GET TO KNOW GERMANY POSTCARDS

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GET TO KNOW GERMANY
THE FIRST HINDENBURG SERIES
P221 / 04

The First Hindenburg 'Get to Know Germany' series appeared in early 1933 and are collectively refered to as P221. This series comprises a total of 78 different cards, 69 of them have the heading 'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' and the remaining 9 have either 'Besucht das Grenzland' (1 example), 'Besucht das schöne Schlesien' (5 examples) or 'Prußische Staatsbader' (3 examples).

Cards of the first Hindenburg series are easily identified by the elongated tail on the 'e' of 'Postkarte'. Later issues do not have such an elongated 'e'.



The inscription below the image reads "Besucht Arendsee, das Große Binnenseebad der Altmark"

'Visit Arendsee, the large inland seaside resort of the Altmark'.

This card differs from P221/05 in that this image does not feature a slide.

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

1. The following postally used example was cancelled in DESSAU on 21st Jul 1933 and was sent to BAD SEGEBERG.




2. The next postally used example was cancelled in GÖTTINGEN on 2nd Oct 1934.




3. Another postally used example, this time posted in BERLIN W on 10th Oct 1935, was sent to GIESSEN, LAHN.





These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018' ISBN 9783954022250
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.