OFFICIAL POSTCARDS

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OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONARY INDEX

Please note the following definition that I use for Official Postcards:

1. Postcards of the German Empire issued by the Official German postal Authority, from 1873 until 1945.

2. Postcards that were generally available throughout the entire country and have a pre-printed (Indicia) stamp to cover the cost of postage. Not all postcards with pre-printed stamps are official postcards, many of them were issued by private organisations and were not generally available to the wider public, or were only available at a specific post office counter in Berlin, these items are described as Private Postcards.

The vast majority of official postcards have no printing on the reverse side so no image of the reverse side is provided, except in the few instances where there was something printed on the reverse of the card.

This page is designed to assist in determining what the generally accepted 'P' number is for a card in your collection. All you need to do is compare the pre-printed stamp on your postcard with one of the images below, click on the image and you will be taken to a page listing all the Official postcards published with that particular pre-printed stamp. The page may list a number of slightly different designs so take care in ensuring your card is exactly as shown. Note also that these pages do not list Private postcards which may have the same pre-printed stamps, I hope to add this at a later date.

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONARY

You can also search official postcards listed by P number.

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(1) ½ GROSCHEN (SMALL)
(2) ½ GROSCHEN (LARGE)
(3) 1 KREUZER (SMALL)
(4) 1 KREUZER (LARGE)




(5) 1 GROSCHEN (SMALL)
(6) 3 KREUZER (SMALL)
(7) 1 GROSCHEN (LARGE)
(8) 3 KREUZER (LARGE)




(1) ½ GROSCHEN
(2) 2 KREUZER
(3) 5Pf VIOLET (PFENNIGE)
(4) 10Pf RED (PFENNIG)



(4a) 20Pf BLUE - CROWN PFENNIG
(4b) 25Pf BROWN - CROWN PFENNIG
(4c) 30Pf DARK BLUE - CROWN PFENNIG
(4d) 3Pf BROWN - REICHSPOST




(4e) 3Pf GREEN - CROWN PFENNIG
(5) 5Pf VIOLET - CROWN PFENNIG
(6) 5Pf GREEN - REICHSPOST




(7) 10Pf CARMINE - REICHSPOST
(7a) 20Pf BLUE - REICHSPOST
(7b) 25Pf BROWN - REICHSPOST
(7c) 30Pf DARK BLUE - REICHSPOST




(8) 2Pf STEEL BLUE - REICHSPOST
(9) 5Pf GREEN - GERMANIA with LAURELS
(10) 2Pf STEEL BLUE - GERMANIA REICHSPOST




(11) 5Pf GREEN - GERMANIA REICHSPOST
(12) 10Pf RED - GERMANIA REICHSPOST
(12a) 20Pf BLUE - GERMANIA REICHSPOST
(12b) 25Pf BROWN - GERMANIA REICHSPOST



(12c) 30Pf DARK BLUE - GERMANIA REICHSPOST




(13) 2Pf BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(13a) 2½Pf + 3Pf - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(14) 3Pf + 2Pf BROWN + BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(14a) 3Pf - 2Pf BROWN + BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH




(15) 3Pf BROWN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(16) 5Pf GREEN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(17) 5½Pf BROWN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(18) 7½Pf ORANGE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH




(19) 10Pf CARMINE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(20) 15Pf BROWN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(20c) 15Pf LILAC - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(20a) 20Pf BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH




(20b) 25Pf BROWN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(21) 30Pf BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(21a) 30Pf BROWN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REiCH
(21b) 35Pf BLUE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REiCH



(22) 40Pf RED - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(22a) 40Pf GREEN - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(22b) 50Pf LILAC - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(22c) 50Pf HERMES LILAC - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH



(22d) 60Pf ULTRAMARINE - GERMANIA DEUTSCHES REICH
(23) 10Pf RED - NATIONALVERSAMMLUNG
(24) 10Pf ORANGE - BAYERN OVERPRINT (25) 15Pf RED - BAYERN OVERPRINT




(26) 30Pf BLUE - BAYERN OVERPRINT
(27) 40Pf RED-ORANGE - BAYERN OVERPRINT
(27a) 20Pf LILAC - BAYERN OVERPRINT
(27b) 40Pf OLIVE-BROWN - BAYERN OVERPRINT




(27c) 50Pf RED - BAYERN OVERPRINT




(28) 30Pf + 10Pf - GERMANIA + BAYERN
(29) 30Pf + 15Pf - GERMANIA + BAYERN
(30) 30Pf + 10Pf - GERMANIA + BAYERN
(31) 30Pf + 15Pf - GERMANIA + BAYERN



(32) 30Pf + 5Pf - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG
(33) 40Pf + 5Pf - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG
(34) 75Pf - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG
(35) 80Pf - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG



(36) 1.50 Mark - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG
(37) 3 Mark - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG
(38) 35Pf + 40Pf - ROSSETTE
(39) 85Pf + 40Pf - ROSSETTE



(40) 25 Mark - FARMER
(40a) 225Pf - NUMBER IN TRIANGLE
(40b) 100 Mark - NUMBER IN TRIANGLE
(40c) 200Pf - NUMBER IN TRIANGLE



(40d) 80 Mark - NUMBER IN TRIANGLE




(41) 15Pf OLIVE
(42) 5Pf GREEN - STYLISED EAGLE
(43) 20Pf SLATE BLUE - STYLISED EAGLE
(44) 15Pf LILAC - LUFTPOST



(44a) 3Pf BROWN - GOETHE
(45) 5Pf GREEN - SCHILLER
(45a) 8Pf GREEN - BEETHOVEN
(45b) 10Pf VIOLET - FRIEDRICH the GREAT




(46) 15Pf CARMINE - EMMANUEL KANT
(46a) 40Pf VIOLET - LEIBNITZ
(46b) 50Pf BROWN - BACH




(48) 5Pf LIGHT GREEN - HINDENBURG
(49) 8Pf DARK GREEN - EBERT
(50) 15Pf CARMINE - HINDENBURG
(51) 6Pf OLIVE GREEN / DARK GREEN - EBERT




(52) 5Pf GREEN - EAGLE



(53) 5Pf GREEN - VERKEHRSAUSSTELLUNG
(54) 8Pf BLUE-GREEN - HINDENBURG
(55) 8Pf + 7Pf MULTICOLOURED - ARMS
(56) 8Pf + 4Pf MULTICOLOURED - ARMS



(57) 8Pf GREEN - HILFSWERK
(58) 8Pf BLACK - NUMBER in CIRCLE
(59) 8Pf GREEN - HILFSWERK
(60) 6Pf GREEN - NUMBER in CIRCLE



(61) 15Pf CARMINE - NUMBER in CIRCLE
(62) 6Pf GREEN - HILFSWERK



(68) 3Pf BROWN - HINDENBURG
(63) 5Pf GREEN - HINDENBURG
(64) 6Pf DARK GREEN - HINDENBURG
(67) 6Pf BLACK (BLACK-BROWN) - HINDENBURG



(69) 6Pf OLIVE GREEN - HINDENBURG
(65) 15Pf CARMINE - HINDENBURG
(66) 15Pf BRAUN-LILAC - HINDENBURG
(70) 6Pf on 15Pf PURPLE - HINDENBURG



(70a) 55Pf CINNABAR RED - HINDENBURG



(71) 5Pf BRIGHT GREEN - LUFTPOST
(72) 6Pf DARK GREEN - FRIEDRICH the GREAT



(73) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - RICHARD WAGNER
(74) 6Pf BROWN - HITLER and HINDENBURG
(75) 6Pf BROWN - LARGE No.6
(76) 6Pf DARK BROWN - NÜRNBERG



(77) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - SA-Man
(78) 6Pf DARK GREEN - CANDLE
(79) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - COSTUME
(80) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - NOTHILFE



(81) 6Pf + 4Pf BROWN - OLYMPICS
(82) 15f + 10Pf BROWN PURPLE - OLYMPICS
(83) 6Pf + 4Pf BROWN - OLYMPICS
(84) 15f + 10Pf BROWN PURPLE - OLYMPICS



(85) 6Pf + 4Pf BROWN - AUTOBAHN
(86) 6Pf DARK GREEN - ADOLF HITLER
(87) 6Pf + 4Pf DARK GREEN - WINTERHILFSWERK
(88) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - BRANDENBURGER TOR



(89) 6Pf GREEN - ANSCHLUSS
(90) 5Pf BRIGHT GREEN - DENKMAL
(91) 6Pf DARK GREEN - ROAD BRIDGE
(92) 6Pf BROWN - SA in BERLIN



(93) 6Pf + 19Pf GREEN - ADOLF HITLER
(94) 6Pf + 19Pf GREEN - EDELWEISS
(95) 6Pf GREEN - REICHSADLER
(96) 6Pf GREEN - KÖLN



(97) 6Pf BROWN - KÖLN
(98) 6Pf + 19Pf BROWN - ADOLF HITLER
(99) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - MOOSE
(100) 15Pf - 5Pf VIOLET - HORSE



(101) 6Pf BROWN - ADOLF HITLER
(102) 6Pf on 5Pf ORANGE - DEUTSCHES REICH
(103) 6Pf on 6Pf GREEN - DEUTSCHES REICH
(104) 6PF BROWN - LARGE No.6



(105) 6Pf GREEN - No.6 POSTHORN
(106) 6Pf + 19Pf BLACK - ADOLF HITLER
(107) 6Pf + 4Pf GREEN - SWORD and HAMMER
(108) 6PF GREEN - PARADE GROUND



(109) 6Pf+ 4Pf CARMINE - GOLDSMITH
(110) 6Pf + 4Pf BLACK-BROWN - UPU
(111) 6Pf + 4Pf RUSSIAN GREEN - GOLDSMITH
(112) 6Pf + 4Pf DARK GREEN - GOLDSMITH



(113) 5Pf GREEN - ADOLF HITLER
(114) 6PF VIOLET/PURPLE - ADOLF HITLER
(115) 15Pf LILAC-BROWN - ADOLF HITLER
(116) 6Pf BROWN/OLIVE-BROWN - ADOLF HITLER



(117) 3Pf BROWN - ADOLF HITLER
(117a) 3Pf BROWN - ADOLF HITLER
(118) 6PF BLUE-GREEN - ADOLF HITLER
(119) 6PF PURPLE -> ADOLF HITLER



(119a) 55Rpf - CINNABAR RED

DIENSTPOSTKARTEN

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(120) 10Pf - CARMINE
(121) 20Pf - BLUE
(122) 30Pf - LIGHT BLUE
(123) 15Pf - RED



(124) 30Pf - LIGHT BLUE
(125) 10Pf - ROSE
(126) 30Pf - LIGHT BLUE
(127) 125Pf on 30Pf - LIGHT BLUE



(128) 10Pf - ROSE
(129) 15Pf - RED)
(130) 1.25 MARK - BLUE
(131) 75Pf - BLUE



(132) 50Pf - BLACK
(133) 75Pf - BLACK
(134) 50Pf - BLACK
(135) 25Pf - BLACK

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