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Commercial postcard sent from the stamp dealership of Albert Klickow. Featuring the commemorative cancellation for the Breslau Deutsches Turn- u. Sportfest 1938. NOTE: With lesser seen vertical date number '23'. Bochmann states that the date '31' is known to be vertical but doesn't list other dates. Ref: 23.07.1938, JB:Breslau42/177 23rd July 1938 1/1 Commercial postcard sent from the stamp dealership of Albert Klickow. Featuring the commemorative cancellation for the Breslau Deutsches Turn- u. Sportfest 1938. NOTE: With lesser seen vertical date number '23'. Bochmann states that the date '31' is known to be vertical but doesn't list other dates. Ref: 23.07.1938, JB:Breslau42/177 Reverse of postcard Example of a horizontal date cancellation from the same day. Ref: 23.07.1938 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Envelope of the 'Hamburg-Amerika Linie' (HAPAG) sent from the passenger ship 'Deutschland'. Ref: 19.07.1938 19th July 1938 1/1 Envelope of the 'Hamburg-Amerika Linie' (HAPAG) sent from the passenger ship 'Deutschland'. Ref: 19.07.1938 a ' Deutschland' postcard from 1936 can be found here Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard depicting the Sommerberg funicular railway. Ref: 01.06.1938 1st June 1938 Sommerberg funicular railway 01.06.1938 Wildbad Furnicular Railway reverse.jpeg 01.06.1938 Wildbad Furnicular Railway reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard depicting the Sommerberg funicular railway. Ref: 01.06.1938 The Sommerbergbahn is a funicular railway in Baden-Württemberg that runs from Bad Wildbad (420m above sea level) to the Sommerberg. The length of the route is 738 meters, the height difference to the intermediate stop at Panoramastation is 80 meters and to the mountain station is 291 meters. The gradient is between 37 and 53 percent. Two cars run on a gauge of 1000 millimeters (meter gauge), which meet at the passing point in the middle . The summer mountain railway was opened on 23rd May 1908, and construction began in April 1907. The construction was only made possible by private investors who founded a stock corporation to build the railway. The total costs were around 483,000 marks. In 1910 the railway became the property of the city and has been run as a municipal company ever since. It was modernised in 1928 and 1968. In 1947, the waiting and viewing hall of the mountain station burned down and was replaced in 1954 by architect Rudolf Lempp with a new three-story building with a waiting room, café-restaurant and viewing terrace. The valley station was rebuilt between 1978 and 1980. In 1981/1982 the railway and track structure were renovated, and in 2003/2004 the escape route was expanded. The 1928 modernisation was led by the technical director of Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB), Paul Loercher, who came from Calw , near Wildbad. The experiences with the Wildbader Bahn were incorporated into the design of the SSB's Stuttgart funicular. This was also built and put into operation in 1929 by the Esslingen machine factory, as the first semi-automatic funicular in Germany. From November 29, 2010, the summer mountain railway was completely renovated. The entire track and the remaining operating technology, including the wagons, were replaced. This was necessary in order to maintain the future viability of the railway. The overhaul by the Swiss company Garaventa lasted until autumn 2011 and amounted to a new building. The new summer mountain railway undertook its maiden voyage on 30th September 2011 and was inaugurated with a ceremony from 1st to 3rd October. The new cars were named King Wilhelm II and Queen Charlotte in memory of the Württemberg royal couple, who used the mountain railway to travel to the Sommerberg during their visit on 1st July 1910. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Unusual example of a self-made envelope (inside out) sent from Stuttgart to Mannheim. To the lower right edge can be read 'Schutz-Umschlag' (protective cover - terminology usually used to mean a book jacket). Stamp is Mi.669 Ref: 15.07.1938 - 1/10 15th July 1938 1/1 Unusual example of a self-made envelope (inside out) sent from Stuttgart to Mannheim. To the lower right edge can be read 'Schutz-Umschlag' (protective cover - terminology usually used to mean a book jacket). Stamp is Mi.669 Ref: 15.07.1938 - 1/10 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard with cancellation and vignette for the '1938 Internationale Handwerks Ausstellung Berlin 28. Mai - 10. Juli'. Ref: 07.07.1938 7th July 1938 1/0 Postcard with cancellation and vignette for the '1938 Internationale Handwerks Ausstellung Berlin 28. Mai - 10. Juli'. Ref: 07.07.1938 Vignette detail Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Postcard depicting Lager Feldstetten. Ref: 17.06.1938 17th June 1938 1/1 Postcard depicting Lager Feldstetten. Ref: 17.06.1938 The lager has been replaced by industrial units. The location link is below. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Commemorative postcard for the 3rd National Club Conference, 44th Philatelic Day. Bremen 11th - 12th June 1938. Ref: 13.06.1938, BV2181 13th June 1938 1/1 Commemorative postcard for the 3rd National Club Conference, 44th Philatelic Day. Bremen 11th - 12th June 1938. Ref: 13.06.1938, BV2181 Main image commemorative cancellation: Bremen-Bremerhafen Schiffpost/ 44./ Deutscher/ Philatelistentag/ MS "Oceana" Story behind the cancel: There was a one-day service on MS Oceana during the philatelic show to commemorate service between the two cities and the Frisian Islanders by steamer Telegraph during the 1840's. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

12th June 1938 1/0 12th June 1938 Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! Thank you very much for your letter. Deidi has got a baby. It is a beautiful strong boy. It was born on 6th. Mammi is there to help Deidi. She is very happy. I feel very proud to be an aunt and to think that Mammi is grandmother. Doesn’t it sound funny? The child is weighing 3470gr and 52cm long. I am very curious on seeing my nephew here in August. They will come to Baby’s wedding. It will be so nice to have such a small child in the house. I remember still perfectly Rasso when he was born. Ludwig is godfather and the baby we baptized Louis Gaston Joseph Marie Pie. I do hope your exams will be alright. My thumbs hurt already from keeping them up for you. We have got a sweet little deer. People found it on the crops and bought it here. It drinks the milk out of a bottle like baby’s do. We are going to the kindergarten exams. It is very amusing to see the small children play or say poems. Some of them are very clever and are able to dance the Csardas, that’s the Hungarian national dance. We are to be the Princesses and sit smiling in the burning sun and receive flowers and be looked at. It gives me such a shy feeling. Much love Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

4th June 1938 1/3 4th June 1938 Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! Thank you so much for your letter. I am very glad you found your cat again. I wonder where he has been all the time. I hope you enjoyed your sherry-party. Baby is also practising her piano, but she is not very clever. I gave it up after four years. I could not play one tune. I enjoy much more listening in. However, our wireless set is rather old and we are not able to catch an English broadcast properly. I was at Verdi’s Requiem last year in Munich. The whole of the Milano’s Scala sang it with Gigli, Cigna and everyone, it was wonderful. I wish I could see and hear “Rigoletto” and “Traviata” once. I like the music of “Tosca” very much. I saw it twice already. In Munich we went to the opera very often. But Sarvar is such a little gossip town. We have nothing else than the cinema. The weather is beautiful here, all sun and heat. It is necessary for the hay to be brought in. Yesterday I eat the first strawberry. I like them very much. We are going to have heaps of them. Much of our fruits were frozen, we have scarcely any cherries. I go riding every morning, but already at 7 o’clock, it will be much too hot later in the day. I wish the water was warm enough to go swimming. Mammi is in Mandelieu with Deidi. I am expecting a letter of her every day. Have you fixed your plans for summer holidays? I think we are going back to Leutstetten later in August. I wish we were. Sarvar is rather dull, one never meets any friends. Baby is going with Papi out in the forest. They want to shoot some deer. Rasso is playing with our 5 young Dachshounds. They are very sweet, all speckled black & brown. Muck is going to Scotland today, I don’t know her address there. Fondest love, Baby sends her love too Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

27th May 1938 1/0 27th March 1938 Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine, Many thanks for your letter with the good wishes. I hope you have got the parcel we sent you. We have been so sorry to have written so late. I am awfully proud of being eighteen now! It would be very nice if you could meet Muck in London. I hope it will go. Please excuse my only writing a card. I have to answer still a lot, and I don’t think I will. Loll and I have been very busy cutting bushes in the garden. Today Mammi left for Cannes, to see Deidi. We haven’t seen any good films here. In Munich I saw “Broadway Melody 1938” and I liked it quite. Yours with love Baby Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page