NAZI GERMANY
OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
1944
The 1944 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1944 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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POSTCARDS:
P297 , P313 and P314
MICHEL P297
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GERMAN GOLDSMITHS' ART
Issued 11th Sep 1944
to promote the German Goldsmiths' Trade. There is an unofficial postcard with this design that has 'Mitgliedskarte fur
' on the reverse side that is not an official release.
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P297
P297
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P313
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Rpf
Issued Aug/Nov 1944. Change in format. "Absender" and address lines now consist of 5 dotted lines each. Sender and recipient both have a circle for the postal code.
Two types exist:
Type 'a': has a 21.5mm gap in the vertical line
Type 'b': has a 18.5mm gap.
The Propaganda Message reads "Der Führer Kennt nur Kampf, | Arbeit und Sorge. | Wir wollen ihm den Teil abnehmen, | Den wir ihm abnehmen Können" - ' The leader knows only struggle, work and care. We want to relieve the parts from him that we can'.
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MICHEL P313(a)
5Rpf Green
5Rpf Green
MICHEL P313(b)
5Rpf Green
5Rpf Green
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MICHEL P314
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
6Rpf
Issued Aug/Nov 1944
. Change in format. "Absender" and address lines now consist of 5 dotted lines each. Sender and recipient both have a circle for the postal code.
There are three variations:
Type 'Ia': without a propaganda message and with a 21.5mm gap in the vertical divinding line.
Type 'IIa': with a propaganda message and a 21.5mm gap in the vertical line
Type 'IIb': with a propaganda message and also a 18.5mm gap in the vertical divider.
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MICHEL P314 I(a)
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P314 II(b)
FROM MY COLLECTION
