OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1938)

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MICHEL P267
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5th ANNIVERSARY of POWER

VALIDITY: 28th Jan 1938 until 31st Dec 1939, although examples of this card can be found with a cancellation date of 27th Jan 1938.

BACKGROUND: Issued on 28th Jan 1938. This postcard was issued to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Nazi Party being in Government (Hitler became Chancellor on 30th Jan 1933). As a symbol of the victory of the National Socialist movement, the stamp image shows a young German carrying the light of truth and the laurel of honor through the Brandenburg Gate into the capital of the Reich. Proceeds from the surcharge went to the Reich's Culture Fund.

SPECIAL CANCEL: A special cancellation inscribed "Zum 30. Januar" was used in seven towns and cities

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

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

FRECH [4] suggests the following variants might make good additions to a collection:

1. Cancelled before the first day of issue before 28th Jan 1938
2. Cancelled on first day of issue 28th Jan 1938
3. Cancelled with "Zum 30. Januar" SST
4. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
5. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
6. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
7. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
8. As a Registered Delivery card
9. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
10. Used at the HAMBURG STRAβENBAHN
11. Domestic Armail usage
12. European Airmail usage
13. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)

Other suggestions for items to collect:
12. Postally unused
13. Domestic Bahnpost usage
14. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
15. With additional private printing
16. With Special slogan cancels

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED BEFORE FIRST DAY of ISSUE
BEFORE 28th Jan 1938

Cancelled before the official issue date 28th Jan 1938

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
28th Jan 1938

Cancelled on the official issue date 28th Jan 1938

CANCELLED with "ZUM 30. JANUAR" SST

There were seven cities that used special handstamps with a "Zum 30. Januar" inscription. These cities include: BERLIN, FRANKFURT (MAIN), HAMBURG, LEIPZIG, MÜNCHEN, NÜRNBERG and STUTTGART.




ABOVE LEFT: BERLIN
ABOVE CENTRE: FRANKFURT (MAIN)
ABOVE LEFT: HAMBURG




ABOVE LEFT: LEIPZIG
ABOVE CENTRE: MÜNCHEN
ABOVE RIGHT: NÜRNBERG




ABOVE LEFT: STUTTGART

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. The following domestically used postcard has a violet rectangular stamp inscribed "NSDAP | hitler=Jugend | Gefolgschaft 4/190 | Oldendorf Kr. Stade" and was sent from HIMMELPFORTEN to STADE.




2. The next card was sent from LEIPZIG to ELBING, East Prussia on 14th Feb 1938.




3. The following card was sent from SCHWERIN on 14th May 1938 to BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 9.




4. The following fdomestic long-distance usage was from LEIPZIG to ELBING on 14th Feb 1938

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

1. The next foreign used card was sent from BERLIN to GRASLITZ (now Kraslice in the Czech Republic) on 30th Jan 1938 (The 5th anniversary of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933). This example features one of the special handstamps used to commemorate that event.

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

BELGIUM

1. This foreign used card was sent from CHEMNITZ to a town in BELGIUM on 10th Nov 1938. To cover the international postal rate two additional self-adhesive stamps have been added for a total of 15 Rpf.

DUTCH EAST INDIES

1. This example of a foreign destination is a P267 card sent from KASSEL on 30th Jan 1938 to SUMATRA in the Dutch Indies (now Indonesia). The card was over franked by the addition of the other commemorative stamp issued to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Nazi's rise to power on 30th Jan 1933.

FRANCE

1. The following example was posted in LAMBRECHT on 19th Mar 1938 and was sent to an address in FRANCE.

YUGOSLAVIA

1. The P267 card below was posted in DRESDEN on 23rd Apr 1938 and was sent to JELSA in Yugoslavia (now Croatia). A 5 Rpf Airmail stamp and four 1 Rpf Hindenburg Medallion stamps have been added to cover the extra overseas postage.

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

1. This foreign used card was posted on 21st Apr 1938 and destined for Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In order to cover the additional postage two self-adhesive stamps have been added for a total of 15 Rpf.




2. The following foreign used card was sent from OTTERSBURG to NEW JERSEY, U.S.A on 30th Jan 1938. To cover the additional postage the other commemorative stamp from the set has been used, tying together both commemorative stamps as well as the postcard.




3. The following card was another to the U.S.A, this time sent from ZEITZ on 30th Jan 1938 to DETROIT.




4. The P267 card below is another featuring the special handstamp used in BERLIN on a card sent to the US. Cancelled on 30th Jan 1938 and destined for someone living in New York City, this card also features a Michel 661 stamp, the other stamp related to this issue.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

CANCELLED at the HAMBURG STRAβENBAHN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

1. Another example of a P267 card with the spcial cancel used in BERLIN to commemorate the anniversary. This is a private version overprinted "HERRN KARL VIETH, | BERLIN N 65 | AFRIKANISCHE STR.68"




2. The following example was favour cancelled in HAMBURG.

MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES

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