OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1941)

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OFFICIAL POSTCARD
IN STRUGGLE AND FREEDOM
P242/01

VALIDITY: 12th Jan 1941 until the end of the war

Issued to commemorate Stamp Day on 12th Jan 1941 this series of eight official postcards is entitled 'Im Kampf un die Freiheit' - 'In Struggle and Freedom'. The designs were from the husband-and-wife team, Axster-Heudtlass and feature various branches of the armed forces.

These cards cost 20 Rpf each and exist with and without the 6 Rpf pre-printed stamp.

There are eight different designs as follows:

P242/01: The Infantry
P242/02: Mountain Infantry
P242/03: Mountain Infantry in winter uniforms
P242/04: Tank Pioneer
P242/05: Railway Artillery
P242/06: Marine soldier - Kreigsmarine
P242/07: Radio operators
P242/08: Waffen SS personnel



ABOVE: P242/01: The Infantrymen with infantry combat badge.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 12th Jan 1941
2. Cancelled with "Tag der Briefmarke" handstamp
3. "Without a pre-printed Stamp"
4. Cancelled with "Werbeschau" handstamp
5. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
6. As a rejected International card due to the image
7. As a Registered Delivery card
8. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
9. Cancelled as a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost
10. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
11. Domestic Airmail usage
12. Postally unused
13. Domestic Bahnpost usage
14. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
15. With Special slogan cancels

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 12th Jan 1941

CANCELLED WITH "Tag der Briefmarke" HANDSTAMP

1. The following favour cancelled example features the special handstamp used in GERA on 12th Jan 1941.

WITHOUT PRE-PRINTED STAMP

CANCELLED WITH "Werbeschau" HANDSTAMP

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

REJECTED AS AN INTERNATIONAL CARD DUE TO THE IMAGE

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

HAMBURG STRAβENBAHNPOST

Cancelled as a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-0
2. 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