Pandur / India: Lutheran Mission Inauguration Hospital Receipt (Vintage PC 1932)

rare vintage missionary receipt postcard depicting the inauguration ceremony of the mission hospital (weihe des hospitals) in pandur, tamil nadu, south india.
the front shows a german missionary with a sun helmet speaking from a podium outside the newly built hospital building to a large gathered crowd of local indian villagers and european guests. captioned in handwriting "pandur, weihe des hospitals".
the back serves as an official donation receipt from the evangelical lutheran mission in leipzig (evang.-luth. mission zu leipzig c1, carolinenstrasse 19) for a gift of 3 reichsmark.
it is dated leipzig, november 23, 1932 (23. nov. 1932) and signed on behalf of the mission by g. sauberlich, missionar (german missionary gustav sauberlich).
numbered 2528/2.

postally used in 1932

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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