OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1935)

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MICHEL P256
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GERMAN ENERGENCY AID
6Rpf

This postcard was issued on 5th Oct 1935 and was valid for use until 30th Jun 1936.

In addition to the 6 Rpf postal fee there was a 4 Rpf surcharge for the emergency relief fund. The image on the pre-printed stamp is of a member of the BDM (Bund Deutscher Mädel) or Association of German Girls, an organisation similar to the Hitler Youth for boys.

As well as the official card there were several official cards with additional private printing.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 30th Apr 1934
2. Machine SST KAUFT WOHLFAHRTS-BRIEFMARKEN für die WINTERHILFE
3. Machine SST Gebt zur Winterhilfe! Helft!
4. Machine SST Verwende WohlfahrtsBriefmarken
5. As a land or rural cancellation
6. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
7. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
8. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
9. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
10. As a Registered card
11. As a local delivery Express card
12. Posted at the Hamburg tram post office
13. USed as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
14. Domestic Armail usage
15. European Airmail usage
16. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)

I would also add the following items:
1. Postally unused
2. Domestic Bahnpost usage
3. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
4. With additional private printing
5. Special slogan cancels

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EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 30th Apr 1934

MACHINE SST
"KAUFT WOHLFAHRTS-BRIEFMARKEN für die WINTERHILFE"

1. Local delivery, this time in BRAUNSCHWEIG on 5th Nov 1935. This card features the popular slogan "Kauf | VOHLFAHRTS | BRIEFMARKEN | für die |WINTERHILFE!" - 'Purchase welfare stamps for the Winter Charity!'

2. Below is another cancellation in BRAUNSCHWEIG on 13th Jan 1935. This card features the popular slogan "Kauf | VOHLFAHRTS | BRIEFMARKEN | für die |WINTERHILFE!" - 'Purchase welfare stamps for the Winter Charity!'

MACHINE SST
"Gebt zur Winterhilfe! Helft!"

MACHINE SST
"Verwende WohlfahrtsBriefmarken"

AS A LAND OR RURAL CANCELLATION

1. The following card was a local LAND cancellation in WITTINGEN on 29th Jun 1936. The card was destined for UELZEN.

2. The next LAND usage was a card sent from MAGDEBURG to HAMBURG on 25th Feb 1936.

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE
WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL FEATURES

1. This doemstically used card was a local delivery in ROTENBURG (FULDA) and was cancelled on 16th Oct 1935.

2. The next P256 postcard was cancelled on 27th Feb 1936 and was a local delivery in DRESDEN.

3. The following P256 postcard was sent from WÜRZBURG to ALSACE (at this time part of the German empire) on 31st Oct 1935.

4. The following card was a local delivery in DARMSTADT. It appears that there was originally a self-adhesive stamp to the left of the pre-printed stamp but it has fallen off. There was no reason for there to be any additional postage applied.

5. Domestic long-distance delivery from BRODENBACH to KÖLN on 6th Jan 1935

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

AUSTRALIA

1. The following foreign used P256 postcard was sent from MÜNCHEN to MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA on 27th Feb 1936 and features an additional 12 Rpf Winter Olympic issue self-adhesive stamp.

SWEDEN

1. Posted in KREFELD on 22nd Oct 1935 the following example was destined for STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. The card is correctly franked at 15 Rpf.

YUGOSLAVIA

1. Below is another foreign used P256 postcard, this one sent from GOPINGEN to OSIJEK in YUGOSLAVIA on 21st Dec 1935.

REGISTERED CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

1. This express delivery card was sent by the Bürgermeister of SALZBACH-ROSENBERG on 17th Mar 1936 but the destination is unclear since the original destination in NÜRNBERG has been croseed through. The message on the reverse is requesting the presence of the recipient at a meeting to be held at the City Hall the following day on Wed 18th Mar 1936 at 08:30. The card was sent at the last minute hence the need for an express delivery.

HAMBURG TRAM POST OFFICE

Posted at the Hamburg tram post office

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AUSTRIA

1. This Airmail postcard was sent from BERLIN W62 to VIENNA on 7th Jan 1936 and arrived the following day. There is a typed note on the top edge of the card that reads "Nur mit Luftpost; auch bei V erzögerung." - 'By airmail only; even if there is a delay'.

AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

1. The following domestically used P256 postcard was cancelled on the BRETLEBEN-SONDERSHAUSEN train on 30th Mar 1936. The towns of BRETLEBEN and SONDERSHAUSEN are located in THURINGIA and were once connected by a now decommisioned branch line. The towns are approximately 35Km apart.

INVALID USAGE

1. The card below was posted after the expiration of the pre-printed stamp (30th Jun 1936) on 23rd Jul 1936. The large blue '9' was the correct postal fee for the use of an expired stamp (1.5 x the proper postage). Usually a blue line is also drawn around the stamp but that was not the case for this card.

OTHER SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

1. The following P256 postcard was destined for ROTENBURG (FULDA), this time from KIEL and cancelled on 4th Dec 1935. The slogan cancellation on this example advises the public to "use Airmail".

4. Posted in NÜRNBERG on 7th Jan 1936, this card was destined for STUTTGART.

5. The following card was posted in MEISSEN and sent to BERLIN on 8th Nov 1935. THe special slogan cancellation was used to encourage people to use airmail.

REFERENCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
3. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DRITTEN REICHES" by Hans Peter Frech. 2014 Edition

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OFFICIAL POSTCARDS (1935)

This page was last updated 29-May-2024 07:23

MICHEL P256 OFFICIAL POSTCARD GERMAN ENERGENCY AID 6Rpf