OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1940)
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6. REICHSSTRASSENSAMMLUNG der W.H.W
P286/04
FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE
VALIDITY: 29th Mar to 30th Jun 1940
Issued 29th Mar 1940. This series of 6 postcards sold for 15 Rpf each and is a re-issue of the 27th Oct 1939 P285/01 to P285/06 postcards, which are identical except the 1939 issues do not have the K.d.F symbol and additional lines of text running vertically along the dividing line.
ABOVE LEFT: 1939 P285 version
ABOVE RIGHT: 1940 P286 version with additional text and K.d.F logo
The six cards are as follows:
P286/01: HEINRICH I
P286/02: MARTIN LUTHER
P286/03: ULRICH V. HUTTEN
P286/04: FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE
P286/05: V. BISMARCK
P286/06: CARL PETERS
SONDERSTEMPEL: There was a special cancel available from 28th to 31st May 1940 inscribed "6. WHW-Reichs-Strassensammlung | Schaffende Sammeln- | Shaffende | geben" and features a large outer wheel and an inner K.d.F, swastika in gear logo, which was used in 75 cities.
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. Cancelled before first day of issue i.e. before 29th Mar 1940
2. Cancelled on first day of issue 29th Mar 1940
3. Cancelled with "WHW" handstamp
4. Cancelled with "WHW" machine stamp
5. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
6. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Czech Socialist Republic
7. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
8. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
9. As a Registered Delivery card
10. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
11. Cancelled as a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost
12. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
13. Domestic Airmail usage
14. European Airmail usage
15. Airmail usage to the USA or overseas
16. Postally unused
17. Domestic Bahnpost usage
18. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
19. With additional private printing
20. With Special slogan cancels
POSTALLY UNUSED
CANCELLED BEFORE THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled before the official issue date 29th Mar 1940
CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled on the official issue date 29th Mar 1940
CANCELLED WITH "WHW" HANDSTAMP
The example below features the special cancel used in DRESDEN.
CANCELLED WITH "WHW" MACHINE STAMP
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to
Czech Socialist Republic
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 or OVERSEAS
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-02. 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
