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PICTURE POSTCARDS OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE
5 Rpf IMPERIAL EAGLE
P164 / 16

This card is number 16 in a series that comprises a total of 26 different cards. The cards are the only series that have a 5 Rpf Reich's Adler pre-printed stamp.

This card was first issued as part of the second edition of cards on 17th Feb 1926 and was then re-printed as part of the fourth issue on 17th Aug 1926 and was valid for use until 31st Jul 1930. The total number of this card printed was 60,000 for the second edition and an additional 100,000 in the fourth edition.



The text below the image reads "Radiumbad Landeck (Schles)"

'Radium Spa in Landeck (Schles)'

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

1. The postally used example below was sent from BERLIN to GÖRLITZ on 1st Jun 1926. This example was from the second edition which can be determined both by the cancellation date (before the fourth issue was published) and by the length of the last line in the sky to the left of the spire (the second edition has a longer line than the fourth edition).




2. The next example was a domestic long-distance delivery from FRANKFURT to BERLIN-LICHTERFELD on 29th Sep 1926.





These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. Handbuch und Katalog Die Bildpostkarten des Deutschen Reiches. Böhmen und Mährens sowie der Freien Stadt Danzig. Michael Bockisch. ISBN: 978-3-00-034028-4
2. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 ISBN: 978-3-95-402225-0