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.

There were at least 90 private printings of P156 as follows:

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

SPECIAL CANCEL: N/A

P156-I
5Pf IMPERIAL EAGLE

ABOVE LEFT: P156-I
ABOVE RIGHT: P156-II

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

The following are suggested variants that might make good additions to a collection:

1. As a local delivery without additional franking
2. As a domestic long-distance card without any special features
3. As a foreign used card with 15 Rpf
4. As a Registered Delivery card
5. As a local delivery Express Delivery card
6. Used as a Rohrpost (pneumatic) card in BERLIN
7. Domestic Airmail usage
8. European Airmail usage
9. Airmail usage to the USA
10. Postally unused
11. Domestic Bahnpost usage
12. Invalid Usage - either after expiration date or with incorrect postage applied
13. With additional private printing
14. With Special slogan cancels

POSTALLY UNUSED

LOCAL DELIVERY WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FRANKING

1.

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

1. This first P156-I was cancelled in CHEMNITZ on 13th Jul 1925.




2. This second postally used P156-I was cancelled on 11th Nov 1924 in SULINGEN.




3. The next card was sent from KARLSRUHE to WALDSHUT on 1st Sep 1924.

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

1. Cancelled in AUGSBURG on 10th May 1925 this foreign used P156 postcard was sent to LONDON, ENGLAND from a well-known philatelist supplier H. TREITEL. This example features a special handstamp

HOLLAND

1. The next example was sent to HAARLEM in HOLLAND and was cancelled on the CHEMNITZ-WECHSELBURG train, number 1701, on 16th Aug 1924.

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

1. The following example is an EXPRESS DELIVERY (Durch Eilboten Expres - By Express Courier) from LANGENSALZA to BERLIN sent on Monday, 11th May 1925 and arriving the following day. An extra 30Pf of postage has been provided in order to pay the express delivery fee.




2. Another Express Delivery card this time posted in GIEβEN on 2nd Dec 1924 and destined for FRANKFURT aM MAIN.




3. The postcard below was cancelled on the WÜRTT Train No. 50 on 7th Nov 1924.

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA

GERMAN BAHNPOST

1. The following postcard was cancelled on the ROCHLITZ-WALDHEIM train No. 9433 on 6th Jul 1925 and was destined for an address in LEIPZIG.




2. The card below was another BAHNPOST use from MAGDEBURG-HANNOVER on train no. 308 on 9th Oct 1924




3. The next example was cancelled on the MAGDEBURG-THALE train, number 370 on 7th Aug 1925. The final destination was LEIPZIG.




4. Posted at the STUTTGART Railway Station on 6th Jul 1925 the card below was destined for WALDSHUT in BAVARIA.

INVALID USAGE

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

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