1899 My Covers

GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1899

All 1899 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).

Quick Links:

POSTCARDS:
P43

POSTANWEISUNGEN (POSTAL ORDER):
A12

KARTENBRIEF:
K8

line

MICHEL P43
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
GERMANIA

Published 28th Dec 1899. Format 140 x 90mm. Special postcard issued to celebrate the turn of the century. The value stamp is a pre-printed Germania 5Pf stamp inscribed "REICHSPOST", with decorations (laurel branches around the value stamp). The design on the lefthand side depicts the year "1900", in front of a sun emerging from the clouds.

Click here for more information.

MICHEL A12
OFFICIAL POSTANWEISUNGEN
20Pf

Issued: 1899. "Post=Anweisung". Changed form. On the section only "Absender"; "auf ... Mark ... Pf." beginning directly next to the vertical dividing line, fee tariff on the back.

Click here for more information.

Michel A12
20Pf blue stamp

MICHEL K8 **
OFFICIAL KARTENBRIEF
10Pf

Issued in 1899. This kartenbrief has the same design on the front as that of K1-K7 previously. K8 is the last of 8 Kartenbrief with this 10Pf 'large eagle in circle', pre-printed stamp.

It can be distinguished from the earlier cards by the absence of perforation holes at the top of the card. The earlier cards had perforation holes all the way from the top to the bottom, whereas K8 does not have them at the very top.

Click here for more details.