Frohe Weihnachten card, Heidelberg, Germany, 1962

Subject: Christmas & Santa
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1962 (Chrome)

Back of Frohe Weihnachten card, Heidelberg, Germany, 1962, Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE, MI, USA, c. 1962 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A snowy village under a pink and blue winter sunset: a small church with a steeple and a red-roofed house stand among snow-laden pines, with holly sprigs and two pine cones framing the lower edge. The greeting below the view reads "frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr."

Postcard Details

Message · German, in pen

Sendet Euch Bernhard & Else Wiest Unsere Tochter Waltraud ist in Paris. Bis Juni 1962 was macht Baby? Herzliche Grüsse Bernhard & Else Wiest

Translation

Sends to you Bernhard & Else Niest Our daughter Waltraud is in Paris. Until June 1962 how is Bob doing? Heartfelt greetings Bernhard & Else Niest

PostmarkedHEIDELBERG

Addressed to

Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE

1937 SCOTTEN AVENUE DETROIT, MI 9

FromMIESS, AUGUSTA STR. 4, HEIDELBERG, Germany

Postcard record

Postmarked	HEIDELBERG
Publisher	,
Series	108
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr. & Mrs. HARLAN & JEANE ELMORE, 1937 SCOTTEN AVENUE, DETROIT, MI, 9
Place sent from	MIESS, AUGUSTA STR. 4, HEIDELBERG, Germany
Stamp	20c Lion, red
Stamp	20pf Heinrich Heine
Notes	Gold-printed Gothic-script German greeting below the image; brown residue/staining at top and bottom edges, likely from album mounting. Postmark: HEIDELBERG (17a) 7.1.6? (final digit illegible). Divided-back card with white border; glossy color-litho Christmas greeting (front). German 20 Pf stamp, torn/soiled at top right. Minor edge wear and foxing.

Cite this card

Frohe Weihnachten card, Heidelberg, Germany, 1962, postcard, c. 1962. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/frohe-weihnachten-card-heidelberg-germany-1962. Accessed November 2, 2026.