Himmler 1939 Card

[ajk74]

Does anyone know if the 1939 Julfest Himmler card is a printed or hand-signed autograph? I can't tell. Will try to post a pic I found.

[CHRISCHA]

This signature looks more 'inky' than other examples I have seen. This may be due to it being a signed example, and his pen was loaded with a lot of ink or of poor quality. It may be because the press was quite inky, or maybe even a poor quality signature was used as the print example.

Doesn't help much, but a couple of ideas to consider.

[Matt Gibbs]

The 'inkiness' could be easily due to the quality of the paper used..?
As anyone who uses an ink pen will know the ampiunt of 'bleed' or spread of the ink in the papaer is directly related to the amount if ink used and also the quality of the paper, a heavyweight glossy paper will hardly bleed at all wereas a rough poor flimsy paper might bleed quite a lot.
Regards
Matt Gibbs

[Max Williams]

Without a doubt, this looks printed. Himmler would not use cheap paper (excessive feathering) or a cheap pen to send personal greetings. The greetings wording is also very basic. I'd even have doubts about the contemporary date of this piece. Sorry to be negative.

[Ben Fanjoy]

I belive I saw this same item on E-scam, uh, I mean E-bay...

If I can find the link I will post it.