POSTCARD N.127 - GERMANY

Postcard sent on the 12th December; received on the 19th December 2023

Postcard image: Zugspitze 2962 m and Eibsee 1000 m
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A fine postcard from Alex, from Germany's highest peak , Zugspitze, and highest post office to! Thanks a lot, Alex.

Frauenkirche  in Dresden is a reminder of the horrors of war. Completely raised to ground during the infamous bombings of WW2, it would only be rebuilt after the reunification of Germany, the reconstruction works, started in 1994, having been completed in 2005.

On 07SEP2023, Deutsche Post issued a 1 Euro stamp dedicated to the Church, on which  before and after reconstruction images are included, the first dating back to 1957 and the later to 2015.

To complete postage, Alex used  a 10 cent Stamp from the "World of Letters" definitive series. This particular stamp was issued on 02NOV2022.

The nice pictorial postmark is that of the post office at Zugspitze.