OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1932)

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MICHEL P199
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
6 Rpf FRIEDRICH EBERT

Issued: Jan 1932. Like P203 but now with changed form. Now with sender's note consisting of 5 lines of text measuring 21 mm high and three dotted lines.

VALIDITY: Jan 1932 until 30th Jun 1934

A P199 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6 Pf olive-green Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. And
(2) 5 lines of text in the sender's address section.
(3) Height of dotted lines in sender's section 21 mm high.

There are two versions of this postcard: P199-I has all straight edges and P199-II has one or more serrated edges.



ABOVE LEFT: P199-I: Four Straight Edges
ABOVE RIGHT: P199-II: One or More Serrated Edges.

As well as the official card there were a number of official cards with additional private printing.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
2. As a Land or Rural post office usage
3. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
4. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
5. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
6. As a Registered Delivery card
7. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
8. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
9. Domestic Armail usage
10. European Airmail usage
11. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
12. Postally unused
13. Domestic Bahnpost usage
14. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
15. With additional private printing
16. With Special slogan cancels

EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. Featured below is a domestic long-distance card sent from NUSSDORF to WERGNIGERODE, HARZ on 9th Dec 1932




2. The card below was sent from STEIN near NÜRNBERG to LORCH on New Year's Eve 1932.




3. The next card was sent from BLAUBEUREN, WÜRTTEMBURG on 21st Jan 1933.




4. LORCH was the destination of the following card sent from METZINGEN on 21st Jan 1933.




5. LORCH was again the destination for the next card, this one being sent from WAIBLINGEN on 16th Sep 1932.




6. Posted in BERLINCHEN (NEUMARK) on 30th Aug 1932, this card was destined for LANGENSALZA.




7. The following domestic long-distance example was a card sent from FRANKENTHAL (PFALZ) to LUDWIGSHAFEN on 29th Mar 1933.

LAND or RURAL POST OFFICE USAGE

1. The P199 card below is a LAND usage card sent from GROβENDO (STEINAU) to BERLIN on 26th Jul 1932




2. The next LAND usage card was sent from LOHELAND | FULDA LAND to BASEL in SWITZERLAND on 30th Aug 1932

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

SWITZERLAND

1. This foreign use card was posted in BRÜCKBERG near MOOSBURG to an address in SWITZERLAND on 5th Nov 1932.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

YUGOSLAVIA

1. The following P199 Airmail example was posted in HANNOVER and sent to YUGOSLAVIA (via MUNCHEN) on 3rd Sep 1932. This card has the red rectangular "Mit Luftpost befördert | Postamt-München 2" - 'Transported by airmail | Post Office Munich 2' cachet

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

1. Posted on BERLIN-WURTZBURG train No. Z33 on 20th Apr 1933 (Hitler's birthday), this card was delivered to an address in SCHWEINFURT.

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

1. The slogan cancellation used on the following card reads "werbet fur den | Bund Naturschutz | in Bayern | M'tinchen - Romerstrasse 4" - 'Promoting the Association for Nature Conservation in Bavaria München - Romerstrasse 4'. It was used every year from 1932 to 1936 and exists in several different formats.
[BOCHMANN: Heft: 14, Page: 549, No.: 67]




2. The following card sent from HILDESHEIM to BERLIN NORTH on 8th Jul 1932 features a very common slogan used throughout Germany which encourages the public to use Airmail.




3. The example below was posted in JENA on 2nd Jun 1933 and features a slogan inscribed "Schafft | Haubriefkasten an" - 'Create a home mailbox'. This slogan was used every year from 1930 until 1938 in APOLDA, ERFURT, GERA, GREIZ, JENA, NORDHAUS, RUDOLSTADT and SCHMALKALDEN.
[BOCHMANN: Heft: 25, Page: 812, No.: 106]




4. The slogan cancel on this next card, inscribed "Vergiβ nicht Straβe | und Hausnummer | anzugeben" reminds the public to 'Don't forget to include street and house number' when they send their mail. This slogan was very commonly used throughout Germany.

REFERENCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.