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Company name: Paul Suess AG fuer Luxuspapierfabrikation until early 1915; successors: April 1, 1917: Mitteldeutsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Muegeln/ Heidenau; late 1923 converted into Mitteldeutsche Kunstanstalt AG, Heidenau.
Address: P. Suess used several rented facilities, by the mid-1890’s own factory at Blasewitzer Str. 23 until 1901. Moved into new erected factory in Muegeln/Heidenau, Bismarckstr. 21. Successors stayed at same address, street was renamed during GDR years into “Ernst-Thaelmann-Str.”
In business from: 1886 - 1916 (Paul Suess) 1917-2002 Mitteldeutsche Verlagsanstalt, then Mitteldeutsche Kunstanstalt AG, from 1949 - 1964 GDR government controlled (MKH). Then put together with other printing trade companies to form “Graphischer Grossbetrieb Voelkerfreund- schaft, Dresden”. After fall of the wall in 1989 renamed into “Mitteldeutsche Druckanstalt Heidenau”. Bought by an investor in 1992 and in business until 2002.
Printer: yes Publisher: yes
Means of production / workforce: Paul Suess started with 10 people and by 1911 it were 725 workers and employees. Some 20 printing presses and over 100 other machines. Follow-up firms usually employed between 250 - 400 persons.
Trademark(s): 
Early cards up to circa 1903-04 show the word “ERIKA” set in caps. Then mostly with the illustrated trademark on. “Erika” stood for heather.
Specialised in: P. Suess was a typical deLuxe Paper Manufacturer with many other paper articles. Successors were typical commercial printers, but until WW2 continued to publish and print many greeting / subject / art reproduction etc post cards
Notes: An article on the “ERIKA” companies is found in TPA 24.
Illustrations (from top):
Paris 1900 World Exhibition. German pavillon, sign. Abeille ‘99, chromolitho. P/U August 1900. Publisher line reads: Editeur P.S. à D. ERIKA. Also known are collotype topo cards from Paris with this imprint.
”1902” with “ERIKA” set in caps and not the logo. P/U Dec. 31, 1901. Chromolitho. Also known are the cards “1900” and “1901”, all show the identical series no. 335a.
Name Day greetings, chromolitho, embossed, ERIKA logo without number, p/u May 1909.
Suess no 4045 with logo, halftone printed, signature illegible, p/u Sept 1909.
ERIKA no. 438, symbols of good luck. Chromolitho, p/u Dec. 1900.
ERIKA no. 6029, chromolitho with steel-engraved caption, for sale in Poland, p/u Dec. 1928.
ERIKA no. 1260, not signed, multicolour offset printed, not p/u, c. mid-1930’s.
A Suess card without number but ERIKA logo only. Patriotic Christmas card from WW1. P/u Dec. 1914.
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