NAZI GERMANY
1934
MICHEL P250
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
6Rpf
Postcard P250 was issued to commemorate the 1st Anniversary of Adolf Hilter becoming Chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933. The picture features a Nazi Party rally beneath the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin and is inscribed "Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles!" ("Germany, Germany above everything!") the German National Anthem since 1922. The anthem is officially called 'Das Lied der Deutschen' or 'The Song of the Germans'.
The 6RPf indicia stamp depicts Adolf Hitler and the old Chancellor von Hindenburg. Hitler is pictured with Hindenburg in order to generate a sense of legitimacy and a connection to the past as Hindenburg was a well respected and admired national hero. For the first few years of the Nazi regime this was a constant theme (it can also been seen on propaganda posters), utilising Hindenburg to legitimise the regime, however as the Nazi stranglehold began to tighten and the regime grew more secure this link to the past was dropped (for example the Hindenburg stamps of 1934 were later replaced by very similar Hitler portrait stamps in 1941).
MICHEL P250
UNUSED
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P250 UNUSED
P250 UNUSED
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P250 UNUSED
P250 UNUSED
MICHEL P250
USED
Cancelled "OSTERWIECK 1-2-34" to BRAUNSCHWEIG, Lower Saxony, North Central Germany.
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
USED
This rather beaten up postcard has a BAHNPOST Cancel inscribed "HOLZMINDEN-BRAUNSCHWEIG | BAHNPOST | Zug 400 | 19-3-34" on the front and a circular, violet, "Gemeindekasse Kreis Boslar" handstamp on the reverse.
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
USED
Another weather beaten example of a P250 postcard, this time Cancelled "LECK 4-3-34" and destined for HAMBURG.
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
USED
This example of a P250 postcard was sent from BAD GODESBERG and has a CDS cancel dated 1.2.34.
"Dear Edi! I am ordering some sheets of Wohlf again these days. - and Fridericus brands from Berlin. Please let me know in about a week whether you, possibly your friends, are interested in a pad or return prints. Otherwise I use the brands myself in a familiar way. Precise information is required. Warm regards from home at home. Hans, Bad Godesberg 1.2.34 before 5-6"
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
USED
This example of a P250 postcard was sent from TREPTOW, and has a CDS cancel dated 30th Jan 1934. The mesaage on the reverse ends with a "Heil Hitler!" greeting.
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
USED
This example of a P250 postcard has an address and a message but has not been postally used (no cancellation). There is a Winterhilfswerk vignette applied on the front side.
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P250 USED
P250 USED
MICHEL P250
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER
This P250 postcard was NOT postally used, but it was cancelled-to-order in HANNOVER, on 1st Feb 1934. Initially I wondered why anyone would have this card cancelled with such a non-descript CDS. Then I realised it was most likely due to the date '1.2.34 5-6', that makes sense, as I can see no other reason to have this card invalidated for such a common CDS.
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P250 CTO
P250 CTO