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, 10
11, 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, 60
61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 99, 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, 110
111, 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, 160
161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 199, 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

P254-12 and 19
DAS SCHLOβ DEUTSCHLAND

2. Posted in FRANKFURT (MAIN) on 11th Jan 1935 this postcard was sent to KIEL.




ABOVE: (1) P254 / 12

P254/27
LEIPZIG, VÖLKERSCHLACHTDENKMAL

1. This card was posted in FINOW, near EBERSWALDE on 7th Mar 1935.

P254/28
SCHLOβ LINDERHOF

2. Posted in HALLE (SAALE) on 8th Jan 1935 this card features a special slogan cancel.




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P254/33 and /58
BURG TZSCHOCHA / SAARBRÜCKEN

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 33 and /58

P254/39
ERFURT, AUGUSTINERKLOFTER

This early usage card was sent from EVEKING on 4th Jan 1935.




ABOVE: (1) P254 / 39

P254/40
DETMOLD, SCHLOβ

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 40

P254/46
MITTENWALD, GEGEN WETTERSTEIN

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P254/56
SCHLOβ WERNIGERODE

This card was a local delivery in CHEMNITZ and was posted on 20th Feb 1934.




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P254/110
OSTSEEBAD, WARNEMÜNDE, HAFEN

The following card was sent from HAMBURG to BREMEN on 11th Mar 1935.




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P254/114-126
DOPPELSDORFER SCHLOβ / SCHLOβ HELLENSTEIN, SCHWÄB, ALB

ABOVE: P254 / 114-126

P254/115
DINKELSBÜHL

ABOVE: P254 / 115

P254/123
STRALSUND

2. Posted at BERLIN C2 on 23rd Dec 1936 this card features a special slogan cancel inscribed "Übersee | Telegramme | nur über deutsche | Funk und kabelwege" - 'Overseas Telegrams only via German radio and cable routes'.




ABOVE: (1) P254 / 123

P254/132-133
LANDSBERG am LECH, BAHERNTOR /
INSEL RICHENAU im BODENSEE

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 132-133

P254/137
SCHNEEKOPPE ÜBERM GROβEN TEICH

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P254/141-151
DAS HISTORISCHE HAMBACHER /
SCHLOβ BEI RENSTADT a. Hdt (Rhpf.)

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P254/143-153
LEUCHTENBURG bei KAHLA a. SAALE /
SCHLOβ ETTERSBURG b. WEIMAR

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 143-153

P254/145-165
ZEITZ a. ELSTER, MORIZBURG /
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN am BODENSEE, SCHLOβ

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 145-165




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P254/148-168
WITTENBERG a. ELBE, SCHLOβKIRCHE /
WÜLZBURG bei WEISZENBURG i. B

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 148-168




ABOVE: P254 / 148

P254/149-139
BERLIN, BRANDENBURGER TOR /
LINDAU i. BODENSEE, der ALTE LEUCHTTURM

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 149-139

P254/150-140
GOSLAR, RAISERPLATZ /
DER RHEIN bei SPENER

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 150-140

This next card was a local delivery to LEIPZIG on 22d Feb 1935.




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P254/156-162
WEIMAR, SCHLOβ /
WASSERBURG am BODENSEE

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 156-162




ABOVE: P254 / 156

P254/164-163
BURG SAALECK b. HAMMELBURG a. SAALE /
WALCHENSEE mit ZUGSPITZE

ABOVE: (1) P254 / 164-163

The P254/164 postcard below was sent to MADRID in SPAIN from BERLIN on 11th Mar 1935.

P254/195
BURG SAALECK b. HAMMELBURG a. SAALE /
WALCHENSEE mit ZUGSPITZE

ABOVE: P254 / 195

MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES

1. GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-0
2. 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