OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1939)

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MICHEL P282
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
11th NÜRNBERG REICHSPARTEITAG

VALIDITY: 25th Aug 1939 until 31st Dec 1940

BACKGROUND: This official postcard has a 6 Rpf indicia stamp and was issued to coincide with the 11th Nazi Party Rally in Nürnberg scheduled for 2nd to 11th Sep 1939. The rally was cancelled at late notice due to the German invasion of Poland on the 1st of Sep 1939.

The card was produced by The Central Publishing House of the N.S.D.A.P from a design by Franz Eher. The value stamp was designed by painter and graphic artist Bernd Schuchert in HamburgGroβflottbek and features an image of Adolf Hitler and the Blood Flag.

The reverse side feaures an image of the Reichs Party Congress plaque. The card sold for 25 Rpf and the balance of 19 Rpf was a donation to Hitler's Culture Fund. The card was only available for sale until end Oct 1939.

SPECIAL CANCEL: No special postmark was used

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

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

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 25th Aug 1939
2. Cancelled with "BERLIN Groβdeutscher Reichstag" handstamp
3. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
4. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
5. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
6. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
7. As a Registered Delivery card
8. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
9. Cancelled as a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost
10. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
11. Domestic Airmail usage
12. European Airmail usage
13. Airmail usage to the USA
14. Postally unused
15. Domestic Bahnpost usage
16. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
17. With additional private printing
18. With Special slogan cancels

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 25th Aug 1939

CANCELLED WITH "BERLIN Groβdeutscher Reichstag" HANDSTAMP

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. The next domestically used card was cancelled in SULZBACH on 16th Sep 1939.




2. The following domestically used card was cancelled in FRANKFURT (MAIN) on 21st Sep 1939. This card has an additional two self-adhesive stamps that were issued to commemorate the return of DANZIG to Germany.

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

HAMBURG STRAβENBAHNPOST

Cancelled as a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

1. The following example is a philatelic creation posted locally in DÜSSELDORF on 12th Jan 1941. P282 was only valid until 31st Dec 1940 so the cancellation date is after the valid date. The self-adhesive stamps that have been applied are rather random, much more than was required for a local delivery and aren't directly tied to the issue of this postcard. This example has a special "Tag der Briefmarke" - 'Day of the Stamp' postmark used only for one day in 1941.

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