OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1929)
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POSTKARTE: P186, P187, P188, P209
ROHRPOST KARTE: RP24
P186
POSTCARD
5Rpf
Issued 1929 and featuring a pre-printed 5Rpf Paul von Hindenburg stamp. Special post with advertising for the Reich Accident Prevention Week (February 24 - March 3, 1929). Except for the pre-printed stamp, the design of this postcard is exactly the same as P187.
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P187
POSTCARD
8Rpf
Issued 1929 and featuring a pre-printed 8Rpf Friedrich Ebert stamp. The left-hand pane has the inscription "Reichs=Unfallverhütungs=Woche 24.februar bis 3 März 1929" - 'Reichs = Accident Prevention = Week February 24 to March 3, 1929', together with an image of a hand holding a snake and an inscription "HELFT UNFÄLLE VERHUTEN!" - 'PREVENTING ACCIDENTS'
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Michel P187
P188
POSTCARD
8Rpf
Issued 1929. Picture postcard, value stamp 8Rpf Ebert. Modified form of the word "Postkarte" 37mm long. Printed on soft, cream-colored cardboard with a border extending all around the edges of the postcards. There are 10 postcards in the series. Similar to 1930 issue Michel P189 which are on soft light blue green cardboard. The themes are as follows: 01 — 1,000 Years, Brandenburg a.d.H., 02 — 1,000 Years, Brandenburg, 03 — Bad Landeck in Silesia, Georgenbad, 04 — New Town Hall, Mannheim, 05 — Rhine Bridge and Castle, Mannheim, 06 — Castle, Former Residence of the Electoral Palatine, Mannheim, 07 — Map, Mannheim, 08 — Bad Münster on the Stein, 09 — East Prussian Sea Views and 10 — Warnemüde, Baltic Sea.
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Michel P188/07
01 — 1,000 Years, Brandenburg a.d.H. Michel P188/09
02 — 1,000 Years, Brandenburg
P209
POSTCARD
8Rpf
P209 was issued in 1929 to raise funds for the "Deutsche Nothilfe" charity. This card is similar to the 1928, P208, Deutsche Nothilfe card and features a different 8Rpf Coat of Arms pre-printed stamp. The inscription at the bottom of the card reads "Schafft frohe, Kräffige Jugend!" - "Create happy, strong Children".
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Michel P209
RP24
ROHRPOST KARTE
50Rpf + 5Rpf
Issued 1929 and featuring two pre-printed Paul von Hindenburg stamps: A brown 50Rpf and a green 5Rpf.
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Michel RP24 - Postcard - 50Rpf + 5Rpf brown + green