GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1894
All 1894 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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POSTCARDS:
P32, P33, P34, P35 and P36
MICHEL P32
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1894. From P32 onwards a new roller printing process was introduced that did not allow for the inclusion of print date data. Therefore from P32 onwards all cards are without printing data. P32, As with earlier cards, has a thick line under the 3rd dotted address line and occurs with or without gaps in the 1st, 1st and 2nd or 4th dotted lines. This card is also without a watermark. There are two varieties of P32: P32I with gaps in the dotted lines and P32II without gaps in the dotted lines.
Starting with P32, the text 'Wohnung' for the subsequent cards differs slightly from the previous cards. This new style is referred to Type 'I' and is recognizable by the form of the 'W' where the left arc curves slightly to the right. The 'g' also has two tails on the right-hand side of the 'g' on the top circle. From P40 onwards, a smaller version was used (Type II), which is similar to the type used up to P31 where the left arm of the 'W' continues in a stright line (without a curve) and the 'g' has only a single tail on the top right of the upper circle.
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Michel P32-I
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MICHEL P33
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1894. Trial edition, with printing mark digits and lower case letters (794-894) as with P30, but with or without gap in the 1st, or 1st and 2nd dot line, without watermark. P33I with gaps in the dotted lines, P33II without gaps in the dotted lines.
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Michel P33
5Pf green stamp
5Pf green stamp
MICHEL P34
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1894/1895. Now with watermark and also with printing marks and lower case letters. P34 with gap in the 1st and 2nd dotted Address line. Very similar to P36 below, but P36 does not have print date control data.
Identifying features:
i) 5Rpf pre-printed green stamp.
ii) "Deutsche Reichspost | Postkarte" in the centre
iii) "An" further left than "in"
iV) Watermark No. 2 v) Print date control data
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Michel P34
5Pf green stamp
5Pf green stamp
MICHEL P35
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10 PFENNIG
Issued 1894/1895. Now with watermark and also with printing marks and lower case letters. P35 with gap in the 4th dotted Address line.
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Michel P35
10Pf carmine stamp
10Pf carmine stamp
MICHEL P36
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1894/1895. Domestic postcard (roller printing) final issue with watermark, without printing date. There are two variations: P36I with gaps in the dotted address lines and P36II without gaps. The postcard below is a P36-I. Very similar to P34 above but now without print date data.
Identifying features:
i) 5Rpf pre-printed green stamp.
ii) "Deutsche Reichspost | Postkarte" in the centre
iii) "An" further left than "in"
iV) Watermark No. 2
v) No print date control data
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Michel P36
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