Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

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Continentale Verlags-Anstalt : Wappen-Sammel-Album

Album information :

Issued by : Many small companies, but printed by Continentale Verlags-Anstalt, Sigmund Loewenthal, Hamburg
Date of issue : 1912
Number of stamps/cards : 480 (?). At least 420. According to the Köberich cataloge only 330 were actually issued (but I am aware of 420 so far, see below).
Image variants : so far I know only of 1 (Glarus)

Background

The album was issued in 1912 and contained an introduction, followed by 40 pages for 480 images.

The images could be collected from a large number of small companies in Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Holland (and maybe other countries as well). These companies issued advertising cards, with two images, that could be cut out and placed in the album. Probably due to WWI the series were not completed, as, according to the cards, one card was issued weekly. With 480 cards that would mean 240 weeks, or finishing by the end of 1916 or early 1917, which probably means that they were not all issued.

The album was issued as the first out of a series of two (the second was never issued) and contained the arms of present and former (non-European) countries and European cities.

At least four different album formats for the first album were issued, see the images below. In the left version the index was added as loose pages, whereas in the right album the index was part of the album. Except for the typography and the name of the album, the albums are identical in content.

The cards were also sold as postcards, without advertisement and perforations.

Example of a German card
Example of a Dutch card
Example of a postcard (posted March 14, 1918)
Example of a German card from the now French city of Colmar	Example of a German card from München
Example of other postcards

Series from one bookshop:

Cards of the following companies are known to me, but there must be many more (if you have any or any information, please contact me) :

Eugen Barth, Books and office supplies, Colmar, Germany (now France)
Lorenz Beyer, Bookshop, Mittweida, Germany
Robert Doležal Jr., Bookshop, Arnau an der Elbe, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hostinné, Czech Rep.)
Berta Finking, Schoolsupplies, Wilmersdorf, Germany
Richard Glaubig, Germania Drogerie, Drugstore, Zehlendorf, Germany
Willy Gross, paper supplies and book binders, Dresden, Germany
Engelb. Hanel, School and papersupplies, Wiener-Neustadt, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
Georg Hoehn, Bookshop and printers, Pirna, Germany
Anna Kleinitzer, School supplies, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
Knopf Warenhaus, Diedehofen, Germany
J.J.N. Loretz, Book- and artshop, 's Hertogenbosch, Holland
Arno Loth, School supplies, Rosenheim, Germany
Otto Müller, Paper and leather goods, Rixdorf (now part of Berlin), Germany (2 types)
Alfred Nautze, printers, Pirna, Germany
August Peter, Coffee, tea and other foods, Halle an der Saale, Germany
Sebastian Pohl, Butcher, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria) (2 types)
Herman Protz, Bookshop, Rixdorf bei Berlin, germany
Julie Reinhard, Book- and artshop, München, Germany
Alb. Schwarzer, office supplies, Berlin W., Germany
Jos. Joh, Schweizer, Bookshop, Leitmeritz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice, Czech Rep.)
Wilhelm Wartenberg, Bookshop, Friedenau, Germany
unknown issue : back states only Tees, Kakao, Schokoladen (tea, coffee, chocolates)
unknown issue : back states only Nähr- und Stärkungsmittel für Kinder und Rekonvaleszenten (food for children and for recovering)
Several companies issued cards without text on the back of the stamp