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 P137
and REPLYCARD P139-I
Postcard P137 and Replycard P139-I were the only cards published with this 30Pf Germania Stamp, with over-struck 15Pf Bayern stamp. These cards were only available in Bavaria but they were valid throughout Germany.
P137
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1921. This postcard measures 140 x 90mm and features a 30Pf Blue Germania stamp adjacent to a 15Pf Bayern stamp cancelled with two parallel beams. There are two versions of P137, P137-I with unbroken beams across the 10Pf stamp and P137-II where the beams are broken horizontally and look like four beams.
A P137 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 30Pf Blue Germania stamp adjacent to a 15Pf Bayern stamp cancelled with two parallel beams.
P137-I
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P139-I
(REPLYCARD)
Issued: 1920. This replycard features a 30Pf Blue Germania stamp adjacent to a 15Pf Bayern stamp cancelled with two parallel beams.
A P139 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 30Pf Blue Germania stamp adjacent to a 15Pf Bayern stamp cancelled with two parallel beams.
P139-I
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
