GERMAN PHILATELY

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
(1886)

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POSTCARDS:
P14 and P15

POSTANWEISUNGEN (POSTAL ORDERS):
A5 and A6

Some of the postcards below exist with one of two types of border. Type 'a' and Type 'b' and can be seen below.



Border Type a
Border Type b

P14
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
10 PFENNIG

Issued 1886/1887. This postcard has a decorative border that runs around the entire outer edge with an inscription 'Deutschland -- Allemagne.' in the centre of the upper decoration. The text reads 'Postkarte. - Carte Postal | Weltposverein - Union postale universelle.' directly under the 'Deutschland -- Allemagne' text.

P14/01 has a border type 'a'
P14/02 has a border type 'b'.

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P14/01 - 10Pf red

P15
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
10 PFENNIG

Issued 1886/1887. This is a Reply card very similar to Michel P14 above. However this time the text inside the border reads 'Postkarte mit Antwort. - Carte Postal avec réponse payée | Weltposverein - Union postale universelle.' directly under the 'Deutschland -- Allemagne' text.

P15 exists in three different variations:
P15/01 has border type 'a'.
P15/02 has border type 'b'.
P15/03 has both a border type 'a' and a type 'b'.

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P15-b - Reply Card - 2x 10Pf red

A5
OFFICIAL POSTANWEISUNGEN
20 PFENNIG

Issued 1886. Similar to 1885 A4 but now the deposit fields are in net-like rows of stitches. Year "18" on the front. There are two variations:

Type I: 10 rows of stitches in the 3rd field at the bottom.
Type II: 9 rows of stitches in the 3rd field at the bottom.

Valid printing control dates:
Type I : 686(4), 786(1,2,4) and 886(4)
Type II: 886(4)

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A5 - 20 Pf blue

A6
OFFICIAL POSTANWEISUNGEN
20 PFENNIG

Issued 1886. Upper grids now with narrower (14) rows of stitches. In the case of the lower fields, the middle and the right field are slightly wider than the A5. There are three variations of A6:

Type a: is grey-blue
Type b: is dark blue
Type c: is violet-blue.

Valid printing control dates:
Type 'a': 886(4), 986(4), 1086(1,2), 1186(2,3,4) and 187(3,4).
Type 'b': 1186(4), 1286(3), 187(3,4), 287(2,4), 387(2,4), 487(4), 587(1,2), 687(2,4), 787(4), 887(2,4), 987(2,4), 1087(3,4), 1187(2,4), 1287(2,4), 188(4), 288(3,4), 388(4), 488(4), 588(0,1,3,4), 688(1,2,4), 788(4), 888(2,3,4), 988(2,4)1088(3), 1188(2,4) and 1288(2).
Type 'c': 888(3,4)

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