OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1935)
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16-Sep-2026 05:27
MICHEL P255
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GERMAN EMERGENCY AID
6Rpf
This postcard was issued on 1st Oct 1935 and was valid for use until 30th June 1936.
It was designed to commemorate the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in Bückeberg near HAMELN and also for the opening of the museum of German Folklore in BERLIN. The postcard carries a 6 Rpf + 4 Rpf indicia stamp which shows the traditional costume of Lower Saxony. The 4 Rpf surcharge was a donation to the Emergency Service. There was a special cancel associated with this issue inscribed 'Bückeburg | Erntedanktag'.
The inscription reads as follows:
"Festpostkarte | der Deutschen Reichspost | zur Kundgeburg | auf dem Bückeberg bei hameln | und | zur Eröffnung des Museums | für Deutsche Volkskunde | in Berlin | Schloß Bellevue | am Erntedanktag | 1935
"Festive postcard | of the Deutsche Reichspost | for the rally | on the Bückeberg near hameln | and | for the opening of the Museum | for German Folklore | in Berlin | Bellevue Castle | on Thanksgiving Day | 1935
As well as the official card there were several official cards with additional private printing.
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. Cancelled on first day of issue 1st Oct 1935
2. Special machine SST "Bückeburg Ernte-Denktag" single circle stamp
3. Special machine SST "Bückeburg Ernte-Denktag" double circle stamp
4. Special machine advertising stamp "Karlsruhe, Stadt u. Landsuf zum Bückeberg"
5. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
6. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
7. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
8. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
9. As a Registered card
10. As a local delivery Express card
11. Posted at the Hamburg tram post office
12. USed as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
13. Domestic Armail usage
14. European Airmail usage
15. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
I would also add the following items:
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. Other special slogan cancels
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled on the official issue date 1st Oct 1935
"BÜCKEBURG ERNTE-DENKTAG"
(single circle stamp)
1. The card below was cancelled with the single circle special cancellation used in BÜCKEBURG on 4th Oct 1935 and was sent to KASSEL.
"BÜCKEBURG ERNTE-DENKTAG"
(double circle stamp)
The circular stamp is composed of two circles, one inside the other
"KARLSRUHE, STADT U. LANDSUF ZUM BÜCKEBERG" CANCEL
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITH NO ADDITIONAL SPECIAL MARKINGS
1. the following example was cancelled on 5th Oct 1935
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO CSR
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf TO HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
CHILE
1. The card below was posted in CRIMMITSCHAU on 14th Jan 1936 and was sent to an address in SANTIAGO, CHILE. The card has beeen over franked by 3 Rpf for a total of 18 Rpf.
REGISTERED CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
HAMBURG TRAM POST OFFICE
Posted at the Hamburg tram post office
POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL TO USE FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
1. This example has been cancelled in PLAUEN (VOGTLAND) on 30th Dec 1935. It also carries a popular slogan postmark inscribed "Vergiß nicht Straße und Hausnummer anzuggeben" - 'Don't forget to give the street and house number'
REFERENCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-52. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.
3. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DRITTEN REICHES" by Hans Peter Frech. 2014 Edition
