OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1943)

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OFFICIAL P312

BACKGROUND: This series of nine postcards was released to encourage the population to save vital resources needed for the war effort. The first two cards feature a character called 'Kohlenklau' or the 'Coal Thief', similar to the Squander Bug used by the Allies for the same purpose. Kohlenklau appears on P311, P312/01 and P312/02. The remaining seven cards all have variations on a message asking prople not to use the telephone after air raids as telephone services were vital to the emergency services.

SPECIAL CANCEL: NONE

OFFICIAL P312/03

The same basic design as Michel P311 and P312 but without the Kohlenklau! image and text. Instead the text is replaced by five lines of text 'Der Luftschutz. braucht dringend den Farnsprecher nach Luftangriffen. Darum führe Du dann Keine Privatgespräche!' or 'The air defence service urgently requires the telephone after air raids. Therefore do not make private calls.'

MORE P312/03 POSTCARDS

UNUSED CARDS

DOMESTIC USAGE

The card below was posted in BENDSBURG (OBERSCHLES) on 14th Oct 1944 and ws destined for HAMBURG.

FOREIGN USAGE

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