OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1926)
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MICHEL P165
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 Rpf
BACKGROUND: Issued 1926 with a green 5 Rpf stamp. This new design is similar to the 1925 P162 only now with four lines of text and two lines of dots in the sender section. The words "Straβe" and "Stockwerk" both begin with a gothic "S" compared to P167 below, which has a more Romanised 'S'. The address section now consists of two lines of text.
In addition to the regular offical cards shown below there were over 40 of these cards with additional private printing.
SPECIAL CANCEL: NONE
Michel P165-I - 5 Rpf green
VARIANTS TO COLLECT
The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:1. Cancelled on first day of issue XX.XX.1931
2. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
3. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to CSR
4. As a foreign used card with 10 Rpf to Hungary
5. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
6. As a Registered Delivery card
7. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
8. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
9. Domestic Airmail usage
10. European Airmail usage
11. Airmail usage to the USA from Bodensee (Lake Constance)
12. Postally unused
13. Domestic Bahnpost usage
14. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
15. With additional private printing
16. With Special slogan cancels
EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION
POSTALLY UNUSED
CANCELLED on FIRST DAY of ISSUE
Cancelled on the official issue date XX.XX.1931
DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS
1. This first example is a domestic long distance delivery from LEIPZIG to PLAUEN on 22nd Sep 1926.
2. The second example below was posted in KIRCHEIM on 4th Oct 1926 and was destined for LORCH.
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR
FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY
FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf
GREAT BRITAIN
The following 4 examples were all sent by the same person in BERLIN to an address in LONDON, ENGLAND. The first card was posted on 4th Oct 1926.
2. The fourth card was cancelled on 11th Oct 1926
3. The third card was cancelled on 25th Oct 1926
4. The second card was cancelled on 9th Nov 1926
ITALY
The following example was posted in GROSSBOTHEN, a village near LEIPZIG in SAXONY on 02.11.1926 and was destined for Hotel Doppelbauer in BOLZANO, ITALY.
REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD
EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD
POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN
DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
EUROPEAN AIRMAIL
AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMAN BAHNPOST
INVALID USAGE
SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS
