OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1926)

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P171-I
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
15 Rpf

BACKGROUND: This postcard measures 148 x 105 mm. P171 features a 15 Rpf stamp of Immanuel Kant and exists in two variants:

P171-I: has straight edges
P171-II: has one or more serrated egdes

In addition to the regular official card described above there were at least 2 private printings.

SPECIAL CANCEL: NONE

P171-I

P170-I has four straight edges

P171-II

P170-II has one or more serrated egdes

POSTCARDS IN MY COLLECTION

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

1. This is a regular unused P171-I postcard

BAHNPOST

1. The following P171-I postcard was cancelled on the FRANKFURT-BASEL train, number Z156 on 19th Sep 1927. The final destination was LYON in FRANCE.

FOREIGN USAGE - P171-I

BELGIUM

1. Another foreign usage P171-I posted in BERLIN on 5th Jun 1928, this time destined for BRUSSELS in BELGIUM.

DENMARK

1. Posted in NÜRNBERG on 2nd Feb 1929 the P171-I card below was sent to COPENHAGEN in DENMARK.

THE NETHERLANDS

1. The next card was posted in ELBERFELD on 2nd Jan 1927 and was destined for AMSTERDAM, in the NETHERLANDS.




2. The next P171-I card was sent to UTRECHT in the NETHERLANDS from WIESBADEN on 12th Apr 1928

SWITZERLAND

1. The P171-I postcard below was posted in LEIPZIG on 31st Aug 1928 amd was delivered to an adress in SWITZERLAND

THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA

1. Cancelled in WITTEN on 2nd Feb 1929, this card was sent to an address in PITTSBURGH, U.S.A.

YUGOSLAVIA

1. The P171-I example below was posted in BERLIN on 14th May 1928 and was destined for BELGRADE in YUGOSLAVIA.




2. Below is another P171-I posted in BERLIN on 21st Apr 1928 and again addressed to BELGRADE in YUGOSLAVIA. The special cancel that was appplied in LEIPZIG advertises the 1928 Leipzig Spring Fair held in that city from 22nd until 25th Apr.