OFFICIAL GANZSACHEN
(1894)
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P32
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG
Issued 1894. From P32 onwards a new roller printing process was introduced that did not allow for the inclusion of print date data. Therefore from P32 onwards all cards are without printing data. P32, As with earlier cards, has a thick line under the 3rd dotted address line and occurs with or without gaps in the 1st, 1st and 2nd or 4th dotted lines. This card is also without a watermark. There are two varieties of P32:
P32-I: with gaps in either 1st, 1st & 2nd, or 4th, the dotted lines
P32-II: without gaps in the dotted lines.
Starting with P32, the text 'Wohnung' for the subsequent cards differs slightly from the previous cards. This new style is referred to Type 'I' and is recognizable by the form of the 'W' where the left arc curves slightly to the right. The 'g' also has two tails on the right-hand side of the 'g' on the top circle.
Note: P42 is identical except that the solid line beneath the 3rd dotted address line is thinner.
P32-I Valid Control Data:
Gap in 5th left position on the 4 row.
Gap in 5th left position and the right 5th position in the 1st line or left 5, right 5, 5 + 10, 15, 15 + 20 in the 1st and 2nd line.
Also with many irregular gaps that don't appear to have any meaning.
In addition to the regular official card described above there a number of versions with a private overprints.
P32-I and P32-II
ABOVE LEFT: P32-I with gaps in the dotted address lines
ABOVE RIGHT: P32-II without gaps in the dotted address lines
POSTALLY UNUSED
ABOVE LEFT: P32-I with gaps in the dotted address lines
ABOVE RIGHT: P32-II without gaps in the dotted address lines
DOMESTIC USAGE
1. Cancelled in BIELEFELD on 23rd Sep 1896 and delivered to HEMER lter the same day, this P32-I card has a company stamp from Allchoff & Diederichs of BIELEFELD.
2. Another P32-I card destined for HEMER in North Rhine-Westphalia, but this time cancelled in CHEMNITZ on 7th Sep 1897. This card also has a company stamp, this time PAUL KOHL of Chemnitz.
3. Yet another card to HEMER, this time sent from ST JOHANN (SAAR) in the Saarland region, dated 26th Apr 1895
4. A change of destination. This P32-I was sent from Munich to Hamburg on the 5th May 1897. The Munich cancel has the alternative spelling "MUENCHEN".
5. The following P32-I postcard was cancelled in MAGDEBURG on 17th Jul 1897 and was sent to HEMER.
FOREIGN USAGE
SWITZERLAND
1. This foreign usage P32-I postcard was cancelled in WIESBADEN on 31st Jul 1900 and was sent to BASEL in SWITZERLAND.
