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 P180, P186, P194
There were three official postcards, P180, P186 and P194, with this light yellow-green Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp.
P180
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1928. There are two versions of this postcard: P180-I has straight edges and P180-II has a serrated edge. With four dotted address lines in the destination section and two dotted lines in the senders section. P180 is very similar to P194 and can be differentiated by the number of lines of text in the sender's section: P180 has 4 lines of text and P194 has 5 lines of text.
A P180 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 5Pf light yellow-green Hindenburg 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) Four dotted lines in destination section and 2 dotted lines in the sender's section. And
(5) Measures 148 x 105mm.
P180-I
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P186
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1929. Special souvenir postcard. this postcard has a small image of a hand holding a snake in the upper left-hand corner. To the right of this image is the inscription "Reichs= | Unfallverhütungs=Woche | 24.Februar bis 3. März | 1929".
A P186 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 5Pf light yellow-green Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. And
(2) "Reichs= | Unfallverhütungs=Woche | 24.Februar bis 3. März | 1929" inscription.
P186
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P194
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1931. There are rwo versions of P194: P194-I has straight edges whereas P194-II has a serrated edge. P194 is very similar to P180 and can be differentiated by the number of lines of text in the sender's section: P180 has 4 lines of text and P194 has 5 lines of text.
A P194 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 5Pf light yellow-green Hindenberg Medallion 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.
P194-I
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P194-II
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
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
