OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1928)

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P181
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8Rpf

BACKGROUND: P181 was issued in 1928, measures 148 x 105mm and features a 8Rpf dark green Ebert pre-printed stamp. There are four lines of text and two dotted lines in the sender's section and the vertical dividing line consisting of three lines.

There were two variations:

P181-I: with four straight edges
P181-II: with at least one serrated edge.

As well as the official cards there were official cards with additional private printing.

SPECIAL CANCEL:

P181-I
Four Straight Edges

P181-II
One or More Serrated Edges

CARDS FROM MY COLLECTION

DOMESTICALLY USED

1. This first card was sent from Nürnberg to Berlin on 19th Sep 1931. As well as the regular CDS cancel there is a curious slogan cancel inscribed "NÜRNBERG | DIE STADT DER | LEBKUCHEN" - 'NUREMBERG | THE CITY OF | GINGERBREAD'.




2. The following P181-I was cancelled in CHEMNITZ on 15th Jun 1929 and destined for Jena.




3. Another domestically used card that was cancelled in GOLZWARDEN (OLDENBURG) on 4th Nov 1930 and destined for HAMBURG.




4. This next P181-I was cancelled in ROSENTHAL (NEDMARK) on 4th Jul 1930.




5. The following example was undeliverable as seen by the purple "Zurück" stamp. Posted in BOCHUM on 19th May 1930 the card was sent to a café Albtalblick in St. Blasien, a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg. There is a hiking hotel with the same name in the Black Forest which might possibly have been the intended recipient.

DOMESTICALLY USED - AIRMAIL

1. This P181 card was sent via Airmail fom FRANKFURT to BERLIN on 7th Oct 1930.




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EXPRESS DELIVERY

1. The following Express Delivery card was sent from MUNICH to LEIPZIG on 17th Jun 1930 with delivery the following day. In addition to the "Gilbote Expres" label and the red 'X', this example also has a "Aus Dem Briefkasten" - 'From the basket' stamp indicating that the card was not presented at the post office counter, but instead placed in a mail box for later collection.

BAHNPOST - RAIL MAIL

1. The following example was cancelled on the KASSEL-VOLKMARSEN-MARBURG line on train number 477 on 4th Sep 1931




2. The Bahnpost example below was cancelled on the FRANKFURT-SAARBRÜCKEN train on 24th Sep 1930 and was destined for DORTMUND.




3. The card below was cancelled on the BERLIN-HIRSCHBERG train on 19th Feb 1931 and was destined for an address in LEIPZIG

FOREIGN USED

ITALY

1. This foreign usage was sent from HEIDELBERG to GARDONE in ITALY on 8th Jun 1930. The recipient had to pay an additional fee upon receipt of the card of 25 Centisimi as can be seen by the addition of the two Italian postage due stamps on the bottom right-hand corner.




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SOUTH WEST AFRICA

1. This card was sent from MÜNCHEN to KEETMANSHOOP, SOUTH WEST AFRICA on 15th Apr 1929.

INVALID USAGE

1. The following postcard was sent from DINKELSBUHL on 17th Feb 1938 and was destined for KÖLN. The problem was however that the pre-printed stamp was only valid for use until 30th Jun 1934. Therefore the recipient of the card had to pay for the postage at 1.5x the correct fee (the correct fee was 6 Rpf, so 9 Rpf was the total required). The card has been stamped "Strafporto" or 'penalty postage'.