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.
P239
(POSTCARD)
Issued: Dec 1938. P239 consists of two postcards issued to commemorate the Day of the Stamp in 1938. P239/01 has a yellow background and P239/02 has a blue background. Both cards have a 3Pf Hindenburg Medallion stamp as well as an image of Mercury.
A P239 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 3Pf brown, Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp.
(2) An image of Mercury on the left-hand pane.
P239/01
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P239/02
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
