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Coupon, postage, 'response international'

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Title
Coupon, postage, 'response international'
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Europe
Letters
Correspondence
Germany--History
German language--Writing
Category
4. World War II
Current holder
Western Australia Museum
Date
January 25, 1939
Link
https://museum.wa.gov.au/online-collections/content/H2008.265
Item number
H2008.265
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Germany
Place
Bremen
Language
German
French
English
Spanish
Italian
Description from source
width: 104mm, length: 73mm

Small, rectangular, yellowed paper with dark blue print, ‘RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL’, 30 Reichspfennig, coupon, in German. Reverse scalloped outer border, with linear inner border, around two decorative panels either side of central, gothic German and French text. Decorative panels have central, plain circular space for ink stamp. Left side stamped with ‘BREMEN/ 25.1.39/ 5’ in black ink. Reverse is plain, with simple blue text, in four languages; German, English, Spanish and Italian. English reads ‘This coupon is exchangeable in any country of the Union/ for a postage stamp or postage stamps representing the/ amount of the postage on a single-rate ordinary letter/ addressed to a foreign country.’. Paper folded into quarters.
Physical format
Tickets