Set Date(s)
18 November 1938 / 1 March 1939
Third Reich
Winterhilfswerk
MiNr. P274/01
MiNr. P274/02
MiNr. P274/03
MiNr. P274/04
MiNr. P274/05
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.
KdF Emblem Overprint
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 262/2
Bo 262/3
Bo 262/4
Bo 262/5
Bo 262/6
A commemorative cancel was available at the exhibition.
Commemorative Cancel
Winterhilfswerk
MiNr. P274/01
MiNr. P274/02
MiNr. P274/03
MiNr. P274/04
MiNr. P274/05
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.
KdF Emblem Overprint
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 262/2
Bo 262/3
Bo 262/4
Bo 262/5
Bo 262/6
A commemorative cancel was available at the exhibition.
Commemorative Cancel