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.
P263
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 21st Sep 1936. Special postcard for the German Winter Welfare Fund. The value stamp features a large No.6 and a spade/shovel. The image on the front-left is that of Adolf Hitler digging the first stage of the 1,000Km Autobahn. The inscription reads "23.9.1933 Erster Spatenstich | 23.9.1936 1000Km Autobahn fertig" - '23.9.1933 First groundbreaking | 23.9.1936 1000km of motorway finished'.
A P263 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf + 4Pf brown large No.6 and spade/shovel pre-printed stamp. And
(2) Image of Adolf Hitler digging the first stage of the autobahn.
P263
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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
