OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1941)

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OFFICIAL POSTCARD
HITLER's BIRTHDAY
P243/01 to -/08

VALIDITY: 20th Apr 1941 until the end of the war.

As in previous years Hitler's birthday was commemorated by a large number of private postcard issues. One of the more significant official sets published in 1941 was the one below designed by Axster-Heudtlass which consisted of 8 cards published on the day itself, 20th Apr 1941.

Each card has a pre-printed 6 Rpf brown Hindenburg Medallion stamp. The eight different designs are:



P243-1: 1. Paratroopers
P243-2: 2. Anti-aircraft guns
P243-3: 3. Motor Cyclists
P243-4: 4. Coastal defence Artillery



P243-5: 5. Troops advancing under cover of smoke
P243-6: 6. Engineers in rubber boats
P243-7: 7. Torpedo Boat
P243-8: 8. A Ju 87b Stuka dive-bomber.

Each card is inscribed 'MIT UNSEREN FAHNENIST DER SIEGE' - 'Victory with our flags', along the bottom edge of the card and 'K.d.F Sammlergruppen, Abgabepries 20 Rpf', vertically along the centre divider.




ABOVE LEFT: P243-1: Paratroopers
ABOVE RIGHT: P243-2: Anti-aircraft guns




ABOVE LEFT: P243-3: Motor Cyclists
ABOVE RIGHT: P243-4: Coastal defence Artillery




ABOVE LEFT: P243-5: Troops advancing under cover of smoke
ABOVE RIGHT: P243-6: Engineers in rubber boats




ABOVE LEFT: P243-7: Torpedo Boat
ABOVE RIGHT: P243-8: A Ju 87b Stuka dive-bomber

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