GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
Please note the following for this website. Official Postcards are defined as:
1. Postcards of the German Empire issued by the Official German postal Authority, from 1873 until 1945.
2. Postcards that were generally available throughout the entire country and have a pre-printed (Indicia) stamp to cover the cost of postage.
The vast majority of official postcards have no printing on the reverse side so no image of the reverse side is provided, except in the few instances where there was something printed on the reverse of the card.
POSTCARD P109 and REPLYCARD P111
The 5½Pf Germania stamp, inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" was used on only one official postcard, and one official replycard.
P109
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. This postcard was introduced due to the introduction of a war tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. The value stamp is a 5½Pf Germania stamp, inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" on a non-hatched background.
A P109 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 5½Pf Germania stamp, inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH".
P109
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P111
(REPLYCARD)
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. This replycard was introduced due to the introduction of a war tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. The value stamp is a 5½Pf Germania stamp, inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" on a non-hatched background. A separated P111 can be differentiated from the P109 postcard by the additional text "mit Antwortkarte" on the (F) or question side and "(Antworte)" on the (A) or reply side.
A P111 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 5½Pf Germania stamp, inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH".
P111
REPLYCARD
REPLYCARD
MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES
1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-02. BOREK GANZSACHEN-SPEZIAL-KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND ab 1933. ISBN: 3-87091-060-7
3. MICHEL BILDPOSTKARTEN- UND MOTIVGANSACHEN KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND 1997. ISBN: 3-87858-631-0
4. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DITTEN REICHES" 1933-1945 by FRECH. ISBN: UNKNOWN
