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1st March 1934
Esperanto

Postcard, featuring an 'Esperanto' label, sent from Wiesbaden to Kramfors (with redirection), in Sweden.

The message reads: 'Dear Mr. Melander! Thanking you very much for your postcard of 2/25, I am letting you know that I unfortunately cannot correspond with you, but I will inform the group members here of your wish on Monday, the 12th of April. So, please be patient until then. At the same time, I am sending you a brochure about Wiesbaden with an Esperanto text.'
Ref: 01.03.1934


Esperanto was never the future?


'German has overtaken French to become the most sought-after language by UK employers, according to research. Job vacancies specifying German language skills as a requirement rose by more than 11 per cent in the past three years, according to the online job site Indeed.'


Taken from The 'i' newspaper, 10th April 2019


 

Further Esperanto covers and postcards with the Brief History collection

 

Cover sent from Germany to Canada, with the Esperanto message, 'The easy-to-learn international auxiliary language opens up the whole world to you'. Ref: 13.06.1934
 
A series of three covers commemorating the international convention of Ido (reformed Esperanto) at St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1939. Ref: 28.08.1939
Ref: 22.09.1939
Ref: 19.11.1939
 
Re-purposed 'feldpostkarte' self-addressed to Adelbert Geiger, 'Privat-Esperanto-Schule' in Fellbach. Featuring the image of L.L.Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. Ref: 16.05.1948 - 15/17


L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917)

 

From Wikipedia:


Zamenhof worked as an ophthalmologist who lived for most of his life in Warsaw. He is best known as the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.


Zamenhof first developed the Esperanto language in 1873 while still in school. He grew up fascinated by the idea of a world without war and believed that this could happen with the help of a new international auxiliary language. The language would be a tool to gather people together through neutral, fair, equitable communication. He successfully formed a community which has survived to this day despite the World Wars of the 20th century, and which continues making attempts to reform the language or create more modern IALs (the only other language like Esperanto at the time was Volapük).


In light of his achievements, and his support of intercultural dialogue, UNESCO selected Zamenhof as one of its eminent personalities of 2017, on the 100th anniversary of his death.


As of 2019, there are a minimum of 2 million people speaking Esperanto, including an estimated 1,000 native speakers.


 

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