GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1882
All 1882 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:
P12 and P13
MICHEL P12
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1882. Features a Michel 40 stamp. Inscribed along the top and centre 'DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | POSTKARTE'. Domestic postcards with a print date on the bottom right, Address form with 4 simple lines of dots, with a gap in the 4th line of dots.
Differences in the representation of the print date:
P12/01: Month and Year separated by a gap such as '1 82' or '3 84'
P12/02: Month and Year not separated by a gap such as '384' or '287'
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Michel P12/01
5Pf violet
5Pf violet
FROM MY COLLECTION
Michel P12/02
5Pf violet
5Pf violet
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P13
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1882. Features a Michel 40 stamp. Inscribed along the top and centre 'DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | POSTKARTE'. Domestic postcards with a print date on the bottom right, with P13 only the question side of the card has the print date. Address section has 4 simple lines of dots, with a gap in the 4th line of dots.
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Michel P13
Reply Card
2x 5Pf violet
Reply Card
2x 5Pf violet
