soldier, and WHW donation container
    POSTAGE - image as Scott# _?_ - "Sword and Hammer"
    DENOMINATION: 6 pfennig + 4 pfennig / Brown / Issued (1940)
    ** The surtax was used for the Winter Relief Fund. - GERMANY
    POSTMARK: Reichsmesse in Leipzig - Fruhjahr 1941 / 2.111 - 7.111
    (German Exhibition in Leipzig - Spring 1941 / March 2 - March 7)
    Circular postmark on postage - Mannheim 8.2.1941 (February 8, 1941)
    REVERSE (Message translation): Dated Mannheim Febr. 5, 1941
    Dear Mr. _____! For the purpose of consultation in your case I beg you come and see me. Sincerely, Heil Hitler! - Dr. L. Eckert (Dentist) / Mannheim

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