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P18
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Domestic postcards with renewed form change, address form with apartment note as well as extended and underlined 3rd line, with gap in the 4th line.

There are two major versions and two minor versions of this card.

P18-I: Gap in the 4th dotted address line
P18-II: No gap in the 4th dotted address line
P18-Fd: Misprint, without imprint
P18-III: Plate flaw



As well as the regular cards you can also find a large number of privately printed examples, some of which are shown below.

P18-I
WITH A GAP IN 4TH DOTTED ADDRESS LINE

P18-II
WITHOUT GAP

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
WITH PRIVATE ADDITIONAL PRINTS

There are quite a number of official P18 postcards with additional private printing and below is a selection of what can be found.

HERRN AUG. HAMMERSCHLAG

P18-I: There were multiple versions of this card with a destination "Herrn Aug. Hammerschlag | Cigarren-Fabriken | BREMEN", a cigar manufacturer in Bremen.

The reverse side has areas to place your order as well as an area to provide the shipping details.
1. This first example has a printer's control date of 687 and control gap at position L15 on the 4th dotted address line.




2. The next example has a print control date of 587 and control gap at position L15 on the 4th dotted address line. This is the only example that I have seen with a horizontally aligned table on the reverse side.




3. This third example has a revised destination of 'die Firma' rather than 'Herrn' Aug Hammerslag on the other cards. The reverse side is very similar to the first card and the print control date is now '389' but due to the overprint "BREMEN" the gap in the 4th dotted address line cannot be seen




4. The following card was also sponsored by "die Firma | Aug. Hammerschlag | Cigarren-Fabriken | BREMEN" and has a print control date of 589 with a gap in the 4th dotted addess line at R5.




5. The next P18-I card was also sponsored by "die Firma | Aug. Hammerschlag | Cigarren-Fabriken | BREMEN" and has a print control date of 888 with a gap in the 4th dotted addess line at L5.




6. The next P18-I card was also sponsored by "die Firma | Aug. Hammerschlag | Cigarren-Fabriken | BREMEN" and has a print control date of 888 with a gap in the 4th dotted addess line at L10.

GEEHRTER HERR !

2. The privately sponsored P18-I card has a print control date of '888' and a gap at L20 in the 4th dotted address line. The sponsor of the card is unknown but it was used by a school to advise a firm's owner of their apprentice's lateness arriving in class. The message when translated is quite amusing.

the text on the reverse side reads "Berlin, den ....... 188 | Geehrter Herr! | Ihr Lehring ....., Schüler der ...... städtischen Fortbildungs-Schule, hat den Unterricht | im .......... am ..........., | ohne sich zu entschuldigen, versämpt. | Ich bitte Sie freundlichst, dahin zu wirken, dass derselbe die Lehr- | stunden von jetzt ab regelmässig besucht. | Actungsvoll | ............. | Rektor"

'Berlin, ....... 188 | Dear Sir! | Your apprentice ....., a student at the ...... municipal advanced training school, has the lesson | in .......... on ..........., | and was late without apologizing. | I kindly ask you to work to ensure that your apprentice arrives on time for class from now on. | Actful | ............. | Rector'

SCHLESISCHE KOHLEN- & COKES-WERKE.

3. The privately sponsored P18-I card has a print control date of '289' and a gap in the 4th dotted address line at position R5. The card was used by a coal and coke merchant to take customer's orders.

This postally used example was cancelled in GOTTESBERG on 3rd Sep 1889 between 6pm and 7pm and was destined for an address in HENRIETTENHÜTTE, PRIMKENAU, now known as PRZEMKÓW in Poland.

HERRN COMPES

4. The privately sponsored P18-I card has a print control date of '588' and a gap at position R5 of the 4th dotted address line. The card is addressed to "den Kgl. Premier-Lieutenant der Landwehr | Herrn Compes | Hochwohlgeboren | Hier | Bismarkstrasse 5." - 'Mr. Compes, The royal Premier Lieutenant of the Landwehr, Highborn, Hier, Bismarkstrasse 5.'

HOLLÄNDISCHE KAFFEE-LAGEREI

5. The following P18-I was sponsored by "Holländische Kaffee-Lagerei | Berlin W", The Dutch Coffee Warehouse located in Potsdamerstrasse, Berlin. The print control date is '885' with a gap at position L5 of the 4th dotted address line.

TUCHVERSAND-GESCHÄFT CHRISTIAN GÜNTHER | LEIPZIG-PLAGWITZ

6. The next privately printed card was produced for "Tuchversand-Geschäft Christian Günther | Leipzig-Plagwitz", 'Cloth mail order business Christian Günther of Leipzig-Plagwitz'. The print control date is '589' with a gap at position R15 of the 4th dotted address line.

HERRN DR. FRIEDRICH WITTE | ROSTOCK I.M

7. The following card was sponsored by "Herrn Dr. Friedrich Witte | Rostock i.M" and has a print control date of "789" and a gap at position R25 of the 4th dotted address line. This postally used example was cancelled in GÖTTINGEN on 22nd Nov 1889 between 6pm and 7pm and was delivered the following day in ROSTOCK.