OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1937)
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OFFICIAL 8 POSTCARDS SET
(1st Sep 1937)
On 1st Sep 1937 a series of 8 postcards was published to commemorate the 9th Nazi Party rally in Nurnberg from 6th to 13th Sep 1937. The cards all feature a 6 Rpf Hitler portrait pre-printed stamp and have an image from one of the previous rallies on the left-hand pane. When purchased individually each card cost 25 Rpf, but these cards were also available in a special commemorative envelope for a cost of 2 RM.
INTRODUCTION
P264/01
P264/02
P264/03
P264/04
P264/05
P264/06
P264/07
P264/08
P264/06
CARD 6 of 8
Postcard number six in the series moves back to the rally itself and depicts the march past of the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst or Reich Labour Service).
The RAD was a major Nazi organisation which was created to control the Trades Unions as well as to reduce unemployment and stimulate the economy. The organisation militarised and indoctrinated the workforce in order to control every aspect of working life.
The roots of the RAD can be found in the Weimar Republic when the government formed the FAD (Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst - Voluntary Labour Service) whos purpose was to help workers disadvantaged by the Great Depression.
ABOVE: P264 / 06
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. Cancelled on first day of issue 1st Sep 1937
2. With special "NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" handstamp.
3. With special machine cancellation "STADT DER | REICHSPARTEITAG | Nürnberg"
4. With special marchpost cancellation "MARSCHSTAFFEL ZUM REICHSPARTEITAG DER NSDAP"
5. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
6. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
7. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
8. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
9. As a Registered card
10. As a local delivery Express card
11. Posted at the Hamburg tram post office
12. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
13. Domestic Armail usage
14. European Airmail usage
15. 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. Other Special slogan cancels
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled on the official issue date 30th Apr 1934
"NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" HANDSTAMP
With special "NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" handstamp.1. This example of a domestically used card was cancelled during the rally on 8th Sep with the special cancel (counter 'g'), inscribed "NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" - 'NÜRNBERG | REICH PARTY DAY of the NSDAP''. The destination was HAMBURG.
2. This example of a domestically used card was cancelled during the rally on 9th Sep with the special cancel (counter 'ak'), inscribed "NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" - 'NÜRNBERG | REICH PARTY DAY of the NSDAP''. The destination was BERLIN.
3. Another example of a domestically used card that was cancelled during the rally on 13th Sep 1937 with the special cancel (counter 'b'), inscribed "NÜRNBERG | Reichsparteitag der NSDAP" - 'NÜRNBERG | REICH PARTY DAY of the NSDAP''.
NÜRNBERG MACHINE STAMP
With special machine cancellation rectangular cancel inscribed "STADT DER | REICHSPARTEITAG | Nürnberg", which features one of the giant eagle statues in the Luitpold Arena and a panoramic outline of the city.
MARCH POST HANDSTAMP
"MARSCHSTAFFEL ZUM REICHSPARTEITAG DER NSDAP"
With special march post cancellation "MARSCHSTAFFEL ZUM REICHSPARTEITAG DER NSDAP"
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO CSR
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
REGISTERED CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
HAMBURG TRAM POST OFFICE
Posted at the Hamburg tram post office
POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-02. BOREK GANZSACHEN-SPEZIAL-KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND ab 1933. ISBN: 3-87091-060-7
3. MICHEL BILDPOSTKARTEN- UND MOTIVGANSACHEN KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND 1997. ISBN: 3-87858-631-0
4. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DITTEN REICHES" 1933-1945 by FRECH. ISBN: UNKNOWN
