GERMAN EMPIRE
1887

MICHEL P18
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887. Domestic postcard with changed design. Address section now with "Wohnung" note. Extended and underlined 3rd line, with gap in the 4th dotted line.

There are three variations of P18 with the following print control codes and gaps in 4th dotted line.

P18 I: 287 (L30, R15), 387 (L5, L15, L30, R5. R15), 487 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R5, L15+R10), 587 (L5, L15. L30, R5, R15), 687 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R5), 787 (L5, L10, L20, L30, R15), 887 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R5, R15), 987 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R5), 1087 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R15), 1187 (L5, L10, L30, R5), 1287 (L5, L10, L15, L20, L30, R15), 188 (L5. L10, L15, L30, R20), 288 (L5, L10, L30, R15, R20), 388 (L5, L10, L20, R15. R20), 488 (L5, L10, R5, R15), 588 (L5, L10, L30, R5, R20), 688 (L5, L15, L20, R5, R15, R20), 788 (L5, L30, R5, R15), 888 (L5, L10, L15, L20, L30, R20, L5+R15), 988 (L5, L10, L30, R5, R15), 1088 (L15, L30, R5, R15, R20), 1188 (L5, L10, L20, L30), 1288 (L10, L15, L20, L30, R15), 189 (L5, L10, L15, L30), 289 (L5, L10, L20, R5, R20, R25), 389 (L5, L15, L30, R15, R20, R25), 489 (L5, L10, L15, L30, R15, L20+R5), 589 (L5, L10, L20, L30, R5, R15, R20), 689 (L5, L15, L20, L30, R5), 789 (L5, L10, L20, L30, R15, R20, R25), 889 (L30), 989 (L5, L20, R15)

P18 II: 1187, 889

P18 Fd: (L5, L30, R15)

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P18 I UNUSED

(1)
UNUSED P18 I
Code 389
Gap at R25

FROM MY COLLECTION

(2)
UNUSED P18 I
Code 587
Gap at R5

FROM MY COLLECTION

P18 I USED

This example of a used P18 I has been cancelled with a BAHNPOST cancel "ASCHERSLEBEN WITTENBERG" train No. 110 on 4th Jun 1889 and was bound for WIESBADEN.

(1)
USED P18 I
Code 389
Gap at L5

FROM MY COLLECTION

The following P18 I was sent from BERLIN to PARIS on 3rd Sep 1889. Note the addition of a 5Pf self-adhesive stamp to uprate the postcard to the international delivery rate of 10Pf.