OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1934)
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P250
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
6Rpf
Postcard P250 was issued to commemorate the 1st Anniversary of Adolf Hilter becoming Chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933. The picture features a Nazi Party rally beneath the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin and is inscribed "Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles!" ("Germany, Germany above everything!") the German National Anthem since 1922. The anthem is officially called 'Das Lied der Deutschen' or 'The Song of the Germans'.
The 6Rpf indicia stamp depicts Adolf Hitler and the old Chancellor von Hindenburg. Hitler is pictured with Hindenburg in order to generate a sense of legitimacy and a connection to the past as Hindenburg was a well respected and admired national hero. For the first few years of the Nazi regime this was a constant theme (it can also been seen on propaganda posters), utilising Hindenburg to legitimise the regime, however as the Nazi stranglehold began to tighten and the regime grew more secure this link to the past was dropped (for example the Hindenburg stamps of 1934 were later replaced by very similar Hitler portrait stamps in 1941).
As well as the official card there were a number of official cards with additional private printing which can be seen below.
OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
WITH PRIVATE ADDITIONAL PRINTS
Kurt Horn, Dresden
Destination address Kurt Horn, Dresden
BLUMBERG & CO. | DÜSSELDORF
Destination address "Blumberg & Co. | Düsseldorf"
HERMANN E. SIEGER, LORCH - WUERTTBG
Reverse side text including "HERMANN E. SIEGER, LORCH - WUERTTBG"
REFERENCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-52. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
3. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DRITTEN REICHES" by Hans Peter Frech. 2014 Edition
