GERMAN EMPIRE
1900
MICHEL P54
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1900. All without any control codes, ie without a publisher's mark, without watermark, without dot gaps. All design Type II.
The Message side has 'Deutsche Reichspost | Postkarte' in the centre of the card. 'An' is all the way to the left and 'In' is between the 'An' and 'Postkarte'. On the bottom left is the inscription "Die Angebogene | Karte ist für die | Antwort | bestimmt.". Note the "K" of "Karte" is closed unlike P55 and P56 where the "K" is open.
CLOSED 'K'
'Karte'
'Karte'
The Answer side is the same design except for the inscription '(Antwort)' is added below 'Postkarte' and the "Die Angebogene | Karte ist für die | Antwort | bestimmt." inscription is no longer present.
Michel P54
FROM MY COLLECTION