OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1924)

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P156
5 Pf IMPERIAL EAGLE

BACKGROUND: Issued 1924. Stylised Adler, small postcard format 140 x 90 mm. Single line for the dividing line. Almost identical to P162 except for the dividing line on P162 is thicker and consists of a thick dark green line with light green on each side (3 lines).

There are two versions of this postcard as follows:

P156-I with four straight edges.
P156-II with one or more serrated edges.

In addition to the regular official card described above there were at least 120 private printings, some of which can be seen below.

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
WITH PRIVATE ADDITIONAL PRINTS

There were at least 90 private printings of P156.

Cities A to E; Cities F to L; Cities M to S; Cities T to Z

81. CARL HERMANN & Co | TAUCHA-LEIPZIG

Destination address, four lines of text, "Carl Hermann & Co | Taucha-Leipzig".

82. Fr. KAISER | WAIBLINGEN

Destination address, five lines of text, "Fr. Kaiser | Waiblingen". Five variations.

83. FISCHBÖRSE | WESSERMÜNDE-GEESTEMÜNDE

Destination address, five lines of text, "Fischbörse | Wessermünde-Geestemünde".

84. FREIE DEUTSCHE SCHULE | WÜRZEBURG

Reverse side, three lines of text, "Freie Deutsche Schule | Würzeburg".

86. JOSEPH SCHÜRER | WÜRZEBURG

Destination address, four lines of text, "Joseph Schürer | Würzeburg".

87. RICHARD FOCKE | ZWICKAU-Sa

Destination address, four lines of text, "Richard Focke | Zwickau-Sa".

88. IMAGE OF WEIGHT-LIFTER

Reverse side image of weight-lifter.

89. EIN ZEHNPFENNIG-STUCK | ZWEI 5-PF-POSTKARTEN

Front side two lines of text "Ein Zehnpfennig-Stuck | Zwei 5-Pf-postkarten"

90. REICHSKRIEGERTAG

Image in sender's section eagle and Hindenburg portrait. Text "Reichskriegertag". Three variants.

91. SCHLOΒ RHEINSBERG

Image on reverse side of building by lake and inscription "Schloβ Rheinsberg".

92. SELFT UNS HELFEN!

Red Cross. Reverse side multiple lines of text and "Selft uns helfen!".

93. CARL GERBODE | BERLIN C19

This is the only P156-II version: Five lines of destination text "Carl Gerbode | Berlin C19"

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
4. GANZSACHEN-HANDBUCH DES "DITTEN REICHES" 1933-1945 by FRECH. ISBN: UNKNOWN