OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1941)

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P301
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
5 Rpf

VALIDITY: 1st Aug 1941 until the end of the war

BACKGROUND: Issued from 1st Aug 1941 and featuring a Hitler Medallion stamp. Text is in Antigua font and the sender's note is now on three lines, the destination section with four dotted lines and a single solid line. The right-hand side of the message portion bears the inscription "Postkarte | mit Antwortkarte" and a 5 Rpf Hitler medallion pre-printed stamp.

The reply portion has the same sender and destination section but the text beside the Hitler medallion stamp now reads "Postkarte | Antwortkarte"

SPECIAL CANCEL: N/A

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

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

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 1st Aug 1941
2. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
3. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
4. As a Registered Delivery card
5. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
6. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
7. Domestic Airmail usage
8. Postally unused
9. Domestic Bahnpost usage
10. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
11. With Special slogan cancels

EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE

Cancelled on the official issue date 1st Aug 1941

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

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