OFFICIAL GANZSACHEN
(1878)

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Postcard P8 and replycard P9 have a border which extands all around the edges of the card. The cards are inscribed "WELTPOSTVEREIN. (UNION POSTAL UNIVERSELLE) | POSTKARTE AUS DEUTSCHLAND. | (ALLEMAGNE.)"

There are two types of these cards: Type 'a' where the end of the design in the decoration points outwards in the top right-hand corner and Type 'b' where the decoration points inwards.



ABOVE LEFT: Type a
ABOVE RIGHT: Type b

P8
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10 PFENNIG

P8 was Issued on 1st Oct 1878 and features a 10 Pf red 'Small Eagle in Ellipse' pre-printed stamp inscribed 'PFENNIG' (without the trailing 'E'). This card measures 140 x 90mm. P8 occurs occasionally with a value stamp that glows red under UV light.

There are three variations of P8 as follows:

P8 I: Type 'b' decoration and a gap in the 4th dotted address line.
P8 II/01: Type 'a' decoration and no gap in the 4th dotted address line.
P8 II/02: Type 'b' decoration and no gap in the 4th dotted address line.

P8-I

Type 'b' decoration and a gap in the 4th dotted address line.

P8-II/01

Type 'a' decoration and no gap in the 4th dotted address line.

P8-II/02

Type 'b' decoration and no gap in the 4th dotted address line.

OTHER EXAMPLES

POSTALLY UNUSED

DOMESTIC USAGE

FOREIGN USAGE

BELGIUM

1. The following foreign used P8-II/02 was sent from DÜSSELDORF to LIEGE in BELGIUM on 16th Jan 1884.

FINLAND

1. The following foreign used P8-II/02 was sent from MANNHEIM to FINLAND on 15th Dec 1881.

HOLLAND

1. The following P8-II/01 card was posted in ROSTOCK (MECKLENBURG) on 27th Jul 1883 and was destined for an address in AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND.

ITALY

1. The following foreign used P8-II/02 was sent from DRESDEN-ALTSTADT to ROME, ITALY on 10th May 1885.

SWITZERLAND

1. The foreign used P8-I card below was sent from CELLE to HAZINGEN, SWITZERLAND, on 12th Aug 1884.




2. Another foreign used P8-I postcard this time sent from MEERANE (Saxony) to BERGDORF in SWITZERLAND, on 10th Jul 1884.



3. Again a foreign used P8-I postcard sent to BERGDORF, SWITZERLAND, this time from REICHENAU (Saxony) on 4th Jun 1885




4. Below is another P8-I set to SWITZERLAND, this time to GALLEN from HAMBURG on 7th Sep 1886.




5. The foreign used P8-II-01 card below was sent from NEUDIETENDORF to BURGDORF, BERNE, SWITZERLAND on 7th Jul 1779.




6. The following foreign used P8-II/02 was sent from BREMEN to SWITZERLAND on 5th June 1880.




7. The next foreign used P8-II/02 card appears to have been sent from MANNHEIM to HAZINGEN, Switzerland, on 6th Sep 1885.