GERMAN EMPIRE
PRINTED TO PRIVATE ORDER
POSTCARDS
1908
The 1908 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1908 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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11th GERMAN GYMNASTICS COMPETITION and XX GERMAN PHILATELIST'S DAY
XI GERMAN GYMNASTICS FESTIVAL
Issued Jul 1908 to commemorate the 11th German Gymnastics Tournament In Franakfurt (MAIN).Click here for more details on this series of three cards.
PP27-C-84/03
XX GERMAN PHILATELIST'S DAY
(1st/3rd Aug 1908
This series of 15 postcards with 3Pf Germania pre-printed stamps (PP23-C-8/01 to /15) and 15 postcards with pre-printed 5Pf Germania stamps (PP27-C-85/01 to /15) was published to commemorate the XX German Philatelist's Day as well as the XII German Austria Philatelic Association. In addition these cards also exist wothout a pre-printed stamp.
PHILATELIST'S DAY
