Post WW2 Occupied Germany: Soviet Zone - Printable Version

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Post WW2 Occupied Germany: Soviet Zone - Hugh - 05-08-2025

On a March 26, 1948 cover from the Soviet Occupation Zone, I came across this interesting CDS. Never having seen one before, I was smitten by the clock dial in the centre. I wondered if it was a new way of time stamping the cancel?

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Yes and No. Time stamp, yes. New, no.

In researching the cancel on Philastempel-Datenbank, I found many similar versions going back to the late 1920s from the same town [EKU 1922]. It was in use during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and during the post-war occupation. So, while it was new to me, it seems to have been in use for a long time in Glashütte -- a relatively small town in Saxony (pop. 7,000). 

Glashütte is known as the birthplace of the German watchmaking industry. And, that's what this longstanding 'fancy' version of the usual German double ring and bar cancel is all about.

Cancel:
Wide double rings, bar, and 24-hour clockface (35mm / black ink)
Between the rings, Upper -- (10a) GLASHÜTTE / (SACHS) [10 is the two-character German postal routing code for Saxony introduced on July 25, 1941 and retained, for a time, after the war.
Between the rings, Lower -- Feinmechanik / Uhren, Rechenmaschinen [Precision mechanics, watches, calculating machines]
Central bar -- 26.3.48, -17 [March 26, 1948, ~5PM]
Clockface [dial with with hours from 13 to 24. This version of the stamp was used for the afternoon post. Before stamping the dial was moved to the current time. In this case 16:30h]

In short, this is a Orts Werbestemple [local advertising hand-stamp] with a clock motif .. with a three-word resume of the town's expertise.

There are two strikes of this cancel on the follwoing cover. It was sent by Werner Linke to Schaubek-Verlag in Leipzig (Soviet Occupation Zone). Schaubek-Verlag, known for producing the first German Stamp Album in 1862, was re-establishing itself as a printer and publisher of stamp albums after shutting down production during the war due to lack of paper.

Stamps:
1st Control Commission Joint Occupation Issue: Germany
Numeral
Issued on April 19, 1946
2Pf, Black (x2)
Mi.Nr. 912

2nd Control Commission Joint Occupation Issue: Germany
The Sower
Issued on February 1, 1948
10Pf, Yellow-green (x2)
Mi.Nr. 946

The total postage paid was 24Pf. In the Soviet Zone, 24Pf was the rate for a regional letter less than 100g. 

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