GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1884
All 1884 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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POSTANWEISUNGEN (POSTAL ORDERS):
A3
MICHEL A3
OFFICIAL POSTANWEISUNGEN
20 PFENNIG
Issued 1884. Inscribed "DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | POST-ANWEISUNG'. On the reverse at the lower right "Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei", underneath the printing date. On the front of the card the 3rd line has either 61 or 63mm long, otherwise as 1880 issue A1 and A2 .
There are three versions of this postal order as follows:
A3 TYPE I: 27 grid lines and print control date 484.
A3 TYPE II: 27 grid lines and print control date 584, 684, 784, 884, 984, 1084, 1184, 1284, 185, 285 or 385.
A3 TYPE III: 22 grid lines and print control date 884.
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Michel A3
20Pf blue
20Pf blue
