OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
BOHEMIA / MORAVIA

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OFFICIAL DEUTSCHES REICH POSTCARDS USED IN BOHEMIA / MORAVIA

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was established on 15th Mar 1939 and existing Czechoslovakian postal stationery was initially not used. Vorläufer or Precursors are considered as postal items cancelled from 15th Mar 1938 until 31st Jul 1939. From 15th Jul 1939 additional frankings are known on temporary issues and from 29th Jul 1939 on the final series. Additional franking with stamps of the German Empire are also known.

Postal items cancelled from the beginning of Aug 1939 are considered as mitläufer or followers. The sale of Czechoslovakian postal stationery from post office counters ceased on 30th Nov 1939 and all Czechoslovakian postal items expired on 19th May 1940. However there are known examples of genuine usage after this date.

Mitläufer are only recognised by a clear date and city stamp, any doubtful Czechosolvakian mail cancelled at this time which cannot be confirmed is considered as a regular Czechoslovakian usage rather than a Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate usage.

Picture postcards were also generally available and these can be found here

MICHEL VK2b
KARTENBRIEF
1939

Value stamp 1 K (1 Kč 10 h), red on grey-white card. Kartenbrief price "1 Kč 10 h" in top-lefthand corner. Measures 154 x 105 mm.

MICHEL VP31
1939

Value stamp 50 h, olive-green. Card measures 145 x 95 mm. 1939 (1927 edition). Address lines, tick mark left of center, decorative border with arrows.

MICHEL VP32
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 / 50 h, bright to dark green. Card measures 145 x 95 mm. Message section with "I", answer section with "II". 1939 (1927 edition). Address lines, tick mark left of center, decorative border with arrows.

MICHEL VP33
1939

Value stamp 50 h, green. 1939 (1931 edition). Address lines, graduation mark to the left of center, decorative border made of linden leaves.

MICHEL VP34
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 / 50 h, green. 1939 (1931 edition). Address lines, graduation mark to the left of center, decorative border made of linden leaves. Message side with "I", answer portion with "II".

MICHEL VP35
1939

Value stamp 50 h, green. 1939 (1933 edition). Address lines, graduation mark to the left of center, decorative border made of linden leaves. Measures 148 x 105 mm.

MICHEL VP36
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 / 50 h, green. 1939 (1933 edition). Address lines, graduation mark to the left of center, decorative border made of linden leaves. Message side with "I", answer portion with "II".

MICHEL VP37
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 (60) h, olive-green. 1939 (1937 edition). Address lines, graduation line in the middle, sales price at the top left, decorative border. Measures 148 x 105 mm

MICHEL VP38a
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 (60) h, with olive-green, VP38b in dark green. 1939 (1937 edition). Address lines, graduation line in the middle, sales price at the top left, decorative border. Message portion with "I", answer portion with "II"

MICHEL VP38b
REPLYCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 (60) h, in dark green. 1939 (1937 edition). Address lines, graduation line in the middle, sales price at the top left, decorative border. Message portion with "I", answer portion with "II"

MICHEL VRP2
ROHRPOSTKARTE
1939

1939 (1932 Edition) 90 h, olive-green. "POTRUBNÍ POŠTOU" and address lines, half-left graduation, left of the western text field for sticking on 1 Kč additional postage for express delivery, decorative border.

VTA19 to VTA22

1939 (1930/31 edition). Heading "PODACí LíSTEK", right wst. for TA19 and TA20 in small format 17.5 x 21 mm, for TA22 in large format 20 x 24.5 mm, bottom left code letter and year; cream colored.

MICHEL VTA19
TELEGRAM - TASK SLIPS
1939

Value stamp 50 h olive-yellow "A 1930"

MICHEL VTA20
TELEGRAM - TASK SLIPS
1939

Value stamp 50 h olive-yellow "B 1931"

MICHEL VTA21 - Not Used

MICHEL VTA22
TELEGRAM - TASK SLIPS
1939

Value stamp 50 h olive-yellow "A 1930"

MICHEL VP39
POSTKARTEN
1939

VP39 Special postcard for President Masaryk's 75th birthday. At the top center "1850-1925" (1925 edition), was available as needed, but was already out of stock at the time of the previous release.

VP42 to VP45

1939 (1926/30 edition) for foreign usage with watermark. Address lines, state coat of arms at the top left, P42, P44 with two-line heading, P43, P45 with three-line heading above the graduation line, decorative border.

MICHEL VP42
POSTKARTEN
1939

Value stamp 1.20 K, brown.

MICHEL VP43
POSTKARTEN
1939

Value stamp 1.50 K, carmine.

MICHEL VP44
REPLY CARD
1939

Value stamp 1.20 K / 1.20 K, brown. Message side with "I", answer side with "I"

MICHEL VP45
REPLY CARD
1939

Value stamp 1.50 K / 1.50 K, brown. Message side with "II", answer side with "II"

MICHEL VP46
POSTCARD
1939

Commemorative postcards for the 10th anniversary of the Republic, Watermark. with year numbers in the frame. Address lines, graduation line in the middle, sales price underneath, image at the top left, image number at the bottom left, decorative border. Vlaue stamp 50 (60) h, green. Measures 145 x 95 mm.

MICHEL VP48
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1929 edition), picture postcard, form like P46, watermark (I) without years. Value stamp 50 (60) h, green.

MICHEL VP49
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1930 Edition). picture postcard for overseas usage. Watermark.

MICHEL VP50
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1931 Edition). Overseas postcard with watermark. Address lines, State coat of arms at the top left, graduation to the left of the center, above it a two-line heading, decorative border. Value stamp 1.20 K, carmie, red-brown. Measures 148 x 105 mm

MICHEL VP51
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (Edition 1931). Special postcard for the sports exhibition in Pardubice. Watermark (I). Address lines, graduation line in the middle without sales price, image at the top left, two-line form "VYSTAVE TELESNE VYCHOVY A SPORTU V PARDUBICICH / ..." at the bottom left, decorative border. Measures 148 x 105 mm. Value stamp is 50 h green.

MICHEL VP52
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1931 Edition). Picture postcard for overseas usage. Format like P49, measures 148 x 105 mm. Value stamp 1.20 K, brown on cream-coloured card.

MICHEL VP55
POSTCARD
1939

Decorative border at the top interrupted by bilingual country names, graduation line in the middle, address lines and two-line form on the right. Value stamp 1.50 K, brown-red on cream-coloured card. Measures 148 x 105 mm.

MICHEL VP63
POSTCARD
1939

Special postcard for President Masaryk's 86th birthday, Watermark. Address lines on the right, graduation line in the middle without sales price, image at the top left and explanatory text below from Masaryk's life, image number at the bottom left, decorative border. Value stamp is a 50 h, green on cream-coloured card.

MICHEL VP64a
POSTCARD
1939

In the middle there is a graduation line, on the right there is an address line, on the left there is a picture in different sizes, with an inscription on the caption and a decorative border. P64a in strong color and strong print. P64 b in a softer color and weak print. Value stamp is a 50 h in dark (blue) green.

MICHEL VP64b
POSTCARD
1939

In the middle there is a graduation line, on the right there is an address line, on the left there is a picture in different sizes, with an inscription on the caption and a decorative border. P64a in strong color and strong print. P64 b in a softer color and weak print. Value stamp is a 50 h in dark blue-green, olive-green.

VP65 to VP67

1939 (1936 Edition). Special postcard with similar image to P64 and P65 for the Cyrillus-Methodius-Feier in Velehrad with the caption "JUBILENICCYRILMOETODEJSKE OSLAVI | 17.v bis 4.X.1936". P66 issued for the Central Moravian Exhibition in Prerov with title "PREROV | STREDOMORAVSKA V YSTAVA | 20.VI.-16.VIII.1936". P67 for reaching the football final with the caption "X. FINALE STREDOEVROPSKEHO POHARU | A.C. SPARTA-F.K. AUSTRIA 13.IX.1936."

MICHEL VP65
POSTCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 h, green on cream-coloured card. With caption "JUBILENICCYRILMOETODEJSKE OSLAVI | 17.v bis 4.X.1936"

MICHEL VP66
POSTCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 h, green on cream-coloured card. With caption "PREROV / STREDOMORAVSKA V YSTAVA | 20.VI.-16.VIII.1936"

MICHEL VP67
POSTCARD
1939

Value stamp 50 h, green on cream-coloured card. With caption "X. FINALE STREDOEVROPSKEHO POHARU | A.C. SPARTA-F.K. AUSTRIA 13.IX.1936."

MICHEL VP68
POSTCARD
1939

Under the graduation line with sales price, otherwise like P52. Measures 148 x 105mm. Value stamp 1.20 K (1 Kč 30 h), brown.

MICHEL VP69a
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1937 Edition). For domestic usage with watermark. Lines of text at top and bottom "Lernt Euer Vaterland Kennen - Prorogiert dessen Schönheit durch die Post" - 'Get to know your fatherland - proclaim its beauty through the post'. Address lines on the right, graduation line in the centre, picture on the left, picture number at the bottom left. Sales price on the right.

Value stamp 50 h, card price 60 h, green.

MICHEL VP69b
POSTCARD
1939

As VP69a with Value stamp 50 h, card price 60 h, but now olive-green.

MICHEL VP69c
POSTCARD
1939

As VP69a and VP60b with Value stamp 50 h, card price 60 h, but now blue-green.

MICHEL VP70
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1938 Edition). For foreign usage with watermark. Decorative top border interrupted by the country name in Czech and French. Two line form and address lines on the right, graduation line in the centre. Sales price "1 Kč 60 h", otherwise the same as P55. Cream-coloured card measuring 148 x 105 mm.

Value stamp 1.50 K (1 Kč 60 h) in brown-red.

VALUE STAMP FEATURING PRESIDENT BENESCH

MICHEL VP71
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1938 Edition). Special picture postcard for the "X. Sokol Winterspielen in der Hohen Tatra", with watermark. Address lines on the right, dividing line in the centre, inscription reads "X. VSESOKOLSKY SLET 1938". Caption below reads "ZIMNE HRY 6.-13.II 1938 VYSOKE TATRY", bottom-left picture number and selling price on the right. Card measures 148 x 105 mm. 8 images from the original all exist as forerunners and followers.

Value stamp 50 h green, card price 60 h on cream-coloured card.

MICHEL VP72
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (1938 Edition). Picture postcard with image and caption without event information. Otherwise like P71. Caption in three languages: Czech, Czech/German or Czech/Esperanto. Originally 80 cards exists as forerunners and followers.

With value stamp 50 h green, card price 60 h on cream-coloured card.

MICHEL VP73
POSTCARD
1939

1939 (Edition 1938). Value stamp features Jindrich Fügner. Picture postcard for the 10th Sokol Summer Games held in Prague. Inscribed "X. VSESOKOLSKY SLET | PRAHA 19. VI. -6. VII. 1938". With watermark. Address lines on the right, part line in the centre , picture on the left with caption as above. Three line event information, bottom-left image number, bottom-right selling price. Cream-coloured card measuring 148 x 105 mm.

Value stamp 50 h green, card price 60 h. Of the 8 original cards all exist as forerunners and followers.





All the following letter cards and postcards were sold with a 10 h surcharge, or 20 h for reply cards. Value stamps now feature Linden branches with fruits.

MICHEL K1
KARTENBRIEF
1939

1939. Linden branch printed letterpress. Bilingual form with sales price. No year of printing information. lettercard measures 148 x 105 mm. Value stamp 1 K orange-red, card price (1 K 10 h).

MICHEL K2
KARTENBRIEF
1940

New issue due to postage increase with printing year "1940". 1.20 K (1K30h) brown. There is an example with a printing error that shows the sales price as "K 30 h" instead of "1 K 30 h"

MICHEL K3
KARTENBRIEF
1941

1941 with prining year "1941". bright grey card. Value stamp is 1.20 K rose to carmine with card price (1 K 30 h).

P1 to P5

MICHEL P1
POSTCARD
1939

50 (60) h grey-green greenish card.

MICHEL P2
POSTCARD
1939

60 (70) h blue-green, cream card

MICHEL P3
POSTCARD
1939

1.50 (1.60) K, red on cream coloured card

MICHEL P4
REPLY CARD
1939

50 (60) / 50 (60) h, grey-green on greenish coloured card

MICHEL P5
REPLY CARD
1939

60 (70) / 60 (70) h. Blue-green on cream coloured card.

MICHEL P6
POSTCARD
1939

P6 with value 60 (70) h on blue-grey card consists of 12 different cards. The rest of this series of picture postcards can be found here

P7 and P8

Color change, with sales price and printing year "1940", lime leaf border. Card measures 148 x 105 mm.

MICHEL P7
POSTCARD
1940

Value 60 (70) h brownish-lilac.

MICHEL P8
REPLY CARD
1940

Value 60 (70) / 60 (70) h brownish-lilac.

NOTE: From 1st Oct 1940 all postcards were sold without the price of the card printed on them

P9 to P12

Without sales price in the pre-printed form. P9 to P11 with linden leaf border, P12 with linden leaf header and baseboard

MICHEL P9
POSTCARD
1940

60 h violett on greenish card. Two versions exist: P9/01 with printer's date "1940" and P9/02 with printer's date "1941"

MICHEL P10
REPLY CARD
1940

50 / 50 h. Dark green on greenish coloured card. Without printer's date

MICHEL P11
REPLY CARD
1940

60 / 60 h. Violett on greenish coloured card. With printer's date "1940"

MICHEL P12
REPLY CARD
1940

1.50 / 1.50 h. Red on cream-coloured card. Printer's date "1940".

MICHEL P13
REPLY CARD
1941

Color change and with now answer notes. 1.50 / 1.50 K, red on cream-coloured card. Printer's date "1941"

MICHEL DPB1
DIENST POSTKARTE auf BESTELLUNG EINER BEHÖRDE
1940

Issued 1940. 'SERVICE POSTCARD ORDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT'. German text in fraktur font and Czechoslovakian printing in Antigua font. 30 / 30 h lilac.

MICHEL AV1
ADRESSENVORMERKSCHEIN
1940

1940. Book printing with sales price and year of printing "1940". Measures 148 x 105 mm. Two versions exist both with value stamp 50 h and card price 60 h. Type a is blue-gray on thick card. Type b is yellow-grey on thinner card.

MICHEL AK1
POSTAUFTRAGSBLATT
POSTAL ORDER FORM
1939

1939. Order form with pre-printed stamps and attached postal order without stamps. Year of printing "1939", selling price 80 h grey. Measures 181 x 124 mm. Value stamp 50 h black, card price 80 h / 0 h.

MICHEL NK1
POSTEINZUGSKARTE
POSTAL COLLECTION CARD
1940

1940. Collection card with stamp and attached postal order form without a stamp. Year of printing "1940" and selling price on card. Grey. Value stamp 80 h, card price (1 K) / o h, lilac. Valid until 30th Sep 1940. Title text reads "POSTEINZUGSKARTE | POSTOVNI VYBERKA".

MICHEL T1
TELEGRAMMBLATT mit GESTUNDETER ABRECHNUNG
1939

Telegram sheet with deferred payment. 1939. With perforated sheet attached at the bottom, selling price 50 h, year of printing "1939", colour grey-white. Value stamp 40 h red-brown. Two versions exist: T1/01 serrated 13½, T1/02 serrated 5¾. With 25% surcharge.

MICHEL TA1
TELEGRAMMAUFGABESCHEIN
1939

Telegram postage strip. Issued 1939 and measuring 147 x 105 mm. Value stamp 50 heller olive-yellow.

MICHEL K4
KARTENBRIEF
1942

Kartenbrief with Adolf Hitler portrait value stamp. Measures 148 x 105 mm. There are two types: Type I serrated, Type II - colourless piercing in linear form, number indicated year of printing.

Type I: white with "1942" printer's code.
Type IIa: grey-white with "1942" printer's code.
Type IIb: bright grey with "1944" printer's code.

P14 to P17

Postcards P14 to P17 on greenish card and measuring 148 x 105 mm.

MICHEL P14
POSTKARTEN
1942

50 h, blue-green with print year "1942"

MICHEL P15
POSTKARTEN
1942

60 h. Violett and existing in two versions: Type I with print year "1942" and Type II with print year "1944". There are fake versions of this card with the date removed.

MICHEL P16
REPLY POSTCARD
1942

50 / 50 h. Blue-green with print year "1943"

MICHEL P17
REPLY POSTCARD
1942

60 / 60 h violet with two variations: Type 01 with print year "1942" and Type 02 with printer year "1943"




ABOVE: P17/01



ABOVE: P17/02

MICHEL P18
REPLY POSTCARD
1944

60 / 60 h violett. The same as P17 but with the addition of "mit Antwortkarte" texts and with printing year "1944"

MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022, 23rd EDITION, ISBN: 978-95402-374-5