WEIMAR REPUBLIC
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1927
The 1927 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1927 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:
P169 , P174 , P175 , P176 , P177 , P178, P179 and P207
MICHEL P169
OFFICIAL LUFTPOSTKARTE
15Rpf
Change of form, now with four-lines of text and no dotted lines in the sender's section. The destination section has two lines of text and a single dotted line.
Now with Luftpostkarte (Airmail) above the central divider (which now consists of three vertical lines). The value stamp is now a 15Rpf, lilac eagle.
Eventhough P169 was available at the counter in Berlin, it was not sold until all stocks of P168 had been sold out.
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Michel P169
15Rpf lilac
15Rpf lilac
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P174
OFFICIAL BILDPOSTCARD
5Rpf
Picture postcard P174 is actually a series of 10 postcards all depicting famous locations within Germany and featuring a green, 5Rpf Friedrich von Schiller stamp. These cards also exist with a "DRUCKPROBE" impression which are rarer and therefore more expensive than the cards without the imprint. These cards are easily identifiable by the long-tailed 'e' of 'Postkarte' and the 5Rpf Shiller stamp.
Here are more details on the P174 series
Michel P174/01
5Rpf green
5Rpf green
FROM MY COLLECTION
Michel P174/02
5Rpf green
5Rpf green
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P175
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Rpf
Features a 5Rpf Friedrich von Schiller pre-printed stamp. There were two variations: Type 'I' with straight edges and Type 'II' with serrated edge. P175 is almost identical to the 1926 P170 only the P170 has a darker green pre-printed stamp.
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Michel P175-I
5Rpf green
5Rpf green
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P176
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8Rpf
Features a 8Rpf Ludwig van Beethoven pre-printed stamp. There were two variations: Type 'I' with straight edges and Type 'II' with serrated edge.
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Michel P176 Type 'I'
8Rpf dark green
8Rpf dark green
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P177
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
8Rpf
This is a reply card and features a 8Rpf Ludwig van Beethoven pre-printed stamp. There were two variations: Type 'I' with straight edges and Type 'II' with serrated edge. The image below is the Message (F) part of the reply card.
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Michel P177-I (F)
2x 8Rpf dark green
2x 8Rpf dark green
Michel P177-II
2x 8Rpf dark green
2x 8Rpf dark green
MICHEL P178
OFFICIAL BILDPOSTCARD
8Rpf
Issued 1927 and featuring pictures of well known German landmarks this series of cards consists of 27 different cards. They all have a pre-printed 8Pf Ludwig van Beethoven stamp amd the 27 towns are as follows: 01 – Adenau Nürburgring, 02 – Ahlbeck, 03 – Amberg Stadtbrille, 04 – Amberg Town Hall, 05 – Darmstadt, 06 – Bad Elster Spa, 07 – Guben, 08 – Helsa Health Resort, Kassel, 09 – Iserlohn, 10 – Landeck Spa, 11 – Mannheim Inner Port, 12 – Mannheim Town Hall, 13 – Mannheim Bridge & Castle, 14 – Mannheim Castle
15 – Mühlheim, 16 – Neumünster Factories, 17 – Neuwied, 18 – Nürnberg Castle, 19 – Nürnberg Dürer House, 20 – Nürnberg German Museum, 21 – Nürnberg Hospital, 22 – Nürnberg Hangman’s Bridge, 23 – Quedlinburg, 24 – Schweinfurt, 25 – Bad Salzbrunn Spa, 26 – Stromberg and 27 – Worms.
Here are more details on the P178 series of cards
Michel P178/15
8Rpf dark green
8Rpf dark green
FROM MY COLLECTION
Michel P178/19
8Rpf dark green
8Rpf dark green
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P179
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8Rpf
Special postcard for the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Post Office C2. The pre-printed stamp is an 8Rpf Beethoven stamp. The reverse side of the card features a multicolored picture of a postman from 1827.
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Michel P179
8Rpf dark green
8Rpf dark green
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P207
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8Rpf
P207 is a special postcard issued to commemorate the eightieth birthday of Reich's President Paul von Hindenburg. The value stamp is an 8Rpf Hindenburg stamp. There are two versions of this card.
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Michel P207a
8Rpf green
8Rpf green
FROM MY COLLECTION
Michel P207b
8Rpf green
8Rpf green
FROM MY COLLECTION
