GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1883
All 1883 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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STRIEFBÄNDER (WRAPPERS):
S7
MICHEL S7 **
OFFICIAL STRIEFBÄNDER
3 PFENNIG
Issued Aug 1883/1888. Features a Michel 39 stamp. Larger format. Yellowish. 162 x 230 mm. There are two versions of this wrapper as follows:
S7-A: 1883 Issue. Folding cut: A = bevel edge 24mm
S7-B: 1888 Issue. Folding cut: B = bevel edge 48mm.
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Michel S7-A
3Pf, blue-green stamp
3Pf, blue-green stamp
FROM MY COLLECTION
S7 has a known plate flaw where the green line running around the edge of the denomination '3' is broken underneath the horizontal bar.
