Bucnenwald post

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I got these envelopes in a trade. The guy just threw them in on a deal and I figured they were fake. What do y'all think?

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Two more.

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A couple more.

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You are right - fakes.
Max.

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Yup!
Jeff

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What would be the key to recognizing them as fake. Who ever made them had an SS typewriter along with some knowledge of the camps. Paper? Addresses?

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But not enough knowledge.

[Tom32]

What would be the key to recognizing them as fake. Who ever made them had an SS typewriter along with some knowledge of the camps. Paper? Addresses?

- the ink looks very fresh in relation to the age of the envelope

- the adressfield/ form of adress:

normally it was usual in the salutation for persons no " AN " ( this was usual later / post war times)
If it was used to a person, so it was only written: : Herr or Frau or Fräulein ( or Familie)
( and mostly the salutation was a little " outside " to the left , so also not all in a vertical row , from the top to the end , because the sender was on the reverse, so on the whole front was enough place !!)

" An or An das " only for institutions or companies( without personal name ) .

- In the adress, the town was written , underlined ( or double underlined ) and then followed the street + Number, so it stands at last - not the other way around - you see here !!

on this shown envelopes it's usual today ( + town code ) - not in the former ( war ) years

- The / a handwritten sender adress should be written on the reverse side of the envelope. ( former norm or possible on the front but in a 90 degree angle crosswise on the left ( but not so common , but in later times ), if the envelope doesn't have an official pre printed sender name on the front !!

This kind is usual " today". ( other DIN norm )

Also they should / could have a stamp on the reverse from the office sending adress ( if possible ) .

So it seemed that someone had old envelopes and an old type-writer with the SS- button. but he wrote in the " todays style " ( he do not much DD in front - his mistake ) - IMO

regards

Tom 32

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Very informative...Thanks!