OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1942)

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MICHEL P308/1 to -/04
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
STAMP DAY

BACKGROUND: Issued 11th Jan 1942. This was a series of 4 postcards issued to coincide with the annual Tag der Briefmarke - Stamp Day. All of these postcards are blank on the reverse side. These cards also exist overprinted 'OSTLAND' and 'UKRAINE', for use in the eastern occupied regions.



ABOVE LEFT: AFRIKAKORPS
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: DEUTSCHE FELDPOST
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: KRIEGSMARINE
ABOVE RIGHT: ORGANISATION TODT

The cards were designed by the Axtler Heudtlas husband and wife team and sold for 25 Rpf with the funds being donated to Hitler's culture fund. There are two variations of the cards depending on the type of card that was used to manufacture the cards:

P308 (a): on cream-coloured card
P308 (b): chamois to cream coloured



SPECIAL CANCEL: As with previous Tag der Briefmarke issues there were a number of special cancellations used throughout various towns and cities in Germany.





ABOVE LEFT: P308/01 - Afrika Korps
ABOVE RiGHT: P308/02 - Feldpost




ABOVE LEFT: P308/03 - Kriegsmarine
ABOVE RIGHT: P308/04 - Todt Organisation

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