WEIMAR REPUBLIC
PRINTED TO PRIVATE ORDER
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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FIRST LUFTHANSA POSTAL FLIGHT , 11th GERMAN AVIATOR REUNION DAY , 4th Bundestag and 33rd German Philatelists Day , 6th GERMAN SHOW DRESDEN and 400th ANNIVERSARY MARBURG UNIVERSITY
FIRST LUFTHANSA POSTAL FLIGHT
PP89-C-1
(7th Mar 1927)
This postcard was published to commemorate Lufthansa's first Postal Flight and has a date of 7th Mar 1927 (although the flight actually took place on 21st Mar 1927). This card is based on the official postcard P168 and there was also a special cancel which can be seen on the example from my collection below. There is another, almost identical postcard, PP89-C-2, which only differs in the date which is 21st Mar 1927.
PP89-C-1
FROM MY COLLECTION
FIRST LUFTHANSA POSTAL FLIGHT
PP89-C-2
(21st Mar 1927)
This postcard was published to commemorate Lufthansa's first Postal Flight on 21st Mar 1927. This card is based on the official postcard P168 and there was also a special cancel which can be seen on PP89-C-1 above.
PP89-C-2
11th GERMAN AVIATOR REUNION DAY
PP92-C-1
This PP92 Hindenburg portrait postcard was published by Vleweg "AG" of Braunschweig to commemorate the 11th German Aviator's Day and was one of three variations. The Luftpostbestätigungsstempel (Airmail confirmation stamp) inscribed "Mit Luftpost befördert | Postagentur Brocken" was the only one used in Brocken. There are two versions of this stamp in the Michel Zeppelin Specialised catalogue, F-16-01/a in red ink and this one F-16-01/b in violet ink (page 520)
In addition to the Luftpostbestätigungsstempel there is also a Sonderstempel (special cancel) used in Braunschweig inscribed "BRAUNSCHWEIG 1 | -9.10.27 | Erster PostFlug | zum Brocken" and is listed as J36, page 548 of the catalogue.
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Michel PP92-C-1/01
FROM MY COLLECTION
PP101-C-3
4th BUNDESTAG and
33rd GERMAN PHILATELIC DAY
This series of 11 private postcards was issued from 19th to 23rd Mar 1927 in Berlin to commemorate the 4th Bundestag and 33rd German Philatelic Day. The cards each feature a prominent German Philatelist. In addition to the postcards, there were two special cancels available, the first inscribed "BERLIN SW 61 | 4 Bundestag | 1927 | 33. Deutscher Philatelistentag" and the second inscribed "POTSDAM | BERLIN | 4 Bundestag | 33. Deutscher Philatelistentag | Schiffspost | D.Wintermärchen".
There were two sets issued, this one where all 11 cards have a 5Pf Schiller pre-printed stamp and a second set, PP97-C-2, which all feature a 3Pf Goethe pre-printed stamp.
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PP101-C-3
PP101-C-4
6th ANNUAL SHOW DRESDEN
(1st Jun/30th Sep 1927)
This postcard was published to commemorate the 6th Annual German Show in Dresden held from 1st Jun to 30th Sep 1927.
PP101-C-4
PP101-C-5
400th ANNIVERSARY of PHILLIPS
UNIVERSITY - MARBURG
There were two almost identical postcards issued to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Phillips University in Marburg from 29th to 31st Jul 1927.
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PP101-C-5-02
