Accension Number: 2022.02.8.51
Stamp: 5+3 pfennig “Deutsches Reich” “Winterhilfswerk”
Postmark: “SCHAFFENDE SAMMELN — SCHAFFENDE GEBEN” 30.3.41
The postcard has no address; it is simply a large illustration related to “6. WHW Reichs-Straßensammlung” (6th WHW National Street Collection) which was held March 29-31, 1940. It features two butterflies and a prominent swastika symbol integrated with a gear, representing the National Socialist ideology of work and community.
“ABGABEPREIS: 20 RPF” indicates the issue price of 20 Reichspfennig.
“K.d.F. = SAMMLERGRUPPEN” refers to “Kraft dutch Freude” (Strength Through Joy) collector groups, which were Nazi-era leisure organizations.
