OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1937)

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VALIDITY: Officially Issued 22nd Nov 1937 and valid for use until 30th Jun 1938.

Published to raise funds for the annual Winter Relief Fund, the card features a 6 Rpf stamp with an additional 4 Rpf for the charity. Examples of this card being used before the official issue date of 22nd Nov 1937 can be found.

The card was designed by artist couple von Axtler-Heudlass in Berlin and the intention was to highlight the importance of deep sea fishing to the German people. A large part of the catch was 'donated' to the WHW and then passed on to those in need.

As well as the official card, this card can also be found with one of many additional private printings.

SONDERSTEMPEL: A special cancel was available in 12 different cities.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

Frech [4] makes the following suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. Cancelled before the first day of issue i.e. before 22nd Nov 1937
2. Cancelled on first day of issue 22nd Nov 1937
3. Cancelled with WHW special Handstamp
4. Cancelled with "WHW Ein Volk hilft sich selbst" machine stamp
5. Cancelled with "Verwende wohlfahrtsbriefmarken" machine stamp
6. Cancelled with "Kassel Tag der Briefmarke" SST [Abbreviated to WHW-Briefmarke Schiff]
7. Cancelled with "Deutsche Seepost Gjedser-Warnemünde" SST
8. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
9. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
10. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
11. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
12. As a Registered Delivery card
13. With a Hamburg Straβenbahnpost cancellation
14. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
15. Domestic Armail usage
16. European Airmail usage
17. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)

Other variants might include:
1. Postally unused
2. Domestic Bahnpost usage
3. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
4. With additional private printing
5. With Special slogan cancels

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EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED BEFORE FIRST DAY of ISSUE
i.e. BEFORE 22nd NOV 1937

The official release date was 22nd Nov 1937 but examples of cards ligitimately posted all the way back to 11th Nov, can be found.

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
22nd Nov 1937

1. The card below was cancelled on the first day of issue on 22nd Nov 1937 in the town of BAD SEGBERG.

2. The next card was also cancelled on the first day of issue, 22nd Nonv 1937, this time in the town of LUCKENWALDE with the destination of LEIPZIG.

CANCELLED WITH WHW SPECIAL HANDSTAMP

1. The next domestically used card features the special handstamp used to commemorate the Winterhilfswerk charity drive in 1937. It was sent from MIESBACH to BREMEN on 21st Dec 1937.

CANCELLED WITH "WHW EIN VOLK HILFT SICH SELBST"
MACHINE STAMP

1. Cancelled with "WHW Ein Volk hilft sich selbst" machine stamp

2. The card below was sent from LEIPZIG to VIENNA on 2nd Dec 1937 and bears one of the special slogans used during the Winter Relief collection campaign in 1937 / 1938.

CANCELLED WITH "VERWENDE WOHLFAHRTSBRIEFMARKEN"
MACHINE STAMP

Cancelled with "Verwende Wohlfahrtsbriefmarken" machine stamp

"KASSEL TAG DER BRIEFMARKE" SST
SST [Abbreviated to WHW-BRIEFMARKE SCHIFF]

Cancelled with Kassel Tag der Briefmarke SSt abbreviated to "WHW-BRIEFMARKE SCHIFF"

"DEUTSCHE SEEPOST GJEDSER-WARNEMÜNDE" SST

Cancelled with "Deutsche Seepost Gjedser-Warnemünde"

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. The example below was sent from BERLIN-MARIENFELDE to GÜTTERSLOH on the 23rd Dec 1937 and has a simple CDS cancel.

2. The next domestically used example was sent from HALBERSTADT on 15th Mar 1938 and has a simple CDS cancel.

3. The following card was sent from NÜRNBERG to ROSENHEIM on 15th Feb 1938.

4. The following card was cancelled in LUCKENWALDE and features a CDS with the word "LAND" indicating it was cancelled at a rural post office. There is an additional violet handstamp which reads "Berkenbrück über Luckenwalde".

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

1. This example was cancelled on 17th Dec 1937 and was destined for a town in Czechoslovakia.

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

CHILE

1. The card below was sent from CRIMMITSCHAU to SANTIAGO in CHILE on 5th Dec 1937

MEXICO

1. This next card was sent Airmail from MUNICH to MEXICO

THE NETHERLANDS

1. Sent from COLOGNE to UTRECHT in the Netherlands on 8th Dec 1937, this card was overpaid by 3Rpf.

SWEDEN

1. The following postcard was sent from GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN on 11th Jun 1938 to an address in MALMO, SWEDEN. The card was correctly franked at 15 Rpf.

2. The following postcard was sent from KARLSRUHE (BADEN) on 13th Feb 1938 to an address in STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. The card was over franked at 17 Rpf.

SWITZERLAND

1. The P266 postcard below was sent from LAUSITZ to ZURICH on 25th Nov 1937. The card was correctly franked at 15 Rpf.

2. Another P266 postcard sent to ZURICH from FREIBURG on 15th Jan 1938. The card was correctly franked at 15 Rpf.

3. The following P266 postcard was sent to BERNE, SWITZERLAND from HAGEN (WESTF) on 30th Dec 1937. The card was correctly franked at 15 Rpf.

THE UNITED STATES

1. The postcard below was sent from CHEMNITZ to NEW YORK on 9th Jan 1938 and the special slogan cancel is one used in CHEMNITZ to commemorate the 3rd 'Day of the Stamp'. To cover the increased postage to the USA, two additional self-adhesive stamps have been added for a total of 17Rpf, 2Rpf more than was required.

2. The following foreign usage is a postcard sent from STETTIN to SYRACUSE, New York on 16th Dec 1937. This card was correctly franked at 15Rpf with the addition of two self-adhesive stamps of 6Rpf and 3Rpf.

3. Below is another P266 postcard sent to NEW YORK on 12th Jan 1938. The card was posted in DRESDEN and was correctly franked at 15Rpf.

4. The next card was sent to LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK from FRANKFURT (MAIN) on 30th Nov 1937. This example was overly franked by 1 Rpf at 16Rpf.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

HAMBURG STRAΒENBAHNPOST CANCELLATION

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

1. The following card was an doomestic Airmail postcard sent from ALTONA-BLANKENESE near HAMBURG on 3rd Jan 1938.

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

1. The following card was sent from LEIPZIG to OSCHATZ and was cancelled on train No 1512, on the LEIPZIG-DOBELN-DRESDEN train route on 20th Dec 1937.

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

2. This domestically used card was sent from STUTTGART to PLAUITZ (?). This example has a speical cancel used to commemorate the first Swabian Postal Exhibition held in STUTTGART from 8th to 16th Jan 1938.

3. The example below was sent from DRESDEN to PLANITZ (?) on the 4th Dec 1937. The card has a special cancel used to commemorate the Day of National Solidarity sponsored by Gau Sachsen. There is also the logo of Gau Saxony, a small green rectangle with two crossed swords.

4. The card below was sent from AUGSBURG, BAVARIA to KEMPTEN im ALLGAU also in BAVARIA on 1st Apr 1938. The slogan cancel "Am 10 April | Dem Führer | Dein "Ja"" - 'On 10th April, the leader, your "Yes"', is related to the upcoming vote in Austria on whether or not to become part of a Greater Germany.

5. Another card with a special handstamp, this one a combination of the Winterhilfswerk and the Day of the Stamp used on 9th Jan 1938 and sent from a BERLIN mobile post office (f) to WUSTERHAUSEN DOSSE.

6. The special handstamp on the following example commemorates the Day of National Solidarity on 4th Dec 1937. The card was addressed to a well-known stamp collector Fritz PAEPLOW in BERLIN.

7. Another card featuring the Day of the Stamp special handstamp, again applied at one of the mobile post offices (b) in BERLIN on 8th Jan 1938.

8. The following card has two cancellations: the first a regular CDS in FRANKFURT (MAIN) and the second a special handstamp used to commemorate the anniversary of the Hilter becoming Chancellor on 30th Jan 1933. The red 12Rpf stamp was not required as the local postage rate would have been 5Rpf.

9. The favour cancelled example belows has the special slogan cancellation used in BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG from 3rd to 21st Nov 1937 that commemorates the International Hunting Exhibition.

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

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OFFICIAL POSTCARDS (1937)

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