PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1940)

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100 YEARS of POSTAGE STAMPS
PP149-D-1
(20th/21st Apr 1940)

BACKGROUND: Published on 20th to 21st Apr 1940 to commemorate 100 years of the postage stamp and 70 years of postcards. There were two versions, the first in green and the second in yellow and green. These two cards were valid until the end of the war. The two examples below, both feature the special cancel used during the exhibition in Berlin.

SPECIAL CANCEL:

PP149-D-1/01
(GREEN)

ABOVE: (1) PP149-D-1/01 - Green

PP149-D-1/02
(GREEN/YELLOW)

ABOVE: (2) PP149-D-1/02 - Green/Yellow

DUPLICATES FROM MY COLLECTION

PP149-D-1/01
(GREEN)

ABOVE: (1) PP149-D-1/01 - Green