OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1941)
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MICHEL P302
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
6Rpf HITLER PORTRAIT
VALIDITY: 1st Aug 1941 to the end of the war.
BACKGROUND: Issued from 1st Aug 1941 and featuring a 6 Rpf Hitler Medallion stamp. Text is in Antigua font. The sender's note is now on three lines, destination section with four dotted lines and a single solid line. The text beside the pre-printed stamp reads "Postkarte | mit Antwortkarte".
The reverse side has the same sender and destination characteristics as the message side only now the text reads "Postkarte | (Antworte)"
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
12. Private versions
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
This used example is the question or message portion of the reply card and was cancelled "STUTTGART-BAD CANNSTATT 1" on the 6th Jul 1944.
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: 978-3-95402-225-02. 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
