OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1929)

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P187
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
8 Rpf

BACKGROUND: Issued 1929 and featuring a pre-printed 8 Rpf Ebert stamp. There were two very similar versions of this card, the other, P186, has a 5 Rpf Paul von Hindenburg pre-printed stamp.

Both cards were specially issued to advertise 'Reich's Accident Week' and have an image of a hand holding a snake and the inscription:

"Reichs
Unfallverhutungs=Woche
24. Februar bis 3. Marz
1929"

As well as the official P187 there were two private versions available which can be found below.

OFFICIAL P187 WITH PRIVATE OVERPRINTS

Other than pre-printed destination addresses these private versions are exactly the same as the official version.

1. FRITZ DUDEL

This private issue has the destination of "Fritz Dudel" of Halle (Saale).

Dr. OTTO KRAUSE

This private issue has the destination of "Dr. Otto Krause" of Magdeburg.

MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2018. ISBN: 978-3-95402-225-0
2. BOREK GANZSACHEN-SPEZIAL-KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND ab 1933. ISBN: 3-87091-060-7
3. MICHEL BILDPOSTKARTEN- UND MOTIVGANSACHEN KATALOG DEUTSCHLAND 1997. ISBN: 3-87858-631-0
4. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DITTEN REICHES" 1933-1945 by FRECH. ISBN: UNKNOWN