OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1934)
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P254
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
6Rpf
Issued 29th Dec 1934 to raise money for the Winter Relief Fund this series of double postcards was issued to raise money for the Winter Relief Lottery in 1934/1935. There are one hundred double cards (200 images). Not all the cards have a pre-printed stamp, in fact most do not, and it was pot luck whether the buyer of the card managed to get one that was pre-paid. Although these were double cards, they were not intended to be used that way, they were supposed to be separated and used individually.
The remarks made in Amtsblatt (Official journal of the Reich Post Ministry Announcements of the German Reich Post) No. 111 of Dec 1934 translates roughly as follows:
"The National Socialist German Workers' party is part of the Winter Relief Organization 1934/35. From December 29th a street lottery will be organised. Each lot has 2 contiguous attached Postcards, of which a card with a 6Rpf franking value stamp is provided. The value stamp is only provided on 40 of the different postcards. The cards must be separated in order to be sent by post. The value stamp was designed by the artist, Emmy Glintzer in Steglitz Berlin.
The pre-printed stamp shows a hand with a bowl, from which a flame blazes up, behind it one heart surrounded by a halo. The size and color of the value stamp are the same as with the ordinary 6 Rpf Postcard. If required, additional stamps can be added to cover the cost of postage to other countries. Shipping points for collectors to send their items for distribution is not available".
CARDS 1 to 50
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1011, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
CARDS 51 to 100
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 6061, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
CARDS 101 to 150
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
CARDS 151 to 200
151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170
171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180
181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190
191, 192 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
Bild 101 and 102
Bild 101:Bild 102:
Bild 102 and 101
Bild 102:Bild 101:
Bild 103 and 104
Bild 103: Ostseebad Mistroy: (Below top)Bild 104: Tubingen, Schloβportal: (Below bottom)
The example below shows that bild 103 can also be found without the pre-printed stamp.
The example below is a domestic Airmail card sent from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG to STUTTGART on 25th Jan 1935.
Bild 104 and 103
Bild 104: Tubingen, Schloβportal: (Below bottom)Bild 103: Ostseebad Mistroy: (Below top)
Bild 105 and 106
Bild 105:Bild 106: Heilbronn a, M,. Rathaus - Heilbronn City Hall
Bild 106 and 105
Bild 106: Heilbronn a, M,. Rathaus - Heilbronn City HallBild 105:
Bild 107 and 108
Bild 107:Bild 108:
Bild 108 and 107
Bild 108:Bild 107:
Bild 109 and 124
Bild 109: Bad EmsBild 124:
The example below was sent from STETTIN to DAVOS, SWITZERLAND on 4th Mar 1935
Bild 110 and 113
Bild 110: Ostseebad Warnemünde, hafen - Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde, harborBild 113:
Bild 111 and 118
Bild 111: Engen im Hegan mit Hohenbömen (upper photo, with indicia)Bild 118: Monreal in der Eifel (lower photo, without indicia)
Bild 112 and 117
Bild 112: Potsdam, Marmorpalais am heiligen See - Potsdam, Marble Palace on the Holy LakeBild 117: Burg Runkel, Lahntal - Runkel Castle, Lahn Valley
Bild 113 and 110
Bild 113:Bild 110:
Bild 114 and 126
Bild 114: Poppelsdorfer Schloβ - Poppelsdorfer CastleBild 126: Schloβ Hellenstein, Schwäb. - Hellenstein Castle, Schwabia. Alb
Bild 115 and 116
Bild 115: Dinkelsbühl (below top)Bild 116: Berneck im Schwarzwald - Berneck in the Black Forest: (Below bottom)
Bild 116 and 115
Bild 116: Berneck im Schwarzwald - Berneck in the Black ForestBild 115: Dinkelsbühl (below top)
Bild 117 and 112
Bild 117: Burg Runkel, Lahntal - Runkel Castle, Lahn ValleyBild 112: Potsdam, Marmorpalais am heiligen See - Potsdam, Marble Palace on the Holy Lake
Bild 118 and 111
Bild 118: Monreal in der Eifel (lower photo, without indicia)Bild 111: Engen im Hegan mit Hohenbömen (upper photo, with indicia)
Bild 119 and 122
Bild 119: Saarburg und die Burg, Bez. Trier (upper photo, with indicia)Bild 122: Kreuzeck bei Harmisch, Blick auf die Wettersteinwand (lower photo, without indicia)
Bild 120 and 121
Bild 120: Harburg a. b. Wörnitz.Bild 121: Die Trifels-Burgengruppe bei Annweiler
1. The following postally used P254/120 postcard was cancelled in BERLIN on 30th Jan 1935 (two years exactly after the Nazi Party came to power in Germany)
MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES
1. GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-02. BOREK GANZSACHEN-SPEZIAL-KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND ab 1933. ISBN: 3-87091-060-7
3. BILDPOSTKARTEN- UND MOTIVGANSACHEN KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND 1997. ISBN: 3-87858-631-0
4. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DITTEN REICHES" 1933-1945 by FRECH. ISBN: UNKNOWN
