OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1938)

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MICHEL P270
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
SAXONY at WORK

VALIDITY: Valid for use from 10th Jun 1938 until 30th Jun 1939.

BACKGROUND: These two Official postcards P269 and P270 were issued on 11th and 10th Jun 1938 respectively. This postcard was issued to commemorate the "Saxony at Work" Exhibition held in Dresden from 18th Jun to 18th Sep 1938.

The pre-printed indicia stamp on P270 is a 6 Rpf stamp that depicts the Autobahnbrücke at Muldental (Motorway bridge at Muldental).

The card was printed at the Reichsdruckerei in Dresden based on a design by Prof. A. Drescher. The design features an emblem in silver print and advertising text in the same color. The crossed swords are the emblem of the Meissen Works.

This card sold for 15 Rpf from post offices in Gau Saxony and was also available at the collector's window in Berlin W30. As was becoming the norm by 1938, the difference between the 6 Rpf postage and the 15 Rpf selling price was a donation to Hitler's Cultural Fund with a small percentage also going to the Heimatwerk Sachsen.

SPECIAL CANCEL: A special handstamp was used in DRESDEN to commemorate the "Saxony at Work" exhibition inscribed "Heimatwerk Sachsen | Deutsche Sammler-Gem.d.NSG. Kraft durch Freude | Sonderschau "Die Sachsische Briefmarke" used from 17th Jun until 25th Sep 1938. (BOCHMANN Heft Nr 5, Page 232, S 85).

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 10.06.1938
2. With handstamp inscribed "Dresden, Sonderschau Die sächsische. Briefmarke"
3. With handstamp inscribed "Dresden, Ausstellung" with two circles
4. As a domestic long-distance card without additional marking
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 as a HAMBURG STRAβENBAHNPOST
11. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
12. Domestic Armail usage
13. European Airmail usage
14. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
15. Postally unused
16. Domestic Bahnpost usage
17. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
18. With additional private printing
19. With Special slogan cancels

EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 10.06.1938

SPECIAL HANDSTAMP
"Dresden, Sonderschau Die sächsische. Briefmarke"

1. With handstamp inscribed "Dresden, Sonderschau Die sächsische. Briefmarke". This example was sent from DRESDEN to LEIPZIG on 23rd Jun 1938




2. The next domestically used P270 was sent from the exhibtion on 9th Sep 1938 to BERLIN. This example bears the special handstamp used at the exhibition.




3. Below is another example of the special handstamp on a card destined for an address in LEIPZIG

SPECIAL HANDSTAMP
"Dresden, Ausstellung"

With handstamp inscribed "Dresden, Ausstellung", with two circles.

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL MARKING

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

DENMARK

1. This foreign used P270 postcard was sent from DRESDEN to an address in DENMARK. The card has a special handsamp cancellation inscribed "DRESDEN A1 | Heimat Sachsen | Deutsche Sammler-Gem. d. NSG. Kraft durch Freude | Sonderschau "Die sächsische Briefmarke" - 'Homeland Saxony | German collector's Society. i.e. NSG. Strength through Joy | Special show "The Saxon stamp', which was used from 17th Jun to 25th Sep 1938. There was only one version of this cancellation.

FRANCE

1. The following P270 postcard was sent from DRESDEN to PARIS, FRANCE on 18th Jun 1938.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

HAMBURG STRAβENBAHNPOST USAGE

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

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