GERMAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
FIRST WORLD WAR
EAST AREA
POSTGEBIET OBERBEFEHLSHABER OST
Postcards and official postal items issued in Lithuania and South Courland, and from 1918 also including Estonia, Livonia and North Courland.These are regular issue postcards used in Germany featuring Germania stamps inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH", but now overprinted "Postgebiet | Ob. Ost" in Gothic script in black ink.
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OFFICIAL POSTCARDS:
P1 , P2 , P3 , P4 , P5 and P6 .
PRIVATE ENVELOPES:
PU1 , PU2 , PU3 , PU4 , PU5 and PU6
PRIVATE WRAPPERS:
PS1 ,
PRIVATE POSTCARDS:
PP1 , PP2 and PP3
MICHEL P1
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Pf GERMANIA
P1 is an overprinted version of the 1914 regular issue P96 postcard. The value stamp is a 5Pf, green Germania pre-printed stamp. The card is inscribed "Postkarte" to the right of the vertical dividing line.
P1
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MICHEL P2
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5Pf GERMANIA
P2 is an overprinted version of the 1914 regular issue P104 postcard. The value stamp is a 5Pf, green Germania pre-printed stamp. The card is inscribed "Postkarte | mit Antwortkarte" to the right of the vertical dividing line.
P2
MICHEL P3
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
7½Pf GERMANIA
Published in 1916 with a 7½Pf Germania pre-printed stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". The design now has the word "Postkarte" inscribed directly above the vertical dividing line. This card is an overprinted version of the domestic P110 postcard.
P3
MICHEL P4
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10Pf GERMANIA
Published in 1916 with a 10Pf Germania pre-printed stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". The design now has the word "Postkarte" inscribed directly above the vertical dividing line. This card is an overprinted version of the domestic P107 postcard.
P4
MICHEL P5
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
7½Pf GERMANIA
Published in 1916 with a 7½Pf Germania pre-printed stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". The design now has the words "Postkarte | mit Antwortkarte" inscribed directly above the vertical dividing line. This card is an overprinted version of the domestic P112 postcard.
P5
MICHEL P6
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
10Pf GERMANIA
Published in 1916 with a 10Pf Germania pre-printed stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". The design now has the words "Postkarte mit Antworte | Carte postale avec réponse payée", inscribed directly above the vertical dividing line. This card is an overprinted version of the domestic P108 postcard.
P6
--- PRIVATE ENVELOPES ---
MICHEL PU1
(3Pf brown)
PU1
MICHEL PU2
(5Pf green)
PU2
MICHEL PU3
(10Pf carmine)
PU3
MICHEL PU4
(15Pf black/violet)
PU4
MICHEL PU5
(20Pf blue)
PU5
MICHEL PU6
(40Pf carmine/black)
PU6
--- PRIVATE WRAPPER ---
MICHEL PS1
(3Pf brown)
PS1
--- PRIVATE POSTCARDS ---
MICHEL PP1
(5Pf green)
PP1
MICHEL PP2
(7½Pf orange)
PP2
MICHEL PP3
(10Pf carmine)
PP3