OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1916)

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P111
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5½Pf DEUTSCHES REICH

Issued: 28th Jul 1916. Published due to the increase in the reduced local postage for Wurttemberg, and for domestic postage through the introduction of a War Tax (so-called Reichsabgabe) on 1st Aug 1916. With watermark. The image of Germania on the value stamp is with an unshaded (plain white) background.

In addition to the official cards there were examples with private overprints, examples of which can be seen below.



1. Two parts of the same card are featured here. The sponsor was Rudolf Schindler of Stuttgart. The portion below is the message portion.




2. Below is the Answer portion of the same card