OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1933)
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P227
15Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION STAMP
Issued: 1933/1934. Change of form, thin (single line) central divider. The sender's section now only has three lines of text and 3 dotted lines, the destination now has a single line of text. There are two versions of this card: P227-I has straight edges and P227-II has a serrated edge.
Privately overprinted versions of this card were produced.
A P227 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 15Pf brownish-lilac, Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. And
(2) 3 lines of sender's text, 1 line of destination text and
(3) Only 1 vertical dividing line.
BASIC CARD
ABOVE: P227 I
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
15. Special slogan cancels
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL MARKINGS
FOREIGN USE TO CSR
FOREIGN USE TO HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
DENMARK
1. Posted in GIESSEN on 20th Oct 1940 this card was sent to an address in DENMARK. The card features a special cancellation and a censor stamp.
2. Another example destined for DENMARK, this one delivered to COPENHAGEN. It was posted in KIEL on 24th Mar 1937 (before the war) so no censor stamps were required, unlike the example above.
FRANCE
1. The following postcard was sent from OBERKASSEL (SIEGKR) to COTE-d'Or in FRANCE on 19th Jul 1944. Since the Allies invaded France only 6 weeks earlier I wonder how long this card took to reach its destination.
GREAT BRITAIN
1. Posted in BRESLAU on 24th Feb 1936 this card was sent to LONDON, ENGLAND and bears a slogan cancel inscribed "In Briefanschriften | ZUSTELLPOSTAMT, | Strasse u. Hausnummer | genau angeben" - 'When sending letters specify the Street and house number to help the post office'.
ITALY
1. The next card was approved by the censor for delivery from MÜRZZUSCHLAG to TRIESTE, ITALY on 10th Aug 1940 and features a promotional special cancel.
2. The following example was sent from LINDAU (on Lake Constance) to VENICE, ITALY on 22nd Sep 1941. This card was undelivered (ZURÜCK) and would have been returend to the sender.
3. Another card sent to Italy, this time from MÜNCHEN to a town in BOLZANO on 8th Mar 1939
4. The next card was also sent to Italy. Posted in BERLiN-CHARLOTTENBURG on 5th Jul 1935 this card was sent to ROME, ITALY.
THE NETHERLANDS
1. Mailed on 31st Aug 1935 the following card was sent from OBERHAUSEN to den HAAG in HOLLAND.
2. The following card was sent from KIEL on 20th Oct 1934 to ZAANDAM in HOLLAND.
ROMANIA
1. The following postcard was sent from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG to BUKAREST in ROMANIA on 14th Jul 1937 and bears a special cancellation used to commemorate the Reichsluftbund.
SWITZERLAND
1. Mailed on 7th Jul 1937 this card was sent from BAD BLANKENBURG to ZURICH in SWITZERLAND.
2. Another card destined for ZURICH, this time mailed in MANNHEIM on 9th Apr 1935
3. The following card is another with a special slogan cancellation, this one used to commemorate the Leipzig Fair in 1938. The card was sent from FREIBURG to SWITZERLAND on 3rd Aug 1938.
4. The P227 card below was posted in FRANKFURT (MAIN) on 3rd Nov 1940 and was destined for an address in ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.
5. The card below was posted by a DR Julius Burchard from DACHAU to his mother in DAVOS, SWITZERLAND on 23rd Mar 1942. The card passed the censor inspection. The message is rather long:
"My dear old mother!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely letter of the 14th, which arrived today, and for a delicious package of sardines and coffee that arrived last week. We are glad that you seem to be doing OK. Hopefully the harsh winter up there is enough for you, so that you don't have to freeze too much and do yourself any harm. Take care of yourself. Please! Glad you had a pleasant time with the visit. It is usually so horrible to spend time alone with you. We haven't heard anything from Christoph other than the news of the birth. He only telegraphed that Leoni was well. Hopefully you didn't have to wait too long for the news. We are fine. There is nothing special to report. We had good news from Assi, which was only on the way for a short time. We are really enjoying the start of spring, and have already been able to tidy up the garden a little. Since yesterday there is even a crocus in bloom. Hopefully it won't get very cold again.
We are thinking of you a lot, my dear old mother, please take care of yourself."
6. Another example posted during the war and with various censor stamps, this card was sent from STUTTGART to ZURICH on 30th Jul 1941.
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
1. The following foreign used P227 card was sent from BERLIN-WANNSEE to RIVERDALE, NEW YORK, USA on 26th Mar 1940.
2. The next P227 postcard was cancelled in BERLIN on 1st Nov 1937 and was sent to an address in MINNEAPOLIS, USA.
3. Another P227 postcard to the USA, again sent from BERLIN to NEW YORK, USA on 29th Nov 1939.
4. The next card was sent on 1st Jan 1940 and was again posted in BERLIN and sent to NEW YORK, USA
5. Posted in HILDESHEIM on 16th May 1940 this card was sent to an address in NEW YORK, U.S.A. Unlike the previous examples this one has a censor stamp reflecting the German's unease with the relationship with the US considering their close ties with Great Britain. Three days prior to the sending of this card (From 13th May 1940) all foreign mail had to be handed in personally at the post office counter with a photo ID.
6. The following card was sent from BERLIN to NEW YORK, U.S.A on 14th Dec 1939, just in time for Christmas. The card features a special slogan cancel inscribed "Weihnachtssendungen | rechtzeitig aufgeben" - 'Christmas shipments | submit in time'
7. Below is yet another example also sent from BERLIN to NEW YORK, U.S.A., this time on 18th Oct 1938. This card also features a special slogan cancel, in this case advertising the speed benefits of using pneumatic mail.
YUGOSLAVIA
1. The next foreign used P227 card was sent from BERLIN to ZAGREB in YUGOSLAVIA on 2nd Mar 1941. The card has censor marks to indicate it passed the censor's inspection.
2. Another card posted to ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA, this time on 9th Jun 1939.
3. Below is a third card to ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA, this time from VIENNA on 7th Apr 1939 and featuring the special slogan cancellation used for the WINTERHILFSWERK charity drive.
4. BEOGRAD, YUGOSLAVIA was the destination for this MUNICH sent card on 8th Jul 1938. The special cancel featured on this card was used to advertise the "TAG DER DEUTSCHEN KUNST" or 'Day of German Art' used from 8th to 10th Jul 1938.
REGISTERED CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
ROHRPOST in BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
ITALY
1. This first example of European Airmail usage was a card sent from VIENNE to TRIESTE in ITALY on 15th Jan 1940.
SWEDEN
1. Another example of European Airmail usage is the following card which was sent from MUNICH to STJARENHOLM, SWEDEN on 13th Dec 1940.
AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
REFERENCES:1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
