POLYDOR DE Labels and Company Sleeves 1953-1970
NH 22 001 - 1953
to
NH 23 918 - 1959
NH 22 014 - 1953
to
NH 23 409 - 1957
NH 23 919 - 1959
to
NH 24 999 - 1963
NH 52 001 - 1963
to
NH 52 207 - 1963
Polydor Records was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924. Polydor became a popular music label in 1946 while the famously yellow Deutsche Grammophon seal became a classical music label. 
NH 22 991 - 1958
to
NH 22 999 - 1958
Soundeffects
....verboten
....vorbehalten
....verboten
NH 52 208 - 1963
to
52 660 - 1966
NH removed  around 52 450 - 1965
52 675 - 1966
to
53 188 - 1970
NH 53 187 - 1969
STEREO
Occasionally
2041 019 - 1970
to
2041 029 - 1970
2041 037 - 1970
to
.
Labels (other series)
NH 66 806 - 1959
to
NH 66 950 - 1960
NH 220 001 - 1959
to
NH 220 513 - 1960
Stereo
....verboten
....verboten
....vorbehalten
Stereo
54 001 - 1964
to
54 105 - 1967
59 001 - 1964
to
59 043 - 1966
59 054 - 1966
to
59 360 - 1968
NH 220 001 - 1959
to
NH 220 513 - 1960
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
NH 22 001 - 1953
to 
 .
   Slightly curved top  Glued left/right  
No 2
.
to 
,
Printed in Germany
 Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right
No 3
.
to 
mid 1955
Printed in Germany 
Imprimé en Allemagne 
Impreso en Alemania
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 4
mid 1955
to 
mid 1957
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 5
mid 1957
to
1961
 Slightly curved top  Inside glued  
No 6
1961
to
1962
   Slightly curved top  Inside glued  
No 7
NH 220 001 - 1959
to
NH 220 513 - 1960
STEREO
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 8
1965
to 
.
    Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 9
.
to 
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
  
       
No 10
.
to
1968
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 11
.
to 
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
Thematic sleeves
T 1
.
to
NH 52 207 - 1963
Christmas
 The Christmas sleeve was created and used for jukebox operators only.
Some found their way into public distribution.
.  Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 2
mid 1955
to
NH 23 396 - 1957
Dance and entertainment
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 3
.
to
.
Easy listening
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 4
.
to
.
Souvenir from Austria
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 5
.
to
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan		 Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
Souvenir from Austria
Sleeve not avaliable
for scan
   Cut straight  Folded paper no inside flaps  
T 6
NH 66 908 - 1959
to
NH 66 917 - 1959
Original Italienische Aufnahmen
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 7
1959
to
.
Original Hits aus U.S.A.
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 8
.
to
.
Madison
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 9
.
to
.
Twist
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 10
NH 24 499 - 1961
to
NH 24 503 - 1961
Deutsche  Schlager-Festspiele 1961
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 11
.
to
.
Deutsches  Schlagerfestival 1961
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 12
NH 24 716 - 1962
to
NH 24 774 - 1962
Deutsche  Schlager-Festspiele 1962
Excists with artist name
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 13
.
to
.
-?-
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
T 14
.
to
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
-?-
       
T 15
.
to
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
Gift
       
Artist sleeves
A 1
NH 23 115 - 1956
to 
.
Caterina Valente
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 2
NH 23 602 - 1958
to 
NH 23 722 - 1958
Peter Kraus
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 3
.
to 
.
Peter Kraus
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 4
NH 23 676 - 1958
to 
.
Peter Alexander
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 5
NH 23 676 - 1958
to 
.
Peter Alexander
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 6
NH 23 923 - 1960
to
.
Ivo Robic
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 7
NH 24 033 - 1960
to 
.
Cindy Ellis
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 8
.
to 
.
Charlie & Co
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
A 9
NH 52 100 - 1963
to 
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
Die Lustigen Kern-Buam
       
A 10
.
to 
.
Die Kern Buam
   Cut straight  Folded paper no inside flaps   
Special sleeves / Sleeves for promotion records
S 1
001 582 - 1964
to 
.
Sales to musicboxes only
   Slightly curved top  Inside glued  
S 2
1970's
to 
.
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
Sleeve not avaialble
for scan		 Sleeve not avaialble
for scan		 Sleeve not avaialble
for scan
   Cut straight  Inside glued