GET TO KNOW GERMANY POSTCARDS

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GET TO KNOW GERMANY
THE FIRST HINDENBURG SERIES
P221 / 15

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 "Schloß Bruschal bei Heidelberg, | eine hervorragende Sehenwürdigkeit"

'Bruschal Palace near Heidelberg, an outstanding sight to see'.

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

1. The following postally used P221/15 postcard was cancelled in WILDENFELS on 18th Nov 1933 and was sent to FÜRSTENBERG.




2. The next example has a rural or LAND cancellation from DIEZ on 13th Apr 1935.





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.