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 P312/04

The same basic design as Michel P311 and P312 but without the Kohlenklau! image and text. Instead the text is replaced by 5 lines of text 'Nach Fliegerangriffen. Keine Privatgespräche am Fernsprecher, damit. Luftschutzwichtige Gespräche durchkommen!' or 'After air raids do not make private telephone calls, these endanger air defence communications'.

MORE P312/04 POSTCARDS

UNUSED CARDS

DOMESTIC USAGE

The domestically used card below was sent from BIELEFELD to UETERSEN/HOLSTEIN on 18th Dec 1943.

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