Early German Advertising Meter Period (1928–1938)

GERMANY To USA -  1934 KOEHLERHAUS LEIPZIG METER MAIL TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY

1934 commercial cover from Koehlerhaus, Leipzig, Germany to Wilford C. Saeger, Bursar of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bearing red meter franking reading DEUTSCHES REICH 025, tied with LEIPZIG 25.7.34 C1 circular meter cancel.

The illustrated meter imprint shows KOEHLERHAUS LEIPZIG building, with advertising inscription:

"WISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZEITSCHRIFTEN / SELTENE BÜCHER"
(Scientific journals / rare books)

This identifies the sender as a bookseller / academic publisher, consistent with correspondence to Harvard University Bursar.

The Cancel is a German Advertising Meter Cancel from Leipzig, Germany  dated 25 July 1934, Machine Code: C1, Meter Value: 25 Reichspfennig

The shield-shaped "DEUTSCHES REICH 025" is a German meter postage indicium, used for commercial bulk correspondence during the Third Reich period (1933–1945).

The number 9317 above the illustration is likely the meter license or machine number assigned to the Koehlerhaus firm.

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