Now as Lavart have started with the z for zurück, I might as well continue but
seeing it from this part of the pond.
This COD printed matter was sent from Ochsenfurt June 29, 1935 to Wurtsburg. It's franked with a 6 pf. "Return of Saar" stamp and
two hindenburg definitives paying the printed matter COD rate.
As the receiver
didn't wanted to pay the amount, the printed matter was canceled with a "ZURÜCK" (Return) and sent back to the sender.
This Cover was sent from Coburg August 19, 1936 to Fanoe, Denmark. It's franked with 3 Hindenburg
definitive paying the rate to Denmark.
After first trying to find the German tourist
more places in Fanoe, the cover was canceled with a red "retour" and added a pink label ("To the return Post Office") and sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where it got a cancel from the same office. Here the cover was added a "Retour" cancel and returned.
On the back the cover has more handwritten markings from Fanoe, stating "not here" a date stamp, a "Inconnu" (Unknown) cancel and a "unknown" label in French and Danish.
This cover was sent as catapult airmail from Würtingen January 4, 1937 via Berlin to Santiago, Chile. It's franked with 3 airmail stamps paying the airmail rate to Chile.
After trying to find the reciever, the cover got a "NON RECLAME - Retour a l'origine" (Unclaimed -
retour) cancel and returned. The circular "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST _ EUROPA SÜDAMERIKA" cancel was added in Frankfurt am Main.
On the back there is more cancels from Santiago;
Chile and a receiver from Würtsburg on a label from the post office. there is a handwritten notation I can't read (anyone?)
This card was sent from Prague, Czechoslovakia October 12, 1938 to Ces. Vebinice in now Sudetenland. It's franked with a Czech definitive, paying the card rate abroad.
As the
receiver was gone, it got a "Abgereist - Zurück" (Left - retour) cancel and a provisional cancel with fixed date from Gmünd and returned. The "Censurovano" (Censored) cancel are from Prague. I'm not sure what the back are about but it bear a Czech revenue stamp. This card is the only known card with the Gmund cancel.
This registered cover was sent from Bremen October 10, 1938 to Eger in Sudtenland. It's franked with 7 "Union of Austria and Germany" stamps paying the
registered domestic cover rate.
The receiver was not to be found and it got a handwritten notation "Zürick Bremen" (Retour Bremen). On the back It has a reciever from Eger and a reciever from Bremen and a hand written notation, that the reciever wasn't to be found at the
address.
This
cover was sent from Vysoka u Melnika, Czechoslovakia October 5, 1938 to Gross Mergthal. It's franked with 2 Czech
definitive paying the letter rate abroad.
The reciever wasn't to be found and it got a handwritten "Zurück". The Gross Mergthal is a liberatin cancel used as reciever. The cover has a censored cancel from Prague.
This Registered
express (special delivery) cover was sent December 29, 1939 from Danzig to Milano, Italy. It's franked with two Danzig
provisional, one charity and one airmail stamp paying the registered express rate abroad.
The reciever was not found and it got < "A L'ENVOYEUR" (To the sender) cancel and a "VEDI RETRO"
(Retour) cancel. All the other cancels and scriblings I'm not sure of. On the back there is Italian
receiving and arrival cancels from Milano, a lot of scribling in Italian (Paolo where are you?), a German censor label and a arrival cancel from February 18, 1940! And this was a special delivery cover! :O)
From the same sender there is this expres cover sent from Danzig December 31, 1939 to Gothenburg, Sweden. It's franked with a Danzig provisional and a air mail stamp paying the expres rate abroad.
Again the reciever was not to be found and it has two "Retour a l'expediteur" (return to sender) cancels and "Unknown" label. On the back there is a cancel from Danzig, as the cover was sent so late, it couldn't be sent before after New years eve. There is a Swedish
receiving and arrival cancel from Gothenburg, a "unknown" scribling from the postman, who tried to deliver the cover and a German censor label.
The next cover I'm very fond of despise the condition. the interpretation of the cover is one I got from someone on the board long ago (I'm sorry don't recall who). It's sent from Deutsch Liebau, Sudetenland December 29, 1940 to Körnilowska? in Russia. It's franked with
two Hindenburg stamps paying the rate abroad.
"On the front, the address on the left is written in the Latin alphabet. This is where the letter was supposed to go. On the right, the sender tried to translate the address into the Cyrillic alphabet, and got it all wrong. Some authority in Russia crossed out the addresses on both sides in red, presumably because no one could make head or tail of them. The purple writing at the very top says “Karlinovka, Omsk ob.” “Ob. is short for “oblast”, which means region or province. The cancel reads "Retour / Moscau - Rebuts".
On the back there is a receiver stamp from Moscow dated (it looks like) Feb 24. At some point someone decided to make the effort to deliver the cover where it was supposed to go. The large purple writing on the back says:
First line: Karnilovka (region in Siberia)
Second line: Omsk nie na chodim (City of Omsk – Not Found”)
Third line: The signature of the postal worker making the notation.
This notation must have been applied to the cover after it arrived in Omsk. The cancel from Omsk is the lower left of the two on the back side, it reads “KARNILOVKA OMSK” and seems to be dated April 5 1940. At the top of the back side, someone has
underlined the “Sudetenland” portion of the return address in purple (again, written in butchered Cyrillic) however the pencil writing to the left of this mark appears merely to be a woman’s proper name, something like “Voinyna”. My friend thought the PO in Omsk did not know where to send the letter back to (hence the underlining of the butchered “Sudetenland”) and the name was probably one of the women at the PO who might handle such
deciffering matters." It's the only known cover sent from Sudetenland to Russia 1938 - 1945.
This cover was sent from Tepltz Schönau, Sudetenland July 30, 1941 to Medias, Romania. It's franked with one Hindenburg stamp paying the rate abroad.
Despise
there is no censor marking, the censor returned the cover with a marking "Zürück unzulässig" (Retour inadmissibly). It might have had something inside, which was against the regulation like more than 4 pages, picture postcards, cuttings from newspaper and so on. Or it could have been dropped at the mail box, which was against the regulations, as all mail abroad should be delivered to the post office..
This registered Poste
Restante cover was sent from Hagen June 30, 1941 to Vienna. It's franked with two Hindenburg stamps and a charity issue stamp paying the domestic registered letter rate.
As the cover was not collected it got a "Nict behoben - Zurück" (Unclaimed - retour) cancel and was returned to sender.
On the On the back there is a
receiving cancel from Vienna and a receiving cancel from Hagen.
This domestic Postal card was sent July 24, 1941 to Vienna.
In trying to find the reciever, the card was sent to 6
different post offices in Vienna. But in vain and the card was canceled "Zurück retour" and returned to sender. What a service in the time of war!
This official cover with a certificate of delivery, was sent from Auscha, Sudetenland December 1, 1941 to Tatschendorf.
As the reciever was deceased, the cover was marked with Empfanger vertorben" (Reciever dead) and sent retour.
This cover was sent from Münster July 23, 1942 to
Paris, France. It's franked with a Hitler definitive paying the abroad rate.
As the cover contained one or more picture postcards it was canceled with a cancel from the censor "Zurück....." referring to the regulation. The
scribling at bottom left are from the censor.
On the back there is a censor label and cancels and a cancel, which state picture postcards are not allowed.
This Air Mail cover was sent from Düsseldorf
December 5, 1941 to Bogota, Columbia. It's franked with three Hindenburg
definitive paying the Air Mail rate to Columbia. The rate was controlled (the weight of the cover - max. 5 gr.) and cancelled with a "Postgebühr geprüft" (Rate controlled)
As USA had entered the WW2 the mail was stopped and the cover was cancelled "Retour Postverkehr eingestelt" (Retour - Mail suspended).
This cover was sent from Gelsenkirschen September 8, 1944 to Elst, Netherlands. It franked with a Hitler definitive stamp paying the new European rate abroad, which was the same as for domestic mail in Germany.
Due to the chaos of the war in the Netherlands in September, the cover got a cancel "Postverbindung z. zt. Unterbrochen - Zurück Absender" (Postal service interrupted - back to sender" and the cover was returned to sender.
On the back there is a censor label and cancels. The cover has chemical censorship both on front and back to reveal secret writing.
This cover is a double letter (first used March 26, 1945) sent from Berlin April 20, 1945 to Neudek, Sudetenland. It was set registered with a Hitler
definitive stamp, paying the registered domestic rat but as this service was not possible the "Einschreiben" (Registered) was
deleted and the cover was sent as normal letter. As the reciever was gone or the postal service was
interrupted it got a scribling "Zr" (Retour) and was returned. As it went through allied lines, the cover was censored by the allied.
This Fieldpost cover was sent from Freiwaldau-Gräfenberg, Sudetenland March 3, 1945 to a German soldier in Vienna. But as the reciever
couldn't be found the cover got a Zurück reciever" (Retour sender) cancel and was
returned.
K.E  I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!
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I concede your points on FDCs, and perhaps I misread or misinterpreted your comments, but my comments can in no way be taken as coming from the APS, above, below or at the belt.
