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 P171 and
REPLYCARD P173
There was only one official postcard, P171, and one Official replycard, P173, with this 15Pf Immanuel Kant pre-printed stamp.
P171
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1926. Measures 148 x 105mm. There are two versions of this card: P171-I has straight edges whereas P171-II has a serrated edge.
A P171 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 15Pf Immanuel Kant pre-printed stamp. And
(2) "Postkarte" directly to the right of the vertical dividing line. And
(3) Dividing line consists of three vertical lines. And
(4) Measures 148 x 105mm.
P171-I
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P173
(REPLYCARD)
Issued: 1926. Measures 148 x 105mm. There are two versions of this card: P171-I has straight edges whereas P171-II has a serrated edge.
A P173 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 15Pf Immanuel Kant pre-printed stamp. And
(2) "Postkarte" directly to the right of the vertical dividing line. And
(3) Dividing line consists of three vertical lines. And
(4) Measures 148 x 105mm.
P173-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
