OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1908)

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MICHEL P78
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Pf DEUTSCHES REICH

Issued 1908. Format change. 'Postkarte' on the top left and no central dividing line. No other text on the card. Short address lines (86mm), address lines without any notes or graduation, Watermark 3.

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
WITH PRIVATE ADDITIONAL PRINTS

(1) This first private version was sponsored by F. A. Brockhaus of Leipzig and has a D-R-9-III watermark. Note the reverse side shown below has been enhanced in order to make the watermark more visible.




(2) Destination address "Herrn Gustav Zirlewagen | Weinlager | Heitersheim i. B"




(3) Reverse of card has pre-printed text beginning "Brandenburg, den .... " and printer's date code '649'




(4) Destination address "Herrn | Louis Hunger | Fleischkonservenfabrik | München | Nieserstrasse 1". The reverse side has an order form for the company's products.




(5) Reverse side pre-printed text begins "Mech. Schätefabrik" with the title "MITTEILUNG" - 'NOTICE'




(6) Destination address "An die Firma | Georg Schrader & Co. | Königliche, Grossherzogl. und Fürstliche Hoflieferanten | Cigarrenfabrik und Versandhaus | BREMEN | Postfach 657"




(7) Destination address "Herren Metz & Co. | Lieferanten des Bundes der Landwirte, Etablissement fur Landwirtschaft, Forstwirtschaft und Gartenbau | in Steglitz bei Berlin | Schloss-Strasses 8-10." - 'Men Metz & Co. | Suppliers of the Association of Farmers, Establishment for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture | in Steglitz near Berlin | Schloss-Strasses 8-10.'

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