PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1940)
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100 YEARS of POSTAGE STAMPS
BOGEN-STRAUBING
(8th/9th Jun 1940)
BACKGROUND: There were four very similar cards published for the K.d.F to promote the 100th Anniversary of the Postage Stamp Exhibition held in Straubing on 8th and 9th Jun 1940 (and one more re-issue in 1941 with green text and no pre-printed stamp). All four cards featured the same image and a 3Rpf pre-printed hindenburg Medallion stamp but there were differences between them.
The cards feature a colour map of the area around the town of Straubing and the transport links available in order to reach the exhibition venue. Below the image there are either 5 lines of coloured text (PP122-C-111, PP122-C-117 / 01), 6 lines of grey text (PP122-C-117 / 02), or no lines of text, PP122-E-7.
5 LINE TEXT - PP122-C-111, PP122-C-117 / 01
k.D.f. Werbeschau
1840 zum 100 Jahrestag der Briefmarke 1940
der k.D.f Sammlergrupp Bogen-Straubing
Gau Bayr.Ostmark
im kulturhaussaal inStraubing a. Donau.
6 LINE TEXT - PP122-C-117 / 02
1. KdF. Werbeschau
Gau Bayr.Ostmark
der k.D.f Sammlergruppe
Straubing-Bogen
im kulturhaussaal in Straubing
am 8. und 9. Juni 1940
SPECIAL CANCEL: There was also a special cancel inscribed 'STRAUBING | Kraft durch freude | Werbeschau | kreis-Sammlergruppe' which was only used on the exhibition days (8th and 9th Jun 1940) and was one of only 7 special cancels ever used in Straubing up until 1948.
PP122-C-111
3 Rpf HINDENBURG
This version of the card can be differentiated from the others in that it is the only one with double horizontal lines in the destination section of the card and coloured text below the map.
ABOVE: PP122-C-111 - 3Rpf HINDENBURG
PP122-C-117/01
3 Rpf HINDENBURG
This is the only version of the card that does not have any horizontal dividing lines in the destination address section.
ABOVE: PP122-C-117/01 - 3Rpf HINDENBURG
PP122-C-117 / 02
3 Rpf HINDENBURG
This version of the card has a double horizontal line in the destination address section of the card and the text is different and coloured grey.
This example from my collection, has two additional stamps applied (for no aparent reason), and was cancelled to order.
ABOVE: PP122-C-117/02 - 3Rpf HINDENBURG
FOURTH VERSION
PP122-E-7
3 Rpf HINDENBURG
This version of the card can be differentiated from the others as it does not have any text below the map.
ABOVE: FOURTH VERSION - 3Rpf HINDENBURG
NO PRE-PRINTED STAMP / GREEN TEXT
(1941)
There was yet another version of this card issued in 1941 that has green text below the image.
ABOVE: NO STAMP / GREEN TEXT
NO PRE-PRINTED STAMP / GREY TEXT
(1941)
There is another version of the PP122-C-117 / 02 card that does not have the pre-printed stamp.
NO PRE-PRINTED STAMP / NO TEXT
(1941)
There is another version of the PP122-E-7 card that does not have the pre-printed stamp.
REFERENCES:1. PRIVATPOSTKARTEN KATALOG BAND 1 by HANSPETER FRECH 2003 Edition
