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1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia - mixed franking: 16 March 1939 postmarked picture postcard (Prague - Jewish Town Hall Hebrew clock) sent from PRAGUE to BERLIN, franked 1.20Kr with Czechoslovakian postage stamps & 6pf with German franking presumably for the period 1.50Kr international postcard rate & tied by machine cancel of PRAGUE-25 post office. Of historical significance: the day before, on 15 March, Germany occupied the remains of Czechoslovakia (after Sudentenland had been ceded to Germany in Oct. 1938); here the sender wrote a message in regards to the new 'Protectorate' established by Germany in the newly occupied territory called Bohemia-Moravia, and referenced letters on the Hebrew clock. As of 15 March the Czechoslovakian postal service came under the control of Germany - here unusual mixed franking postage sent through the mails.
