1887 My Covers

GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1887

All 1887 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:
P16, P17, P18, P19

ROHRPOSTKARTE:
RP6 and RP7

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MICHEL P16 and P17

Domestic postcards with a form change (intermediate edition). Address form still with 4 simple lines of dots, but now with a three-line "Wohnung | (Straβe und | Hausnummer)' note in front of the fourth line of dots, with dot gap and also with print date.

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MICHEL P16
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887 and inscribed 'DEUTSCHES REICHSPOST | POSTKARTE.' The pre-printed stamp is a 1880 issue Michel 40 5Pf stamp inscribed "5 PFENNIG 5 | DEUTSCHE REICHS-POST | 5 PFENNIG 5 ". P16 can be differentiated from similar postcards by the control code on the bottom right-hand side, P16 will have control code 287 and/or gaps in the 4th dotted address line at one of the following positions: left 10, 15 or right 15,

Click here for P16 cards in my collection.

Michel P16
5Pf violet

MICHEL P17
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887. This is a Reply card very similar to Michel P16 above except now with additional text 'Die angebogene Karte ist fur | die Antwort bestimmt' - 'The attached card is for the reply'. P17 is only found with control date 287 and gap at position 'L30' in the 4th dotted address line.

Click here for P17 cards in my collection.

Michel P17
ReplyCard
2x 5Pf violet

MICHEL P18
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Domestic postcards with renewed form change, address form with apartment note as well as extended and underlined 3rd line, with gap in the 4th line. There are three different varieties of this card.

Click here for P18 cards in my collection.

Michel P18-I
5Pf violet

FROM MY COLLECTION

Michel P18-II
5Pf violet

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MICHEL P19
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887. This is a Reply card very similar to postcard, Michel P18 above. There are two versions of this replycard.

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Michel P19
ReplyCard
2x 5Pf violet (Code 388, gap L30)

FROM MY COLLECTION

MICHEL RP6
OFFICIAL ROHRPOSTKARTE
25 PFENNIG

Issued 1877. Inscribed "DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | ROHRPOST-KARTE". The same design as previous RP1 to RP5 but now with colour change of the value stamp, was violet but is now orange-brown 25Pf small eagle in ellipse value stamp.

Click RP6 here for more details.