GERMAN EMPIRE
PRINTED TO PRIVATE ORDER
POSTCARDS
1903
The 1903 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1903 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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BERLIN EVENT , RIESENGEBIRGS EXHIBITION and STEEL ENGRAVING, REPRODUCTION
BERLIN EVENT
(PP20-C-2)
This postcard was published to commemorate an event in Berlin held from 19th to 31st Jan 1903. [More Research Required].
RIESENGEBIRGS EXHIBITION
There were three postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-3, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-1, and 5Pf Germania PP27-C-19) issued to commemorate the Riesengebirgs Exhibition held in Leipzig in May 1903.
STEEL ENGRAVING, REPRODUCTION
This postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-14) has the date 27th Jan (but no year). [More Research Required].
