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 P121
and REPLY CARD P123
There is only a single official postcard (P121) and one official replycards (P123) produced with the carmine, 40Pf, Germania stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH".
P121
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1920 to account for postal increase on 6th May 1920. There are two versions of this card: Type A, the Berlin print, is made with rough cardboard and the Type B, Munich print, is manufactured on smooth cardboard. For the Berlin print, the lines of dots consist of 71 dots (lines spaced 28 to 25mm apart), in the Munich print there are 76 dots (line spacing 30 to 25mm apart). P121A exists with two sub-variants: P121A-I has straight edges and P121A-II has a serrated edge.
A P121 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 40Pf Germania stamp with "DEUTSCHES REICH" inscription.
P121
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P123
(REPLY CARD)
Issued: 1920 to account for postal increase on 6th May 1920. There is onnly one version of this reply card, the Berlin print, which is made with rough cardboard.
A P123 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 30Pf Germania stamp with "DEUTSCHES REICH" inscription.
P123
REPLY CARD
REPLY CARD
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
