GERMAN EMPIRE
OFFICIAL
POSTCARDS
1916
The 1916 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1916 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:
P105, P106, P107, P108, P109, P110, P111 and P112
KARENTBRIEFE:
K16
ROHRPOSTKARTE:
RP19
MICHEL P105
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
3Pf
Issued: 1916. Form change: Text form smaller, with the word "postkarte" in the centre of the card, above the vertical divider. Without watermark.
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Michel P105
3Pf Germania
3Pf Germania
MICHEL P106
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Pf
Issued: 1916. Form change: Text form smaller, with the word "postkarte" in the centre of the card, above the vertical divider. Without watermark.
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Michel P106 - 5Pf Germania
MICHEL P107
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10Pf
Issued: 1916. Form change: Text form smaller, with the word "postkarte" in the centre of the card, above the vertical divider. Without watermark.
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Michel P107
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P108
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
10Pf
Issued: 1916. Form change: Text form smaller, inscription in the centre above the vertical divider. Text reads "Postkarte mit Antwortkarte | Carte postale avec réponse payée. Without watermark.
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Michel P108 - 10Pf Germania
MICHEL P109
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5½Pf
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. Published due to the increase in the reduced local postage for Wurttemberg, and for domestic postage through the introduction of a War Tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. With watermark. The image of Germania on the value stamp is with an unshaded (plain white) background.
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Michel P109
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P110
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
7½Pf
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. Published due to the increase in the reduced local postage for Wurttemberg, and for domestic postage through the introduction of a War Tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. With watermark. The image of Germania on the value stamp is with an unshaded (plain white) background.
P110 was sold at various post offices with a supplement for the Red Cross. P110 with a 2½Pf postage stamp stuck to the center under "Postcard" on an attached edge strip, comes from a postcard machine.
P110 exists in two variants: P110 'I' with straight edges and P110 'II' with a serrated edge.
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Michel P110-I
FROM MY CoLLECTION
MICHEL P111
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
5½Pf
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. Published due to the increase in the reduced local postage for Wurttemberg, and for domestic postage through the introduction of a War Tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. With watermark. The image of Germania on the value stamp is with an unshaded (plain white) background.
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Michel P111
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL P112
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
7½Pf
Issued: 28th Jul 1916. Published due to the increase in the reduced local postage for Wurttemberg, and for domestic postage through the introduction of a War Tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. With watermark. The image of Germania on the value stamp is with an unshaded (plain white) background.
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Michel P112
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL K16 **
OFFICIAL KARTENBRIEF
15Pf
Issued in 1916. K16 was printed to make allowance for the latest postal rate increase and is the only official Kartenbrief to feature a brown, 15Pf, GERMANIA pre-printed stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". Like K17 there are many variations in the stamp and text colouring.
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Michel K16
15Pf bright brown
15Pf bright brown
FROM MY COLLECTION
MICHEL RP19
OFFICIAL ROHRPOSTKARTE
30Pf
Issued: 1916. "Rohrpost-Karte" on the top left-hand side of the card. "An" below "Postkarte" on left-hand side. 30Pf Germania DEUTSCHES REICH value stamp with white (non-shaded) background.
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Michel RP19
Postcard
30Pf yellow brown
Postcard
30Pf yellow brown
