OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1932)

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P215
PAUL von HINDENBURG
6 Rpf + 4 Rpf

BACKGROUND: Issued 1st Oct 1932 and published to raise funds for the German Emergency Fund. The image on the left is that of Paul von Hindenburg, the German President. The value stamp is a semi-postal, 6 Rpf + 4 Rpf pre-printed stamp depicting the Tannenberg Memorial. There is a special cancel related to this postcard, inscribed "HOHENSTEIN (OSTPR) | Nationaldenkmal" that was used every year from 1927 to 1936.

VALIDITY: 1st Oct 1932 until 30th Jun 1933

As well as the official card there were several official cards with additional private printing.

SPECIAL CANCEL:

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 1st Oct 1932
2. As a local / domestic long-distance card without any special features
3. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
4. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
5. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
6. As a Registered Delivery card
7. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
8. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
9. Domestic Armail usage
10. European Airmail usage
11. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
12. Postally unused
13. Domestic Bahnpost usage
14. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
15. With additional private printing
16. With Special slogan cancels

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EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 1st Oct 1932

LOCAL / DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. The P215 card below was sent to RADEBUEL from KÖTHEN (ANHALT) on 10th Oct 1932.

2. This next P215 card was a local usage in MUNICH on 2nd Oct 1932.

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

ITALY

1. Below is another overseas used P215, this time sent to TURIN in ITALY from WUPPERTAL on 18th Nov 1932.

2. Another P215 sent to ITALY can be seen below. This time the destination is MILAN and the card was posted in FREIBURG on 29th Dec 1932.

3. Another P215 sent to ITALY. This example was sent from BERLIN to MILAN on 21st Jan 1933.

GREAT BRITAIN

1. Posted in BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG on 3rd Dec 1938 this card was sent to LONDON, ENGLAND. The value of the stamps initially appears to be more than the required 15Rpf (21Rpf), but the pre-printed 6Rpf stamp had expired by this date, so a total of 15Rpf in self-adhesive stamps has been added to cover the full postal rate.

MEXICO

1. 15Rpf was also the postage required to send the following card all the way from STETTIN to MEXICO on 9th Dec 1932. If the sender was hoping it would arrive before Christmas he would have been disappointed as the arrival stamp on the reverse is dated 27th Dec 1932.

The message on the reverse side reads "Dear Mr Pohle, I have since learned that another provisional airmail stamp with decorative overprint has appeared, namely 40 by 35 cents carmine and brown. Perhaps you would be so kind as to send me this temporary airmail postage stamp that appeared there in a block of four, and also in a block of four on an envelope, with payment in the previous manner, - I am with the best regards, your very devoted, Dr Meyer"

SWITZERLAND

2. The following card was sent from BERLIN SW on 17th Nov 1932 to the SWISS town of ZURICH.

VENEZUELA

1. This next example was sent from DRESDEN to CARACAS, VENEZUELA on 15th Mar 1933.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

1. The following P215 postcard is a domestic airmail card from HOHENSTEIN to FELLBACH. The interesting thing about this card is that it was first cancelled in HOHENSTEIN on 27th Aug 1939 but was only delivered to FELLBACH on 9th Sep 1939. HOHENSTEIN (now known as Olsztyn) lies in modern day POLAND so most likely the delivery was delayed due to the German invasion on Poland on 1st Sep 1939.

Another interesting point is that the pre-printed stamp on this card was only valid until 30th Jun 1933 so was already 6 years past that date. The sender has added a 5 Rpf and a 3 Rpf stamp to cover the total cost of postage.

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

HOLLAND

The P215 postcard below was sent from DRESDEN to HOLLAND on 21st Apr 1933

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

1. The following postcard was posted on the DRESDEN-ZITTAU train on 12th Oct 1932 and was bound for ZITTAU

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

2. Destined for an address in BRANDENBURG this P215 postcard was posted in HAMBURG on 15th Nov 1932. The special cancel on this card was used to promote the use of the telephone and reads "FERNSPRECHER | SPART | ZEIT und GELD" - 'The Telephone saves time and money'

3. The following P215 postcard was a local usage in HAMBURG. It was posted on 9th Jun 1933 and features a special cancel promoting the first National Stamp Exhibition.

4. The next usage was a domestic long-distance card which was sent from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG to PILLNITZ, a suburb of DRESDEN located on the ELBE River on 22nd Dec 1932. The slogan cancel on this example is a very common one used to advise the public to add the house and street number to their mail.

REFERENCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.

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OFFICIAL POSTCARDS (1932)

This page was last updated 11-Jun-2024 07:28

P215 PAUL von HINDENBURG 6 Rpf + 4 Rpf