OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1939)

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MICHEL P283
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
DANZIG STAMP WITH OVERPRINT

BACKGROUND: 28th Sep 1939 to 31st Dec 1940 - Two postcards, P283 and P284, were originally issued in Danzig in March of 1936 but were re-released with their indicia stamps overprinted with "Deutsches Reich" and new values in Rpf after Danzig was occupied in 1939.

SPECIAL CANCEL: A special postmark was also used to commemorate the annexation of Danzig.

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