The Postcard Album

THE POSTCARD ALBUM

POSTCARD PRINTER & PUBLISHER RESEARCH


	TPA issue 33 80 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR !!

	Some major features:

	The Rise and Fall of two German PPC Printers from Coburg • Photographische Werke A.G. • Nenke & Ostermaier, Dresden. Part 2 • The Importance of Emil Pinkau & Co. to Canada’s Stedman Bros. • Wiskott (Breslau) + Flemming (Glogau) + Dondorf (Frankfurt/M) + Pittius (Berlin) • PPCs documenting the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania during WW1 • Novelties/J.C. Schmidt • Update on Ottmar Zieher (stamp cards) • The mysterious Muehlstein Bros., Offenbach • Photographic Music Cards • Postcarding Ethnicity - Nationalism, Economy and Postcard Producers in Central and Eastern Europe 1890-1920 • Tinsel, Glitter, Glimmer, Mica • Edward H. Mitchell. Publisher of Pacific Coast Souvenirs • Twilight Cards? Firelight Cards? • Painter Otto Bollhagen *and much more !!*

	TPA issue 32 80 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR !!

	Major features:

	JOS-PE. Hamburg • American News Company • Stange & Wagner, Berlin, identified as ANC printer • Nenke & Ostermaier, Dresden. Part 1: the Early Years • British Views in Silver • La Paz, Bolivia, on Early Postcards • Deutsche Lichtbild-Gesellschaft, Berlin • Photoyped in Frankfort: research on ppc printers from Frankfurt/Main • Novelties/J.C. Schmidt • Update on Ottmar Zieher, Munich • The illustrator Carl A. Lindeberg • ”Do you care for Details? • A final Identification • Update on Schaar & Dathe, Trier • The 2nd Class Quality Incident (EAS) part 2 • Life and work of Illustrator Ilse Wende-Lungershausen • ”Postcard Specials” • “The older, the better?” and much more!

	TPA issue 31 84 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR !!

	Major features:

	E. Baensch jr., Magdeburg & J. Simonsen, Oldenburg • “Kuenstler-Stein-Zeichnung” L. Koch • The Laifle-System • Roemmler & Jonas, Dresden • Martin Rommel, Stuttgart • The City “Hier” • Rob. Hartmann Corp., Stockholm • Cryptic Extra Card Codes • Hermann Ludewig, Leipzig • Postcard Printers from Leipzig in 1908 • Postcard Printer Identification • Finds & Curio Column • Who was Theodor Kreh? • Schaar & Dathe, Trier, company history update (9 pages!) • Steglitzer Werkstatt - F.W. Kleukens • ”A Letter from the Past” • The Second-Class Quality Incident (EAS) • Ottmar Zieher, Munich (7 pages) • The Publisher with the Fish Logo (Haco) • ”Postcard Specials” • Alphons Adolph & Johannes Beyer and much more!


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	TPA issue 30 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR !!

	Major features of this issue:

	‘Masonic Code’ article follow up • Wezel & Naumann, Leipzig, Saxony. Comprehensive company history of this once huge printing company including other firms involved (eg. Tuck’s) • Russian postcards printed in Germany during WW1 • Myrtle Elvyn. An American Concert Pianist • Little known postcard printer E. Bensch jun., Magdeburg • A detailed look at the so-called Brushstroke Postcards and their publishers • Erotic/Dirty Postcards? Painting versus Photography • Who was the illustrator Salac? • more of interest to the (research-minded) collector of old picture postcards. See for yourself!


	TPA issue 29 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR !!

	In this issue:

	Publisher Axel Eliassons, Sweden • The Esmeralda Sisters • Real photo card publishers/printers Georg Gerlach & Co., Berlin / Photochemie company • Emil Pinkau’s “Freemason Code” on postcards • Otto Schloss, Berlin, research project on a major German greeting cards factory • WW1 postcards • The “BL” logo case • Little-known postcard printer Heiss & Co, Cologne • A story on Georg Stilke, Berlin/Hamburg, publishers and postcard retailers • Trademarks identified • Book/publication reviews • and much more.


	TPA issue 28 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR

	In this issue:

	The Rotograph Co., New York + Knackstedt & Naether, Hamburg + NPG, Berlin • Helgoland / Heligoland • Russia: Tver in old postcards • WW1 postcards in “colour after nature” • A visit to the former Paul Finkenrath, Berlin (PFB), factory in 2013 • Little-known (postcard) printing company Max Breslauer, Leipzig, Saxony • Gebr. Obpacher, Munich, and the so-called “Winsch-back” cards • Paul Suess • Chromolithography: a rare set of postcard proof prints • Aristophot, Taucha/Leipzig • Trademarks identified and more of interest to collector of old picture postcards.


	TPA issue 27 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR

	In this issue:

	Reinicke & Rubin / H. Rubin & Co., Magdeburg/Dresden research puzzle. Includes information on several other German postcard printers • Guggenheim & Co., Zurich, Switzerland • Doeberitz: military training area / POW camp / Olympic Village • Dr. Trenkler & Co., Leipzig, postcard codes of the 1920’s • Hermann Wolff, Berlin (HWB) • More on Knackstedt & Naether and follow-up company Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg • ”Postcard Twins” • Handpainted postcards by regular publishers • A Printing Sample Card Flop • Trademarks identified • and much more.


	TPA issue 26 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR

		In this issue:

	A visit to Egypt in 1906. A well illustrated contemporary article by a British gentleman • Egyptian ppc publishers Lichtenstern & Harari / The Cairo Postcard Trust • Hans Wiesner & Co., Berlin • Comprehensive article on gramophone and especially WECO brand cards • Company history of Martin Schlesinger, Berlin • Early British postcards by Swiss Kuenzli Bros • Chester • Mimosa AG, Dresden • Reviews • Trademarks identified • and other research as well as general postcard matters


	TPA issue 25 40 pages A4 size in FULL COLOUR

		In this issue:

	Finkenrath & Grasnick + successor Paul Finkenrath, Berlin (PFB) company history covers 8 pages alone • J. Miesler, Berlin • A. Sala, Berlin • “Printed in Bavaria” - Old postcard printers and publisher from Munich • Postcards from the 1950-1960’s • Whitsun cards • T. Stroefer, Nuremberg • Missionary Cards • ”Much Room for Interpretation” (different designed comic cards) • Trademarks identified • other research-related and general postcard matters.


	The Postcard Album available directly from the publisher in Germany


	Publisher:

Helmfried Luers Gartenstr. 14 26180 Rastede Germany

editor@tpa-project.info


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