1st November 1947
Albert Brückner

Commercial cover from Albert Brückner Briefmarken, Phillip-Rosenthal-Straße, Leipzig. Featuring two 2 Pf 1st Control Commission Issue postage stamps (Mi.912) and a single 80 Pf Second Control Commission Issue postage stamp (Mi.957). Brückner's postal vignette is affixed to the reverse. Ref: 01.11.1947 - 17/46

Phillip Rosenthal (1916-2001) was a German industrialist, socialite and Social Democratic Party politician. With the rise of Nazism, and because of his Jewish origin, he and his family had to emigrate to England in 1934. He then worked in the Foreign Office's propaganda department, among others, with the Soldatensender Calais. In 1950, Rosenthal regained control of the family's company Rosenthal AG. In 1968, Rosenthal was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit and in 1981, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1970 to 1971, he served as Germany's Parliamentary Secretary of State under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Rosenthal was a public figure, and in addition to being Germany's 'China King', he was often recognised for his eccentric lifestyle and personality.