PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1939)

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GREATER GERMANY's 1st W.H.W FUND
PP122-C-103
(26th Mar 1939)

BACKGROUND: Issued 26th Mar 1939 to commemorate the 1st Greater German Winterhilfswerk fund. There were two postcards issued and each has a 3Rpf pre-printed Hindenburg Medallion stamp. The images on these two cards are representaive of the many pins that were given out by the W.H.W in exchange for donations on collection days, and there are hundreds of different designs so collect. As well as the two printed-to-private-order postcards these cards can also be found without pre-printed stamps.

SPECIAL CANCEL: "ASCHAFFENBURG | Schaffende Sammeln für's | 1. WHW-Groβdeutschlands"

PP122-C-103/01
3Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

This card has a 3Rpf Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. In addition it has the special cancel used in ASCHAFFENBURG.




ABOVE: PP122-C-103/01

PP122-C-103/01
WITHOUT PRE-PRINTED STAMP

This card is identical to the one above, only now without a pre-printed stamp.

PP122-C-103/02
3Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION

This card also has a 3Rpf Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp but now with a different design from the first card. This example also has the special cancel used in Aschaffenburg.

PP122-C-103/02
WITHOUT PRE-PRINTED STAMP

As with PP122-C-103/01 above, PP122-C-103/02 also existed without a pre-printed stamp. The example below has been cancelled with the special cancel used in SCHWEINFURT.




REFERENCES:
1. PRIVATPOSTKARTEN KATALOG BAND 1 by HANSPETER FRECH 2003 Edition