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.
P214
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1st Mar 1932. Commemorative postcard to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who died on 22nd Mar 1832. Goethe was a bit of Jack of all trades, being a celebrated poet, playwright, novelist, scientist. statesman, critic, artist and statesman. The value stamp has a large No. 15 and the words "Deutsches Reich" inscribed in white text on a carmine background. The left-hand pane features a portrait of Goethe beneath the dates "1832" and "1932" with his signature at the bottom of the card.
A P214 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 15Pf Carmine, number in circle pre-printed stamp.
P214
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
