GET TO KNOW GERMANY POSTCARDS

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ADOLF HITLER
SECOND SERIES
P305 - PRIVATE OVERPRINTS

Page 1: 41-1-1-B1 to B27, 41-2-1-B1 to B27, 41-3-1-B1 to B27
Page 2: 42-4-1-B1 to B27, 42-5-1-B1 to B27, 42-6-1-B1 to B27
Page 3: 42-7-1-B1 to B27, 42-8-1-B1 to B27, 42-9-1-B1 to B27
Page 4: 42-10-1-B1 to B27, 42-11-1-B1 to B27, 42-12-1-B1 to B27
Page 5: 42-13-1-B1 to B27, 42-14-1-B1 to B27

Following the first Hitler series of Get to Know Germany, P304, the printing was transferred to the State Printing Works in Vienna, and these later printings are catalogued as P305. The cards were issued from 1941 though 1944 and due to the demands of the war the quality gets poorer with each issue.

These cards have an abbreviated 'Haus-Nr' and 'Postschlieβfach-Nr' as well as a revised numbering system for the series. Each set now has 27 cards instead of the original 9. The Berlin printings end at series 191 but the Vienna printings revert back to series 1 instead of following on with series 192. 14 sets were produced but not all were issued. Cards 10, 11 and 12 of series 14 (Konigsberg Fair) were never issued.

348 of the total of 375 cards have the traditional 'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' heading and the remaining 27 cards (series 11) are headed 'Besucht Thuringen das Herz Deutschlands!'. It should also be noted that cards issued after 1942 retain the printers date of '42' even if they were issued in 1944.

P305 OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
WITH PRIVATE ADDITIONAL PRINTS

BADEN-BADEN KAPPES

ABOVE LEFT: 42-5-1-B1
ABOVE RiGHT: 42-5-1-B7



ABOVE LEFT: 42-5-1-B13
ABOVE RiGHT: 42-5-1-B22



ABOVE LEFT: 42-10-1-B12
ABOVE RiGHT: 42-39-1-B13

HERMANN E. SIEGER -LORCH

ABOVE LEFT: 42-6-1-B5
ABOVE RIGHT: 42-14-1-B20



ABOVE LEFT: 42-14-1-B13
ABOVE RiGHT: 42-14-1-B26

ADAM BALLINGER - MÜNCHEN 8

The name and address 'Adam Ballinger' looks more like it has been typed rather than separately printed. There are over 150 of the P305 cards with this destination address



These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. Handbuch und Katalog Die Bildpostkarten des Deutschen Reiches. Böhmen und Mährens sowie der Freien Stadt Danzig. Michael Bockisch. ISBN: 978-3-00-034028-4
2. Amtliche Ganzsachen mit privaten Zudrucken Deutsches Reich und Nebengebiete 1933-1945, 4 Auflage, Hartmut Hampe
3. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 ISBN: 978-3-95-402225-0