OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1940)
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6. REICHSSTRASSENSAMMLUNG der W.H.W
P286/01 to 06
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 the following 75 cities:
APOLDA, ASCHAFFENBURG, BAYREUTH, BERLIN, BEUTHEN(OBERSCHI), BIELEFELD, BOCHUM, BRAUNSCHWEIG, BRESLAU, BROMBERG, CHEMNITZ, DANZIG, DEMMIN, DEUTSCH KRONE, DORTMUND, DRESDEN, DUISBERG, ERFURT, ESSEN, FRANKFURT(MAIN), FREIBERG, FREITAL, GERA, GLAUCHAU, GRAUDENZ, GRAZ, GREIFSWALD, HAMBURG, HAMM, HANNOVER, HEIDELBERG, HEILBRONN, HILDESHEIM, JENA, INNSBRUCK, KALISCH, KARLSRUHE, KASSEL, KATTOWITZ, KIEL, KLAGENFURT, KÖLN, KÖNIGSHÜTTE, LEIPZIG, LINZ(DONAU), LODSCH, MAGDEBURG, MAINZ, MANNHEIM, MEMEL, MÜNCHEN, MÜNSTER(WESTF), NÜRNBERG, OBERHAUSEN, PLAUEN, POSEN, POTSDAM, SALZURG, SCHWEINFURT, SEBNITZ, STARGARD, STETTIN, STOLP, STUTTGART, THORN, TUTTLINGEN, ULM, VILLACH, WARNSDORF, WESERMÜNDE, WIENER NEUSTADT, WITTENBERG, ZICHENAU and ZITTAU.
ABOVE LEFT: Special cancellation in BERLIN (C)
ABOVE RIGHT: Special cancel in NÜRNBERG (C)
ABOVE LEFT: P286/01 - HEINRICH 1 - More Details
ABOVE RIGHT: P286/02 - MARTIN LUTHER - More Details
ABOVE LEFT: P286/03 - ULRICH V.HUTTEN - More Details
ABOVE RIGHT: P286/04 - FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE - More Details
ABOVE LEFT: P286/05 - OTTO Von BISMARCK - More Details
ABOVE RIGHT: P286/06 - CARL PETERS - More Details
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
