NAZI GERMANY
MY P289
THE DAY of the STAMP
This postcard was originally published to commemorate 'The Day of the Stamp' in 1940. There were several variations of this postcard e.g. 1941 P241 . The first, P289, was published to commemorate stamp day on 7th Jan 1940. This version is easily identifiable by the inscription 'Tag der Briefmarke 7. Januar 1940.', just below the image of the postman.
There were two designs of special cancellation used on 6th Jan as well as on 'Stamp Day' the 7th Jan 1940:
The first special cancel features a postman blowing his horn with a whip in his left hand. To his right is the logo of the R.d.P (Reichsbund der Philatelisten) and to his left is a ribbon with the date '7.1.1940'. Below the postman is the inscription 'Tag der Briefmarke'. This cancel was used in 29 Cities as follows:
BERLIN, BREMEN, BRESLAU, DANZIG, ERFURT, FRANKFURT (MAIN), FRANKFURT (ODER), GMUNDEN, GÖβNITZ, GREIZ, HALLE, HAMBURG, HANNOVER, KASSEL, KIEL, LEIPZIG, LINZ(DONAU), MANNHEIM, MÜNCHEN, NÜRNBERG, POSEN, REICHENBERG, STETTIN, STUTTGART, SUWALKI, TROPPAU, WEIMAR, WIEN and WIESBADEN.
The second special cancel features an image of a Michel 714 'REINTEGRATION of DANZIG' stamp with a steel helmet, sword and 'WHW' abbreviation below it. To the left of this image is a 'WHW' Swastika in gear logo, to the right the date '7.1 | 1940' and below it the inscription 'Tag der Briefmarke'. This cancel was used in the following 14 cities:
BERLIN, BOCHUM, DRESDEN, GERA, HALLE, HAMBURG, HANNOVER, KASSEL, KATTTOWITZ, LODSCH, MANNHEIM, MEMEL, STETTIN and STUTTGART.
Of course these cards also exist with other cancellations that are not related to the actual Day of the Stamp.
'The DAY of the STAMP'
P289
(UNUSED)
P289 was the original version of this card and it featured a green 6Rpf, posthorn pre-printed stamp. The card sold for 25Rpf and the pre-paid postage was 6Rpf. The difference between the price of the card and the postage (19Rpf) was a donation to Hitler's Culture Fund.
(1)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
'The DAY of the STAMP'
P289
(CTO)
These first two examples are favour cancelled with a special 'Day of the Stamp' cancellation inscribed "REICHENBERG | (SUDETENLAND) | 7.1.1940 | Tag der Briefmarke".
(2)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
(3)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
These two examples also have special cancels related to the 'Day of the Stamp'. The first is inscribed "LODSCH | 7.1.1940"| Tag der Briefmarke". The second special cancel is inscribed "WIEN 110 | 7.1.1940"| Tag der Briefmarke".
(4)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
(5)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
The first of the following two cancels was used in what used to be the free city of Danzig, and is inscribed "DANZIG | 7.1.1940 | Tag der Briefmarke". The second is inscribed "HAMBURG | 7.1.1940 | Tag der Briefmarke".
(6)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
(7)
P289
P289
FROM MY COLLECTION
OTHER VERSIONS
There is another version of this card that was issued in March 1940. This version has exactly the same design as the original, however the reverse contains a long text message. The message is headed "Reichsbund der Philatelisten e.V | hauptgeschaftstelle: Berlin-Marienfelde, Kirchste, 60 | Postcheckkonto: Berlin 82460", followed by 17 lines of text and ending "heil Hitler! | gez. Frey stellv, Reichsbundesführer".
March 1940 Version