OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1933)
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P225 - POSTCARD
5Rpf HINDENBURG MEDALLION STAMP
(BRIGHT GREEN)
The Hindenburg postcards were re-issued later in 1933 with some changes from the earlier design. The text on the bottom right of the card has been changed from two lines of text to a single line of text, and the five lines of sender's text has now been reduced to three lines. In addition, the three vertical dividing lines have been changed to a single line.
There are two versions of this card: P225(I) has straight edges and P225(II) has a serrated edge.
Private versions of this card were produced.
BASIC CARD
ABOVE: (1) P225 I
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
2. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
3. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
4. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
5. As a Registered card
6. As a local delivery Express card
7. As a Rohrpost card in Berlin
8. Domestic Armail usage
9. European Airmail usage
10. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
11. Postally unused
12. Domestic Bahnpost usage
13. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
14. With additional private printing
15. Special slogan cancels
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL MARKINGS
1. This domestically used postcard was sent locally from Berlin and has the special cancel used to commemorate the state visit of Italy’s Mussolini to Germany from 25th to 29th Sep 1937. The cancel is inscribed "BERLIN | 27.9.1937 | 25.-29.9.1937 | Staatstreffen Mussolini-Hitler".
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO CSR
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
DENMARK
1. The next foreign used card was sent from FREIBURG to COPENHAGEN in DENMARK.
GREAT BRITAIN
1. The card below was sent from FRANKFURT am MAIN to LONDON on 12th Feb 1935. The card was correctly franked at 15 Rpf.
2. The next card was also sent to an address in LONDON, only this time from OFFENBACH on 3rd Jl 1935
ITALY
1. The following card was sent from MUNICH to a Major in the German Army stationed in BOZEN (BOLZANO) on 7th Dec 1938
SWITZERLAND
1. This foreign used card was sent from FRANKFURT (MAIN) to The Strand Hotel Seeblick, THUNERSEE in SWITZERLAND on 4th May 1938.
2. Another example sent to SWITZERLAND, this time the destination is BASEL and the origin was MUNICH. Sent on 28th May 1940 this card has been approved by the censor.
REGISTERED CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
4. The next domestically used card was sent EXPRESS DELIVERY from POTSDAM to BERLIN on 28th May 1937. The card, like all EXPRESS DELIVERY cards has been cancelled at both the source and the destination post offices.
ROHRPOST in BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
1. The following two postcards were favour cancelled in KEMDEN on 7th Dec 1939 and FRANKFURT MAIN for a collector in PRAGUE in the C.S.R. These examples have special cancels.
2. This used P225 postcard features a regular CDS cancel used in "WESERMÜNDE-GEESTEMÜNDE" on 15th Jul 1938. In addition, there is a commonly used slogan cancel inscribed "Vergiβ nicht straβe | und Hausnummer | anzugeben" - 'Don't forget to add the house and street number'. This particular example suffers from quite a bit of foxing.
3. This used P225 postcard was sent to Gutersloh on 13th Nov 1939 and has been upgraded to 6Pf by the addition of an adhesive 1Pf Hindenburg Medallion. As well as the CDS cancel there is a slogan cancel inscribed "Jetzt heiβt es: | Die Pflicht tun | und sonst gar nichts" - 'Now it says: | Do your duty | and nothing else'.
4. The P225(I) postcard below was posted in BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG on 19th Aug 1937 and was a local delivery to BERLIN-DAHLEM. The special slogan cancel on this card commemorates the 700th Anniversary of the city of BERLIN.
REFERENCES:1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5 2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
