DEUTSCHE POST" (German Post) in collaboration with the city of Halberstadt on 4 July 1948 issued a special postcard for the "Aufbauausstellung Halberstadt" (Reconstruction Exhibition Halberstadt). The prominent slogan "HALBERSTADT RUFT!" (Halberstadt Calls!) emphaside the city's call for reconstruction efforts.
The postcard was issued by the City Council of Halberstadt to promote the reconstruction exhibition. The design was created by K. Lipke.
This particular postcard featured several post-WWII Allied Control Council stamps in different Pfennig denominations.
The old town centre of Halberstadt, which was largely destroyed by Allied bombings in the late stages of World War II after local Nazi leaders refused to surrender. The town was rebuilt in the following decades.
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