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 P312/08

The same basic design as Michel P311 and P312 but without the Kohlenklau! image and text. Instead the text is replaced by seven lines of text surrounded by a border 'DER FUHRER KENNT NUR KAMPF, ARBEIT UND SORGE. WIR WOLLEN IHM DEN TEIL ABNEHMEN, DEN WIR IHM ABNEHMEN KÖNNEN' which transaltes as 'THE LEADER ONLY KNOWS FIGHT, WORK AND CARE. WE WANT TO TAKE OFF THE PART THAT WE CAN TAKE FOR HIM'.

MORE P312/08 POSTCARDS

UNUSED CARDS

P312/08 WITH PRIVATE PRINTING

1. The following card was a private printing: destination "Carl Blank, Bonn a. Rh. | Verbandpflasterfabrik | Niederlassung Groβ-Hamburg | Hamburg 11".




2. DEstination address "WALTER FRANK | ARCHITEKT u. KUNSTBILDHAUER | ALTENFURTH BEI NÜRNBERG"

DOMESTIC USAGE

1. This domestically used card was sent from SEEFELD, AUSTRIA to GMUNDEN.




2. The card below was posted in HAMBURG on 3rd Aug 1944 and was destined for ENGELSCHOFF.




3. The following card was cancelled in KÖLN on 22nd Sep 1943 and was destined for LEIPZIG.




4. The following card was also cancelled in KÖLN and was destined for LEIPZIG. It was stamped on 4th Jan 1944 and features the slogan stamp used to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Winterhilfswerk foundation.




5. Another KÖLN to LEIPZIG delivery, on 31st Jan 1944, and featuring a health and safety slogan cancellation.




6. Cancelled on 15th May 1944 this was another KÖLN to LEIPZIG delivery.




7. Destined for BRAUNSCHWEIG and cancelled on 23rd Feb 1944 this next example has a slogan cancel advising the public to ensure they include the house and street number on their mail.




8. The following card was sent from KOBLENZ to MOSEL on 30th 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