OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1910)

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MICHEL P90
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5Pf

Issued 1910. This postcard has a vertical dividing line and the word "Postkarte" is to the right of the vertical dividing line. There is no other inscription on the card. The green pre-printed stamp is a 5Pf Germania stamp inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH". There are four dotted lines and a single solid line in the address portion of the card. The card has a Type 3 watermark.

There are two variations of this postcard
Type 'I' has straight edges whereas
Type 'II' has a serrated edge.

In addition to the basic card there were many others available with private overprints.

P90-I
WITH ALL STRAIGHT EDGES

ABOVE: (1) P90-I - Wz D-R-9-III

P90-II
WITH ONE OR MORE SERRATED EDGES

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. Postally unused
2. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
3. As a foreign used card
4. As a Registered Delivery card
5. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
6. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
7. Domestic Airmail usage
8. European Airmail usage
9. Airmail usage to the USA
10. Domestic Bahnpost usage
11. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
12. With Special slogan cancels
13. With additional private printing

1. POSTALLY UNUSED

2. DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. This first P90-I postcard was sent from CASSEL on 29.9.14.




2. The next P90-I was sent from an unknown town to RADEBEUL with D-R-9-III watermark.




3. The P90-I postcard below was sent from BERLIN NW to BONN on 21st Mar 1914.




4. The next P90-I postcard was cancelled in SCHOPPENSTEDT on 20.07.1914 and was sent to WOLFENBÜTTEL.

3. FOREIGN USE

4. REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

5. EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

The following postcard was an EXPRESS DELIVERY card from MERSEBURG to DANZIG on 01.04.1911.

6. POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

7. DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

8. EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

9. AIRMAIL TO USA

10. GERMAN BAHNPOST

The following postcard was a BAHNPOST usage on the BERLIN-ERFURT train No. 616 on 29th Jun 1914.

11. INVALID USAGE

12. SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

4. The next P90-I was unposted but has a machine cancel inscribed "LEIPZIG | WEIHE DES | VOLKERSCHLACHT. | DENKMALS" - 'LEIPZIG. CONSECRATION OF THE NATIONAL BATTLE MONUMENT', on 18th Oct 1913.