OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1933)
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P216
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION STAMP
DETAILS: Issued 1933. Broad graduation (three lines) down the centre. P216 differs from P217 below only in the height of the sender section. For P216 this is 21mm high, whereas for P217 it is 24.5mm high, otherwise they are identical. The earliest known cancellation date for P216 is 10th Feb 1933. There are two variations of P216: Type 'I' has a straight edge whilst Type 'II' has a serrated edge.
As well as the official card there were a number of official cards with additional private printing.
BASIC CARD
ABOVE: Michel P216 - 5Rpf dark green
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 foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
3. As a foreign used card with 10Rpf to Hungary
4. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
5. As a Registered card
6. As a local delivery Express card
7. As a Rohrpost card in Berlin
8. Domestic Armail usage
9. European Airmail usage
10. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
11. Postally unused
12. Domestic Bahnpost usage
13. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
14. With additional private printing
145 With additional slogan cancellations
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT ANY SPECiAL FEATURES
1. This first domestically used P211 postcard was a local delivery in MUNICH. The card was sent on 12th Nov 1934
FOREIGN USE TO CSR
FOREIGN USE TO HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
REGISTERED CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
ROHRPOST in BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SLOGAN CANCELLATIONS
1. This first example is also a local delivery, this time in LEIPZIG on 6th Mar 1934. This example features a special slogan cancellation used to commemorate Richard Wagner.
2. The following example features a special cancel inscribed "Jeder | Volksgenosse | Rundfunkhörer" - 'everyone | comrade | radio listener', which was used in 57 towns and cities every year from 31st Jul 1933 until 1943. This example was a local delivery in MUNICH on 24th Sep 1933
REFERENCES:1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5 2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
