GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1912
The 1912 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1912 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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SONDERFLUGPOSTKARTEN:
SFP1 and SFP2
ROHRPOST UMSCHLÄGE:
RU7,
MICHEL SFP1
SONDERFLUGPOSTKARTEN
5Pf + 50Pf
Issued: 1912. Special postcards to raise funds for the national flight donation. the value stamp is a Germania 5Pf green, and on the left is a second value stamp-like vignette with two coats of arms (Frankfurt and Wiesbaden), indicating the amount of the donation. SFP1 features a drawing of a Zeppelin Airship passing over Frankfurt on the left-hand pane.
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Michel SFP1
Postcard
5Pf + 50Pf
Postcard
5Pf + 50Pf
MICHEL SFP2
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Pf + 1 Mark
Issued: 1912. Special postcards to raise funds for the national flight donation. the value stamp is a Germania 5Pf green, and on the left is a second value stamp-like vignette with two coats of arms (Frankfurt and Wiesbaden), indicating the amount of the donation.
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Michel SFP2
Postcard
5Pf + 1 Mark
Postcard
5Pf + 1 Mark
MICHEL RU7
ROHRPOST UMSCHLÄGE
30Pf
Issued: 1912. Change of colour. This Ruhrpost envelope is the third and last of three Ruhrpost envelopes to feature a 30Pf Germania stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH", the others being the 1902 RU5 and the 1903 issue RU6. These envelopes measure 126 x 81mm and for RU7 the colour of the stamp is now ultramarine.
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Michel RU7
Postcard
30Pf ultramarine
Postcard
30Pf ultramarine
