GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1877
All 1877 Official postcards are now on this page. Official postcards are cards that were issued by the Reich’s post office, had pre-printed (indicia) stamps and were widely available throughout German towns and cities.
Secondly Printed to Private Order postcards are postcards that were generally issued by entities that were advertising an event or commemorating an anniversary, and also had pre-printed stamps, but were not widely available throughout Germany (most were only available at the event they were commemorating).
Thirdly Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed to private order however they do not have pre-printed stamps.
Finally, Miscellaneous postcards is where you will find postcards that do not fit into the first three categories (i.e. they are not official, they do not have pre-printed stamps, and they do not commemorate an event).
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ROHRPOSTKARTE:
RP2 and RP3
MICHEL RP2
ROHRPOSTKARTE
25 PFENNIG
Issued 1877. This Rohrpost Card features a 25Pf, dark red-brown 'Small Eagle in Ellipse' stamp with a "PFENNIG" inscription on dark rose card stock. The card inscription simply reads 'DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | ROHRPOST-KARTE'. The value stamp for RP2 has strongly saturated colours, even after being produced 100 years ago. Unlike RP4 and RP5 it has only a single variant for the shape of the numbers "25", whereas RP4 and RP5 have three possible variants.
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RP2
25 PFENNIG, DARK RED-BROWN
25 PFENNIG, DARK RED-BROWN
MICHEL RP3
ROHRPOST REPLYCARD
25 PFENNIG
Issued 1877. This Rohrpost REPLY CARD features 2x 25Pf, dark red-brown 'Small Eagle in Ellipse' stamps with a "PFENNIG" inscription on dark rose card stock. The value stamp for RP3 has strongly saturated colours, even after being produced 100 years ago. Unlike RP4 and RP5 it has only a single variant for the shape of the numbers "25", whereas RP4 and RP5 have three possible variants.
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RP3
25 PFENNIG, DARK RED-BROWN
25 PFENNIG, DARK RED-BROWN
