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.
P259
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 15th Jun 1936. Special postcard for the Olympic Games in Berlin The value stamp features the Olympic Bell. The image on the front-left is a view of the inside of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
A P259 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf + 4Pf brown Olympic Bell pre-printed stamp. And
(2) View of inside of the Olympic Stadium in the left pane.
P259
POSTCARD
POSTCARD
P261
(POSTCARD)
Issued: 1st Aug 1936. Special postcard for the Olympic sailing competitions held in Kiel. The image on the left-hand pane is a sailing dinghy in front of the Naval Memorial in Laboe.
A P261 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6Pf + 4Pf brown Olympic Bell pre-printed stamp. And
(2) Sailing dingy in left pane.
P261
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
