GERMAN PHILATELY

PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1933)

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VAAM GEGR 1882
PP110-B-2/01 to /012 and P113-B-17/01 to /03
(1933)

These commemorative replycards were issued for the 50th Anniversary of VAAM, and there are three in the series. All feature a 3 Rpf Ebert pre-printed stamp on the message side and an 8 Rpf Ebert pre-printed stamp on the answer side. These are double cards, and the sender would send the complete card. Upon receipt the card would be torn in two and the reply would be sent on the unused 8 Rpf pre-paid portion.

The organization is the Allgemeiner Passiven-Verband des Akademischen Architektenvereins München, roughly, the "General Association of Passive (i.e., supporting/non-active) Members of the Academic Architects' Association of Munich," founded in 1882 ("GEGR. 1882"). The diamond-shaped monogram reads "V.A.A.M." (Verein Akademischer Architekten München). This would have been an alumni or dues-paying supporter arm of a Munich student/graduate architects' society, "passive members" being those who supported the association financially without participating in its active student activities, a common structure for German Vereine (associations) and student fraternities of the era.

The categorisation of these cards is a little confusing but:

P110-B-2/01: Brown version, Complete card not separated
P110-B-2/02: Brown version, Complete card, Message side used, Answer side unused.
P110-B-2/03: Brown version, Message side separated and used
P110-B-2/04: Brown version, Answer side separated and used
P110-B-2/05: Green version, Complete card not separated
P110-B-2/06: Green version, Complete card, Message side used, Answer side unused.
P110-B-2/07: Green version, Message side separated and used
P110-B-2/08: Green version, Answer side separated and used
P110-B-2/09: Black version, Complete card not separated
P110-B-2/010: Black version, Complete card, Message side used, Answer side unused.
P110-B-2/011: Black version, Message side separated and used
P110-B-2/012: Black version, Answer side separated and used
P113-B-17/01: 8Rpf Ebert (Brown - answer side of PP110-B-2/01): Reverse blank
P113-B-17/02: 8Rpf Ebert (Green - answer side of PP110-B-2/05): Reverse blank
P113-B-17/03: 8Rpf Ebert (Black -answer side of PP110-B-2/09): Reverse blank