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.
P244
(REPLYCARD)
Issued: 1943. Effervescent. Reply postcard for the foreign workers employed in the area of the Brussels Air District Command, separated into individual cards with the new black value imprint "6 6", old form partially barbed through; purple card border. Because these cards were seperated there are several versions. P244F is the orignal 'question' half of the card and P244-A is the orignal reply half of the card. In addition each half exists on either white or a darker card as follows: P244F(a) question on part white card, P244F(b) question part non-white card, P244A(a) reply part on white card and P244A(b) reply part on non-white card.
A P244 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf on 15Pf purple Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. and
(2) Black lines obliterating original text.
P244-A-a
REPLYCARD
REPLYCARD
P244-A-b
REPLYCARD
REPLYCARD
P244-F-a
REPLYCARD
REPLYCARD
P244-F-b
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
