OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1901)

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K10
OFFICIAL KARTENBRIEF
10 PFENNIG

Issued: 1901. There are only two Kartenbrief with a 10Pf Germania stamp inscribed "REICHSPOST", see also K9.

Distinguishing features:
i) Carmine 10Pf REICHSPOST Germania stamp and
ii) Measures 140 x 90mm, (K9 measures 141 x 96mm) and
iii) 'Kartenbrief' is directly below 'Deutsche Reichspost' in the centre of the card.

There are three versions of K10 as follows:
K10a: perforated at the bottom, light bluish paper.
K10b: not perforated at the bottom, light bluish paper.
K10c: not perforated at the bottom, greyish paper.

ABOVE LEFT: K10a Perforations
ABOVE RIGHT: K10b/c Perforations

If the edge strips have been removed then it is impossible to differentiate K10 'a' from K10 'b'.

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K10a

ABOVE: K10a

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K10b

ABOVE: K10b

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K10c

ABOVE: K10c

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K10 WITH PRIVATE OVERPRINT

The following K10b example was privately overprinted with the following inscription "die Redaktion | des "Technischen Bauhandbuches" | Hannover | Wadbausen, Güntberstraβe 8."