Ended on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2:30 AM.

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

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Start of the sale:
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 4:44 AM
Item n°776563541
Sale ends:
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2:30 AM
Lot:
#26112
Catalog:
44. Christoph Gärtner Auktion - 26. June 2019 - Philatelic Single lots: Germany. Picture Post Cards

1945. V1 POW Post are among the rarest known rocket leaflet series; prepared by the Germans for the Allies. Only a handful known to exist. There is a great article on these V1 leaflets on the Psywarrior website. 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. This piece came from a world-class V1 collection which actually has one of the original POW letters in it by way of empirical proof.
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; prep

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