OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1942)

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POSTKARTE: P293, P294, P295, P307, P308, P309

MICHEL P293
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GOLDSMITHS' TRADE

Issued 8th Aug 1942. Social welfare card commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the German Society of Gold Smiths. The postcard is inscribed 'DAS DEUTSCHEN GOLDSCHMIEDEHAUS DER STADT HANAU' (THE GERMAN GOLD MOLDING HOUSE OF THE CITY OF HANAU). The card was available on both cream and beige cards. The stamp is the 1942 Michel 816, 6 + 4 Rpf stamp.

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ABOVE LEFT: P293(a)
ABOVE RIGHT: P293(b)

MICHEL P294
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
EUROPEAN POSTAL CONGRESS

Issued 12th Oct 1942. This card was issued to commemorate the European Postal Congress held in Vienna from 12th to 24th Oct 1942. The pre-printed stamp is the same as one of the three official stamps Michel 821, designed by Erich Meerwald and released at the same time. There was also a special cancel. In addition to the official postcard below there was also a commemorative card available.

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ABOVE: P294 - European Postal Congress

MICHEL P295
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
EUROPEAN POSTAL CONGRESS

Issued 19th Oct 1942. This postcard is identical to P294 above with the exception of an additional inscription across the bottom of the stamp. The inscription reads "19th Okt. 1942" and is the day on which the European Postal Agreement was signed.

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ABOVE: P295 - Signing of postal agreement

MICHEL P307
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GET TO KNOW GERMANY

More from the 'Get to know Germany' series. P307 consists of 651 different postcards. The postcards are the same as P305 only now with additional text 'Nur im Inland zugelassen' - 'Only permitted in Germany' printed below the word 'Postkarte' on the right-hand pane. For more details see the Get to Know Germany pages.

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ABOVE LEFT: P307 42-34-1-B2
ABOVE RIGHT: P307 42-38-1-B3

MICHEL P308/1 to -/04
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
STAMP DAY

Issued 11th Jan 1942. This was a series of 4 postcards issued to coincide with the annual Stamp Day. All of these postcards are blank on the reverse side. These cards also exist overprinted 'OSTLAND' for use on the eastern occupied regions.

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ABOVE LEFT: P308/01 - Afrika Korps
ABOVE RIGHT: P308/02 - Feldpost




ABOVE LEFT: P308/03 - Kriegsmarine
ABOVE RIGHT: P308/04 - Todt Organisation

MICHEL P309
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
YOUTH CONFERENCE

Issued 12th Sep 1942. This postcard was issued to commemorate the Founding European Youth Conference in Vienna in 1942. The card is inscribed 'GRÜNDUNGSTAGUNG DES EUROPÄISCHEN JUGENDVERBANDES WIEN 1942' (FOUNDING CONFERENCE of the EUROPEAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION VIENNA 1942).

A private version of this postcard was issued to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of German Stamp Dealer's Day later in 1942.

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