OFFICIAL POSTCARDS
(1932)

This page was last updated
02-Mar-2025 03:43

MICHEL P200
OFFICIAL REPLY CARD
6 Rpf

BACKGROUND: Issued: Jan 1932. Official replycard with five lines of sender's text measuring 21 mm high as well as three dotted lines.

VALIDITY: Jan 1932 until 30th Jun 1934

A P200 must have the following characteristics:
(1) 6 Rpf olive-green Hindenburg Medallion pre-printed stamp. And
(2) 5 lines of text in the sender's address section.
(3) Height of dotted lines in sender's section 21 mm high.

There are two versions of this replycard: P200-I has straight edges and P200-II has a serrated edge.

P200-I: Four Straight Edges
P200-II: One or More Serrated Edges.

As well as the official card there were a number of official cards with additional private printing.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT

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

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

EXAMPLES FROM MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT SPECIAL MARKINGS

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to CSR

FOREIGN USE WITH 10 Rpf to HUNGARY

FOREIGN USE WITH 15 Rpf

REGISTERED DELIVERY CARD

EXPRESS DELIVERY CARD

POSTED AS ROHRPOST IN BERLIN

DOMESTIC AIRMAIL

EUROPEAN AIRMAIL

AIRMAIL TO USA FROM LAKE CONSTANCE

GERMAN BAHNPOST

INVALID USAGE

1. The example below is an invalid use of the card after the expiration date of the pre-printed stamp (note the blue line around the left and bottom of the pre-printed stamp). The stamp was valid until 30th Jun 1934 but the usage here is six months after that date on the 30th Dec 1934. The recipient would have to have paid 1.5x the correct postage, which in this case is 9 Rpf (6 Rpf x 1.5), as indicated by the large blur number '9'.

SPECIAL SLOGAN CANCELS

REFERENCES

1. MICHEL GANZSACHEN DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022. 23 Auflage ISBN 978-95402-374-5
2. KATALOG der DEUTSCHEN GELEGENHEITSSTEMPEL by JULIUS BOCHMANN.