GERMAN EMPIRE
1900
MICHEL P50
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Without date control marks but with watermarks (watermark 2 digits and letters), P50 I with gap in the 1 and 2 dot lines, otherwise P50 II, without gap. The watermark is sometimes only very weak.
P50-I
This unused example of a P50-I postcard has been used creatively by an aspiring artist as a canvass for a drawing of a horse race.
Michel P50-I
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P50-II
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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The following card has been cancelled with a BAHNPOST cancellation which appears to be on the line from EISSENACH to FRANKFURT (MAIN). The date is most likely 1901.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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The following example was cancelled in ESSEN on the 3rd Oct 1901.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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The next card has a much cleaner BAHNPOST cancel and was cancelled on the train from COBURG to LAUSCHA on trian No. 755 on 3rd Jan 1902. The destination was the city of CASSEL.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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This card was sent from FREIBURG to DARMSTADT and was cancelled on 27th Feb 1902.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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This P50-II card was sent from NAUMBURG to RUDOLSTADT on 1st Jan 1901.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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The following example of a P50-II has an interesting cancel. The card was cancelled using a KAIS. DEUTSCHE MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No. 33 Cancellation dated 9th Jul 1901 and was destined for a Doctor C. Apstein in Kiel. The reverse has the name of the ship on which the cancellation was applied "The S.M.S Sachsen". The lack of a meaningful message leads to the conclusion that this was likely a philatelic item sent to the doctor to add to his collection.
S.M.S Sachsen was launched on 21st Jul 1877 and was used mainly in a coastal defence role against the French and Russians. Just after the card below was posted the ship accidentally rammed and sank the 'Aviso Wacht'. The following year, in 1902 she was placed in reserve and finally scrapped in 1919 following the defeat of Germany after the First world War.
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Michel P50-II
Michel P50-II
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