Pandur / India: Ährenlesekirche Lutheran Mission Church (Vintage RPPC 1937)

vintage real photo postcard (echte photographie) depicting the "aehrenlesekirche" (gleaners church) in pandur, tamil nadu, south india.
the scene framed by palm trees shows the neo-gothic tower of the mission church with a group of local indian villagers and a german missionary sitting in the foreground.
the card is posted with a 6 pfennig hindenburg stamp from the deutsche reich, canceled with a circular postmark from bad weisser hirsch dated march 27, 1937 (27.3.37). addressed to dresden, germany.
printed header on the back reads "aehrenlesekirche in pandur ostindien." published by verlag der ev.-luth. mission, leipzig c1.

postally used in 1937

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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