File talk:USSR 1932-08-26 Polar expedition PC.jpg

Postal card or cover?

@Arno-nl: Hi Arno, can you double check if this is a postal card or cover? Thanks. --Michael Romanov (talk) 23:46, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Michael, imho this is a postcard. The term postcard is clearly differentiated from the term postal card. Postcard is a term to designate cards (1) prepared by private companies and which (2) do not have prepaid franking while a postal card is issued by the relevant postal authority. To my knowledge this set (cover and postcard) was not prepared by the government and both have no prepaid franking but have stamps affixed.Arno-nl (talk) 07:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

OK, I agree with you. So, this file is cover? Both the card and cover looks similar, hence my confusion. --Michael Romanov (talk) 12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

This file shows the postcard.Arno-nl (talk) 13:17, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Issuer?

Who issued this card and the matching cover?Arno-nl (talk) 07:53, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

The issuer was definitely not the government. I would say that Herr Norbert Frischer prepared himself both of them (cover and card) and asked the polar expedition members to send him back these two philatelic souvenirs (see, for example, Philatelic cover). --Michael Romanov (talk) 12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Michael -lucrative business- this set is still highly demanded.Arno-nl (talk) 13:17, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Did a quick Google on Frischer, maybe we can use this info in an article about him. Norbert Frischer was an active dealer from about 1931 up to at least 1952 (see this ebay item). I found some interesting info on this stamp dealer.

• Awards

In Luposta Danzig - Nr. 2 / April 1932 there is mention of him. Silver Medal: Internationale Luftpost Ausstellung, Danzig. --- International Air-Post-Exhibition. Exposition Internationale de la Poste Aérienne. Danzig 23. - 31. Juli 1932.

• Publications

-'First day cover service' Pamphlet, pre WW2, 16p. -'Wir Briefmarkensammler'. Years 1931/1932. Verlag Briefmarkenhandelshaus Norbert Frischer, Wien, 1932. 148 S -'Sinnvoll sammeln mit Frischer'. 1941, 26p.

• Expertise marks

2 different 'FRISCHER' marks on stamps of Spain and Hungary are known possibly him.

• Company data

Pre-WW2 'Frischer' Vienna IX Althanplatz 6. Post WW2 'Briefmarken Handelshaus Frischer' Vienna Dr. Julius-Tandler-Platz 6. (Same address as before WW2 but renamed in 1945 - Julius-Tandler-Platz, benannt (15. Februar 1949 Gemeinderatsausschuss für Kultur) nach Julius Tandler; ursprünglich Hauptplatz (1827, 1835), 1873-1938 Althanplatz, ab 1938 Platz der Sudetendeutschen, ab 1945 wieder Althanplatz.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arno-nl (talk • contribs) 14 April 2016‎ (UTC)

• • Cool! Thanks for the fruitful search outcome! A good idea to create an article about him. Then, two his items we are discussing could be article's illustration. --Michael Romanov (talk) 15:10, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
• I found in the Russian publications (as reflected now in two Russian Wikipedia articles) that there was the first polar aircraft flight made in 1932 from Franz Josef Land to Arkhangelsk within the framework of the 2nd International Polar Year. The red triangular cachet was dedicated to this event. Both your files are now used in Russian Wikipedia. Thanks a lot for them! Cheers, --Michael Romanov (talk) 00:16, 15 May 2016 (UTC)