Annexation overprints of Sudetenland and Ostrava

Rumburk -
Mailing cards

Rumburk -
Mailing cards

Mailing cards are highly sought after because of their rarity. The overprint is accurate and clean and they were overprinted with only one type of overprint, made by the August Bartel printing house (Buchdruckerei August Bartel) in Rumburk. 

Rumburk přetisk 5 - Sudety | Sudetenland | Rumburg

The book “Die Postwerzeichnen des Sudetenlandescontains a copy of the invoice of the printing firm Bartel in Rumburk dated 6 October 1938. Translated into English below. 

Invoice 6 October 1938 

to the Post Office, Rumburk 

Delivery notes dated 30 September, 1 October, 1 October, 3 October, 5 October, 4 October, 7 October: 

for printing on: 

33 150 mailing cards 50 hellers (Coats of Arms) 

2 200 double mailing cards 50 hellers (Coats of Arms) 

850 mailing cards 1 CZK (Coats of Arms) 

1 445 picture postcards 1,20 CZK (Masaryk 1932) 

500 picture postcards 50 hellers (Masaryk) 

250 picture postcards 50 hellers (Fügner) 

450 mailing cards 1,50 CZK (Masaryk 1925) 

300 mailing cards 1,50 CZK (Masaryk 1933) 

100 double mailing cards 1,20 CZK (Masaryk 1925) 

75 double mailing cards 1,50 CZK (Masaryk 1925) 

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39,320 pieces, which equals 41,695 pieces with 3 types of double postcards.  

Printing 1 000 pieces is 9,60 CZK. 

400,25 CZK 
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Mailing cards depiction

Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. K1
K1 (850 pcs) national emblem overprinted in black, upper left selling price (issue 1933)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. P1
P1 (450 pcs) laurel leaf border and below inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie" (issue 1926)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. p2
P2 double card (100 pcs) laurel leaf border and below inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie" (issue 1926)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. p3
P3 double card (75 pcs) laurel leaf border and below inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie" (issue 1926)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. P4B8
P4 picture 8 (P4 together 445 pcs). Pictures 5 and 8 are known. Linden leaf border broken by the inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie". Picture number on the bottom left (1930 issue)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 |Mi. P5
P5 (150 pcs), linden leaf border and below inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie" (issue 1931)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P6
P6 (100 pcs), linden leaf border broken by inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie" (issue 1933)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P7
P7 (31 168 pcs), linden leaf border, upper left sale price (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P7I
P7I (2 000 pcs) mirror reversed swastika, linden leaf border, upper left selling price (1937 issue)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P7DD
P7DD double overprint (? pcs), linden leaf border, upper left sale price (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P8
P8 double card (2 200 pcs), linden leaf border, upper left sale price (1937 issue)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P9B1
P9 picture 1 (P9 total 1 000 pcs), linden leaf border interrupted by the inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie", picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P9B5
9 picture 5 (P9 total 1 000 pcs), linden leaf border interrupted by the inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie", picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P9B8
P9 picture 8 (P9 total 1 000 pcs), linden leaf border interrupted by the inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie", picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P10B69
P10 picture 69 (P10 total 500 pcs), top and bottom horizontal inscription "Know your homeland - promote its beauty by mail", picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1937)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P11
P11 (50 pcs), linden leaf border interrupted by the inscription "Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie", bottom middle selling price
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P12B5
P12 picture 5 (P12 total 232 pcs), without border, picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1938)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P12B7
P12 picture 7 (P12 total 232 pcs), without border, picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1938)
Rumburk mailing cards | Sudetenland | Sudety | German Occupation | Rumburg 1938 | Sudeten Crisis | Mi. P12B8
P12 picture 8 (P12 total 232 pcs), without border, picture number lower left and selling price in the middle (issue 1938)