OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1940)
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P288
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
THE DAY OF THE STAMP
VALIDITY: 5th Jan 1940 until the end of the war.
Issued on 5th Jan 1940 to commemorate The Day of the Stamp on the 7th of Jan 1940. Sponsored by the Reichs Association of Philatelists and the K.d.F Collectors Group to raise funds for the Winter Relief Fund (WHW). The pre-printed stamp is a 6 Rpf stamp that is not related to any official stamp issues.
The card was designed by artist Erich Meerwald in Berlin Wilmersdorf. The cards were available from 4th Jan 1940 from the collector's counter in Berlin W30 and also at special Stamp Day post offices.
Different special cancellations were available in 14 cities.
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. Cancelled on first day of issue 5th Jan 1940
2. Cancelled with "Tag der Briefmarke" Danzig handstamp
3. Cancelled with "Tag der Briefmarke" with Postillion
4. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
5. Cancelled in SWISS border region
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 Special slogan cancels
POSTALLY UNUSED
CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled on the official issue date 5th Jan 1940
CANCELLED WITH "Tag der Briefmarke"
Danzig handstamp
1. Locally used in the city of STUTTGART on 7th Jan 1940. This example features the special handstamp used to commemorate the 1940 WHW Day of the Stamp.
2. Another P288 card featuring the Day of the Stamp special handstamp, this time used in KATTOWITZ.
3. STUTTGART was the origin of the next card that was sent to BERLIN-WILMERSDORF on The Day of the Stamp 7th Jan 1940.
4. The next example has the Danzig special cancellation used in MEMEL
CANCELLED WITH "Tag der Briefmarke"
Postillion handstamp
1. P288 example with a 1940 Day of the Stamp special handstamp, this one used in HANNOVER on 7th Jan 1940.
2. STUTTGART Day of the Stamp example dated 7th Jan 1940.
3. The next example has the postillion cancellation used in POSEN and has a pre-printed destination addressed for a well-known stammp dealer in BERLIN named FRITZ PAEPLOW
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS
CANCELLED IN SWISS BORDER REGION
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
