OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1927)

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MICHEL P176
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8 Rpf

BACKGROUND: Features a 8 Rpf Ludwig van Ludwig van Beethoven pre-printed stamp. This card was issued on 1st Aug 1927 and was valid through to 30th Jun 1933.

There were two variations:

P176-I: with four straight edges
P176-II: with at least one serrated edge.

In addition to the regular offical cards shown below there were a number of these cards with additional private printing.

SPECIAL CANCEL: NONE

P176-I
Four Straight Edges

P176-II
One or More Serrated Edges

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

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

1. Cancelled on first day of issue 1st Aug 1927
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 1st Aug 1927

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. The following postally used P176-I was cancelled in LEIPZIG with a Type 'B' cancellation on 23rd Sep 1928




2. The P176-I card below was cancelled in DEENSEN in the south-east of the HOLZMINDEN district in Lower SAXONY on 11th Aug 1928 and was a local delivery.




3. Another domestically used P176-I card sent from LAUBEN to HIRSCHBERG on 13th Feb 1928




4. Domestic long-distance usage from WINTERLiNGEN, WÜRTTEMBERG on 10th Jan 1929.




5. The next example was sent from ULM-SÖFLINGEN on 5th Sep 1928 and was sent to ALTSHAUSEN, WÜRTTEMBERG.




5. The card below was a domestic delivery from AUMA to NEUSTADT on 26th Sep 1928

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

SWITZERLAND

1. The following example was overfranked by 1 Rpf and was sent from DÜSSELDORF to the town of MORGE on GENFERSEE (Lake Geneva) in SWITZERLAND on 11th Aug 1928.

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