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 P312/07

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 'Wer nach Alarm. die Fernsprechleitungen mit privaten Gesprächen verstopft, gefährdet die Betrauung der durch Luftangriff Geschädigten!' which transaltes as 'Whoever makes private calls after an air raid hampers services to air raid victims'.

MORE P312/01 POSTCARDS

UNUSED CARDS

DOMESTIC USAGE

1. This domestically used P312/07 card was sent from LIEZEN to GRAZ on 10th Mar 1944.




2. The following domestically used P312/07 card was sent from HANAU to GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN on 22nd Dec 1943. The card has been cancelled with one of two special handstamps used in HANAU to commemorate The German Goldsmith's Association.

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