POSTCARDS OF THE BUGRA

There are perhaps as many as a hundred postcards of the Bugra. Most have the designation "Official Exhibit Card" and a design number printed on the address side. The highest number I have seen so far is 85, and some of the numbers actually encompass multiple designs, differentiated by a letter. Cards 1 through 5 are original artwork created for the show, while the rest are photos showing aspects of the Exhibition. Some of the view cards occur in several versions - black and white, colorized, with a border, without, etc. Below and on the following pages are the ones I have accumulated.

CARDS 1 TO 5

1 Postkartenvordruck mit eingedruckter Vignette braun
1 Postkartenvordruck mit eingedruckter Vignette grün
2 Symbol halbe Postkartengröße Druck: Brandstetter
3 Symbol in Postkartengröße Druck: Brandstetter
3 Symbol halbe Postkartengröße Druck: Sommerlad
4 Nackter Bogenschütze (auch als GS) Karte zur Eröffnung
5 Max Klingers Huldigung an Adolph Menzel (auch als GS)

CARD NUMBER 1: This is simply a reproduction of the hexagon poster stamp image on the address side, in brown, and a blank card on the other side. It is relatively scarce, but not in much demand, since its design is so simple. It was probably released before the show, as advertising.
Note that (according to the listing in German above) it occurs also with the hexagon vignette in green - I have never seen an example of this.

CARD NUMBER 2: This has a reproduction of Walter Tiemann's exhibition poster design (see discussion HERE), with grey background on the address side, blank on the reverse. German text only. Relatively common. I assume it too was issued before the show opened.

CARD NUMBER 2x: Same as Card 2, but image differs slightly, no "Official Exhibit Card" or number designation, no background, and a different printer. The two holes suggest it could be a proof. But I have seen one without the holes, and one with French text.

CARD NUMBER 2xx: Same design and printer as Card 2x, but now it says "Official Postcard No. 3"!

CARD NUMBER 2z: Similar to Card 2, but image differs, background differs, same "Official Exhibit Card No 2", and a different printer.

CARD NUMBER 2fr: Same as Card 2, but French text, image differs slightly, no "Official Exhibit Card" or number designation, no background, and a third printer.

CARD NUMBER 2ru: Same as Card 2, but Russian text, image differs slightly, no "Official Exhibit Card" or number designation, no background, and a fourth printer.

CARD NUMBER 3: Full-card reproduction of the exhibit poster design on one side, message and address space on the other. German text. Relatively common.

CARD NUMBER 3a: Full-card reproduction of the exhibit poster design on one side, message and address space on the other. German text. The text is arranged differently, and in different fonts than card 3. Same printer - perhaps an early version that was deemed less legible? Not rare, but less common than card 3.

CARD NUMBER 3en: Same as Card 3, but English text, image differs slightly, no "Official Exhibit Card" or number designation, no background, and a different printer.

CARD NUMBER 3ru: Same as Card 3, but Russian text, image differs slightly, no "Official Exhibit Card" or number designation, no background, and a different printer.

Reverse = Divided back. Text = carte postale... postkarte... cartolina postale... postcard... levelezo lap... dopisnice... briefkaart... brefkort... brevkort... tarjeta postal... and russian.

At bottom right, In very tiny print....c g naumann g m b h leipzig

CARD NUMBER 4: Souvenir postcard for opening day of the expo. An engraving by local engraver and lithographer Bruno Héroux, with lots more symbolism: a naked archer in center foreground, old man's head in profile on the right, eagle's head in profile on left, the expo and memorial as seen from above at the bottom. I've no idea what any of it means.

CARD NUMBER 5: Souvenir postcard for opening day of the expo. The title on the image side tells us the image is Max Klinger's homage to Adolf Menzel. Klinger was a well-known German symbolist painter from Leipzig, while Menzel, who had died n 1905, was considered one of the two most prominent German artists of the 19th century. I think the term "Symbolist" pretty much says it all.