GET TO KNOW GERMANY POSTCARDS

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GET TO KNOW GERMANY
FRIEDRICH EBERT SECOND SERIES
P188

The Second Ebert series of postcards appeared in 1929 and are refered to as P188 in the Michel series. This series comprises a total of 10 different cards. Cards of the second Ebert series differ from the first series by (1) a border that now extends around the four edges of the card, (2) a shorter tailed 'e' of 'Postkarte', (3) a different design to the central diving line which is now the same design as the outer border. Like the first series these cards depict scenes from around Germany on the left upper pane but do not have the 'Lernt Deutschland Kennen!' title.

As well as the official cards there are several versions of P188 with additional private printing.

P188/03 bears the inscription "Bad Landeck in Schlesien, Georgenbad" - 'Bad Landeck in Silesia, Georgenbad'. Bad Landeck is now known as Lądek-Zdrój, (before 1935 Glätzisch Landecke) and is now located in Poland. The image on the card depicts a bathhouse known as the 'Georgenbad', first built at the end of the 14th Century and later rebuilt in 1917.

POSTALLY UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

DOMESTIC USAGE

1. The following P188/03 postcard was sent from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 2 on 18th Jan 1933. The commonly used slogan cancel on this example encourages people to use the street and house numbers on their mail in order to ensure prompt delivery.





These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:
1. The 'MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018' ISBN 9783954022250
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.