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MICHEL P174 / 08
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
5 Rpf

Issued 1927 and the only series of pre-'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' to feature a Friedrich von Schiller stamp. This is the eigth of 10 different postcards all with an artist's, hand-drawn image on the left pane, and a 5 Rpf Schiller stamp on the right.

The text below the image reads "Ostseebad Sellin, die Perle der Insel Rügen"

'Baltic Sea resort Sellin, the pearl of the island of Rügen'

Sellin is a municipality on the Island of Rügen, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The picture depicts the Sellin pier, the longest pier on Rügen at 394 metres. First mentions of Sellin date to 1295. From 1880 on, the town gained importance as a Baltic Sea spa town. In 1992, Sellin Pier was rebuilt and was officially opened on 2 April 1998.

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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: 978-3-00-084088-4
2. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 ISBN: 978-3-95-408225-0
3. Learn more about Sellin at Ruegenurlaub.de