OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1902)

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P65
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10 Pf DEUTSCHES REICH

Issued 1902: Midlength address lines (104mm). P65 features a 10 Pf carmine value stamp and the inscription "Postkarte | Weltpostverein | Carte postale | Union postale universelle" in the upper left-hand corner. Below that inscription are the words "Nur für die Adresse" running vertically up the card, right beside the left-hand edge of the dotted lines.

This card was intended for international use rather than domestic use and this can be seen from the examples further down the page.

There are two versions of this card:

P65-X: With watermark
P65-Y: Without watermark

P65-X

ABOVE: P65-X - Wz 'B-3'

P65-Y

ABOVE: P65-Y

OTHER P65 CARDS IN MY COLLECTION

DENMARK

This card from my collection was sent from EMDEN to DENMARK on 28th Oct 1903. There are three different cancels in total: EMDEN, SLAGELSE and SKJELSKØR.

HOLLAND

The card below was sent from HAMBURG on the 20th Jul 1905 and arrived at its destination ENSCHEDE, HOLLAND on the 23rd Jul 1905.




Cancelled in BADEN-BADEN on 22.08.1904 the next card was sent to ENSCHEDE in HOLLAND via ARNHEM.




Another example of a P65-Y postcard sent to AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND from STUTTGART on 12th Sep 1906.




AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND was also the destination for the following P65-Y postcard, this one posted in FREUDENTHAL on 7th Sep 1906.

NORWAY

The next card from my colleciton was sent to KRISTIANIA in NORWAY from BRESLAU on 28th Jun 1904.

SWITZERLAND

This following P65-Y card was postally used in BRESLAU on 15th Jan 1906. It was cancelled again two days later when it arrived in FAHRWANGEN, SWITZERLAND on 17th Jan 1906.




Another P65-X sent to SWITZERLAND, this time to LUZERN from ZELL on 19.03.1908