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Large format Greetings telegram (Schmuckblatt Telegramme)

Note: The 'Lx' number may have design variations.

Lx 1 (variation I - Wedding Coach and Riders. 15th November 1926)

Lx 1 (variation II - Wedding Coach and Riders. July 1930)

Lx 1 (variation III - The Four Seasons. c.1937)

Lx 2 (variation I - Two Doves. c.1929)

Lx 2 (variation II - A Sailing Ship at Sea, with a North German Lloyd Liner on the horizon: Top flag in blue. Lower flag in black, white and red. June 1931)

Lx 2 (variation III - Design as Lx 2 v.II, but with swastika flag on main mast and lower flag in black, white and red. c.1933)

Lx 2 (variation IV - Design as Lx 2 v.II, but with top flag in blue and a larger lower swastika flag. September 1935)

Lx 2 (variation V - Design as Lx 2 v.II, but with top flag in dark blue and a smaller lower swastika flag. May 1936)

Lx 3 (variation I - A mounted courier. November 1928)

Lx 3 (variation II - A group of children. June 1931)

Lx 3 (variation III - Couple and symbols of marriage and domesticity. c.1937)

Lx 4 (variation I - Stylised vase with flowers. June 1930)

Lx 4 (variation II - A high mountain peak. June 1931)

Lx 4 (variation III - A high mountain peak. May 1936)

Lx 5 (variation I - A border landscape. Reverse an eagle, ‘snowflakes’ and wood frame. January 1929)

Lx 5 (variation II - A border landscape. Reverse an eagle and wood frame. c.1935)

Lx 5 (variation - III - A border landscape. Reverse an eagle with swastika and

wood frame. May 1936)

Lx 6 (variation I - Three children dancing over a garland of roses. Reverse an

eagle and postal scenes. May 1930)

Lx 6 (variation II - Three children dancing over a garland of roses. Reverse an

eagle swastika and garland. c.1937)

Lx 7 (Christmas tree and New Year Bell. June1930)

Lx 8 (variation I - Cherubs in a garland of flowers and fruit. January 1930)

Lx 8 (variation II - Christmas. October 1937)

Lx 9 (variation I - Eagle in flight over swastika flags, with swastika sun

breaking through the clouds. Reverse – Garrison Church, Potsdam, 21st March 1933. Listed as ‘Tag von Potsdam, 21.3.33’, but issued for the 1933 Nuremberg Rally and later used as a normal Greetings Telegram. August 1933)

Lx 9 (variation II - German Airways. c.1938)

Lx 10 (variation I - Eagle over Nuremberg Castle. Issued for the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. c.1934)

Lx 10 (variation II - Flowers. September 1939)

Lx 11 (Bereavement. c.1938)

Lx 12 (variation I - Hitler Youth (without ‘Schriftleiste’). Issued for the 1935

Nuremberg Rally. c.1935)

Lx 12 (variation II - As above, but with ‘Schriftleiste’. c.1935)

Lx 12 (variation III - Eagle atop a wreathed swastika and oak leaves (assumed that this is the design in question). With inscription over a swastika to back page. Printed for the 1939 Nuremberg Rally, but never issued, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Used up in the internal service of the Post Office. c.1936). See here.

Notes on Lx 12 - An earlier version exists with the same imprint of C187 LX12, this dates from 1935. On this earlier version the back page has the image of the eagle, below which it states, 'Reichsparteitag der NSDAP Nürnberg'. The image of the Hitler Jungend depicted on the front page appears to be the same, but on closer inspection one can see the signature of artist Ludwig Hohlwein appears beside the roof and not above it (as can be seen to the lower left edge here). The imprint number on the earlier version appears at the foot of page 3 to the left edge, in the later version it is at the right edge. The final difference appears to be the colour of the tint used for the inner message pages. The earlier version is blue-grey, the later version is buff.

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Lx 13 (variation I - Winter Olympic Games. c.1936)

Lx 13 (variation II - Summer Olympic Games, Berlin. c.1936)

Lx 13 (variation III - Summer Olympic Games, Kiel. c.1936)

Lx 14 (Childhood scenes, with pram. c.1936)

Lx 15 (Children at play. c.1936)

Lx 16 (Nuremberg Castle. Issued to mark the 1936 Nuremberg Rally. c.1936)

Lx 17 (The Führer. Issued to mark the 1936 Nuremberg Rally. c.1936)

Lx 18 (Wedding Day. c.1936)

Lx 19 I Good fortune. Goddess with Cornucopia. 1938

Special Issues – sold only to be sent to the persons commemorated.

1. 80th birthday of Hindenburg. c.1927

2. 50th birthday of Hitler. c.1939

Special issues – sold only to be sent to ships.

1. Kogge (ship of the Middle Ages). c.1927

2. Liner. c.1939

Bohemia & Moravia

Lx 3 (Dancing Cherubs - II-1940)

Danzig

Lx I (Marienkirche and the Krantor. c.1933)

Lx 2 (variation I - Kogge, Children and Blutenkranz. c.1937)

Lx 2 (variation II - Kogge and six buildings of the town. c.1938)

Saar

Lx 1 (Wedding Coach. c.1933)

Lx 2 (Die Untsere Saar. c.1933)

Lx 3 (The Ludwigkirche in Saarbrücken. c.1933)

Lx 4 (The Old Tower in Mettlach. c.1933)

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