GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1888
All 1888 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):
A7
MICHEL A7
OFFICIAL POSTANWEISUNGEN
20 PFENNIG
Issued 1888. As 1886 Michel A6 but change in form of the abbreviation 'Nr.'. The top right of the 'N' is now curved downwards and the 'r' is much shorter. There are two variations of this postal order:
A7 I: upper penny grid with ribbons on the right
A7 II: upper penny grid with ribbons on the left
Valid printing control dates:
Type 'I': 988(2,3,4), 1088(3,4), 1188(2,4) and 1288(2).
Type 'II': 189(2,4), 289(2,3,4), 389(2,3), 489(2,4), 589(2,4), 689(0,2,3), 789(3) and 889(2).
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Michel A7 Type II
20Pf blue
20Pf blue
