NAZI GERMANY
OTHER POSTCARDS
1942

The 1942 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1942 Official postcards are now on this page. Official postcards are cards that were issued by the Reich's post office, had pre-printed (indicia) stamps and were widely available throughout German towns and cities.

Secondly Printed to Private Order postcards are postcards that were generally issued by entities that were advertising an event or commemorating an anniversary, and also had pre-printed stamps, but were not widely available throughout Germany (most were only available at the event they were commemorating).

Thirdly Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed to private order however they do not have pre-printed stamps.

Finally, Miscellaneous postcards is where you will find postcards that do not fit into the first three categories (i.e. they are not official, they do not have pre-printed stamps, and they do not commemorate an event).

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Quick Links:
STAMP DAY , DAY of GERMAN POLICE , HEROES MEMMORIAL DAY and GRUSS AUS WELS

STAMP DAY
(11th Jan 1942)

Sponsored by the Unified Organisation of German Stamp Collectors to commemorate Stamp Day on 11th Jan 1942.

Vienna Collectors

FROM MY COLLECTION

A second Stamp Day commemorative postcard was published to commemorate the Leoben Stamp show held from 10th to 12th Jan 1942.

Leoben Stamp Show

DAY of GERMAN POLICE
(15th Feb 1942)

This postcard was issued on 15th Feb 1942 to commemorate the Day of the German Police.

DAY OF GERMAN POLICE

FROM MY COLLECTION

HERO'S MEMMORIAL DAY
(10th Mar 1942)

This postcard was issued on 10th Mar 1942 to commemorate 'Hero's Memorial Day'. The card was published by Photo Hoffmann, Munich and there was an inscription on the reverse 'München. Haus der Deutschen Kunst | K.Bronisch, Berlin. | Im memoriam'. There was no pre-printed stamp, however, there was an official stamp Michel 812 that was also issued to commemorate the day.

HERO'S DAY

FROM MY COLLECTION

THE SOVIET PARADISE EXHIBITION
(9th May/21st Jun 1942)

In addition to the Vienna 1941 issue cards, there were four series published in 1942. The first three series consist of six cards each and were issued when the exhibition visited Berlin, Hamburg and Essen. The fourth series does not have any date or location information.

Click here for more details on all four series.

SOVIET PARADISE EXHIBITION

COMING SOON

THE SOVIET PARADISE EXHIBITION
(26th Sep 1942)

SOVIET PARADISE EXHIBITION

FROM MY COLLECTION

RITTER VON SCHONERER EXHIBITION
(26th Sep/8th Nov 1942)

RITTER VON SCHONERER EXHIBITION

FROM MY COLLECTION

GRUSS AUS WELS
GREETINGS FROM WELS
(26th Dec 1942)

This postcard is inscribed "GRUSS AUS WELS" or 'Greetings from Wels' and was postally used on 26th Dec 1942. The inscription on the reverse side reads "Entwurf: Mar Kislinger, Liz a.D. | Herausgegeben vom Kulturamt der Stadt Wels | Karte Nr. 6"" - 'Design: Mar Kislinger, Liz aD | Published by the cultural office of the city of Wels | Card No. 6'.