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Third Reich Postal Stationery - Postcards

Winterhilfswerk

MiNr. P274/01 MiNr. P274/01
MiNr. P274/02 MiNr. P274/02
MiNr. P274/03 MiNr. P274/03
MiNr. P274/04 MiNr. P274/04
MiNr. P274/05 MiNr. P274/05
MiNr. P274/06 MiNr. P274/06

The cards of this series were issued to benefit the Winterhilfswerk program. One card design was issued for each of the six months of the program, October-March, though the October card was not actually issued until 18 November.

The cards depict:

  • /01 — Woman gathering harvest (18 Nov 1938)
  • /02 — Woman serving stew (18 Nov 1938)
  • /03 — Woman painting WHW trinkets (1 Dec 1938)
  • /04 — Woman collecting clothes (2 Jan 1939)
  • /05 — Workman with hammer (1 Feb 1939)
  • /06 — Fisherman in oilskins (1 Mar 1939)
This series was also privately overprinted in the upper left corner by the KdF for the Nach der Arbeit Exhibition in Berlin, 20-21 May 1939. Michel notes the overprints, but does not assign a separate catalog number. They are cataloged separately in Borek as Bo 262.

Bo 262/1 Bo 262/1
Bo 262/2 Bo 262/2
Bo 262/3 Bo 262/3
Bo 262/4 Bo 262/4
Bo 262/5 Bo 262/5
Bo 262/6 Bo 262/6

KdF Emblem Overprint

A commemorative cancel was available at the exhibition.

Commemorative Cancel

Set Date(s)

18 November 1938 / 1 March 1939

Winterhilfswerk

MiNr. P274/01 MiNr. P274/01
MiNr. P274/02 MiNr. P274/02
MiNr. P274/03 MiNr. P274/03
MiNr. P274/04 MiNr. P274/04
MiNr. P274/05 MiNr. P274/05
MiNr. P274/06 MiNr. P274/06

The cards of this series were issued to benefit the Winterhilfswerk program. One card design was issued for each of the six months of the program, October-March, though the October card was not actually issued until 18 November.

The cards depict:

  • /01 — Woman gathering harvest (18 Nov 1938)
  • /02 — Woman serving stew (18 Nov 1938)
  • /03 — Woman painting WHW trinkets (1 Dec 1938)
  • /04 — Woman collecting clothes (2 Jan 1939)
  • /05 — Workman with hammer (1 Feb 1939)
  • /06 — Fisherman in oilskins (1 Mar 1939)
This series was also privately overprinted in the upper left corner by the KdF for the Nach der Arbeit Exhibition in Berlin, 20-21 May 1939. Michel notes the overprints, but does not assign a separate catalog number. They are cataloged separately in Borek as Bo 262.

Bo 262/1 Bo 262/1
Bo 262/2 Bo 262/2
Bo 262/3 Bo 262/3
Bo 262/4 Bo 262/4
Bo 262/5 Bo 262/5
Bo 262/6 Bo 262/6

KdF Emblem Overprint

A commemorative cancel was available at the exhibition.

Commemorative Cancel

Set Date(s)

18 November 1938 / 1 March 1939