OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1941)

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P298
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 Rpf HITLER PORTRAIT

VALIDITY: 1st Aug 1941 to the end of the war.

BACKGROUND: Issued from 1st Aug 1941 and featuring a Hitler Medallion stamp. Permanent postcards. Text is in Antigua font and the sender's note is now on three lines.

In addition there were several private printings of P298.

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 Armail usage
8. Postally unused
9. Domestic Bahnpost usage
10. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
11. With additional private printing
12. 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

SWITZERLAND

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

1. The example below features a special handstamp cancelled on 6.9.1942 and inscribed:

"FRANKFURT (MAIN) | STADT DER DEUTSCHEN HANDWERKS | Werbeschau | der | Gemeinschaft Deutscher Sammler"

'FRANKFURT (MAIN). CITY OF GERMAN CRAFTS. Advertising Exhibition of the Association of German Collectors'

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