1913 My Covers

GERMAN EMPIRE
PRINTED TO PRIVATE ORDER
POSTCARDS
1913

The 1913 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1913 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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Quick Links:
CENTENARY OF THE WARS OF FREEDOM , XXV GERMAN PHILATELIST'S DAY and BATTLE OF THE NATIONS MONUMENT

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MICHEL PP27-C-151
CENTENARY OF THE WARS OF FREEDOM
(May/Oct 1913)

This series of 3 postcards was published to commemorate the 'Centenary of the Wars of Freedom and Historical Exhibition' in Breslau held from May through Oct 1913. The design of the cards is the same for all three and the difference is the colour of the image and texts. There were quite a number of other postcards issued to commemorate the same event.

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