GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
Please note the following for this website. Official Postcards are defined as:
1. Postcards of the German Empire issued by the Official German postal Authority, from 1873 until 1945.
2. Postcards that were generally available throughout the entire country and have a pre-printed (Indicia) stamp to cover the cost of postage.
The vast majority of official postcards have no printing on the reverse side so no image of the reverse side is provided, except in the few instances where there was something printed on the reverse of the card.
P294
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 12th Oct 1942 to commemorate the European Postal Congress held in Vienna in 1942.
A P294 must have the following characteristics:
(1) The value stamp depicts a postal rider riding over the globe without additonal inscription. And
(2) The left-hand pane has the inscription "EUROPAISCHER | POSTKONGRESS | WIEN 1942" - 'EUROPEAN POSTAL CONGRESS VIENNA 1942'
P294
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P295
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 19th Oct 1942. This postcard is exactly the same as P294 above, but now with additonal text "19.Okt.1942" on the lower edge of the stamp.
A P295 must have the following characteristics:
(1) The value stamp depicts a postal rider riding over the globe with additional inscription "19.Okt.1942". And
(2) The left-hand pane has the inscription "EUROPAISCHER | POSTKONGRESS | WIEN 1942" - 'EUROPEAN poSTAL CONGRESS VIENNA 1942'
P295
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-02. 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
