Ended on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 2:35 AM.

Ansichtskarten: Propaganda: 1945. V1 POW Post are among the rarest known rocket leaflet series, and

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Start of the sale:
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 2:26 PM
Item n°922000750
Sale ends:
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 2:35 AM
Lot:
#18303
Catalog:
46. Christoph Gärtner Auktion - 26. Feb. 2020 - Germany & PPC

1945. V1 POW Post are among the rarest known rocket leaflet series, and this is one of the scarcest of those; only a handful known to exist. These reproduce actual letters from British POWs. The idea was that the families of the POWs would respond to these letters, giving the Germans an idea of when/where the bombs were hitting, so as to provide feedback on their accuracy. The British authorities realized this and attempted to gather and destroy them all, which is another reason for their scarcity. It wasn't known at the time whether the letters were real or not, but after enough of the original letters turned up they proved that indeed the Germans were copying real POW letters. At least one POW's family (by published report) first learned that their son survived by way of one of these V1 rocket leaflets. A rare V1 leaflet with provenance from the Joseph Nagle Jr collection cited in Auckland's work 'V1 Rocket Propaganda Leaflets' -- this leaflet is the actual item illustrated in the book. Nagl's collection actually had one of the original POW letters in it by way of empirical proof that these were original letters, and not German fabrications.
For this lot an additional 7% for Import Expenses (Taxes) will be charged.

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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
Generous viewing and storage rooms, a private auction hall, enough parking space and an underground car park are available.

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Ansichtskarten: Propaganda: 1945. V1 POW Post are among the rarest known rocket leaflet series, and

Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG