OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1933)

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P229 - REPLY CARD
6Rpf 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: P229-I has straight edges and P229-II has a serrated edge.

A P229 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf grey-green, 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.



ABOVE LEFT: Message Side Text
ABOVE RIGHT: Answer Side Text

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




ABOVE: P229 - 6Rpf 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
15. Special slogan cancels

EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE

1. The following example is the answer potion of the card sent from HAMBURG to VIENNNA on 28th Sep 1939.

FOREIGN USE TO CSR

FOREIGN USE TO HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

REGISTERED CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

The example below has been postally used on both portions of the card. The message portion was an express delivery from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG on 6th Nov 1937. The answer portion was returned from RUMMELSBURG on 19th Nov 1937.

ROHRPOST in BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

The used example below features a special slogan cancellation used in DRESDEN on 19th Nov 1940 inscribed "2. KREIGS WHW"




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