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.
P275
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 2nd Dec 1938. Special postcard to commemorate the vote on German occupation of the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The front of the card features a relief map of the Sudetenland with an image of Hitler leading a crowd of Nazi's apparently in a victory parade. The value stamp on the reverse depicts and eagle on a mountain with a large Swastika in the background.
A P275 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf green, eagle on a mountain with a large Swastika, pre-printed stamp. Note the inscription "September 1938" at the bottom edge of the stamp.
P275 Front
P275 Reverse
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
