GERMAN PHILATELY

OFFICIAL POSTAL STATIONERY
(1887)

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POSTCARDS:
P16, P17, P18, P19

ROHRPOST KARTE:
RP6 and RP7

P16 and P17

Domestic postcards with a form change (intermediate edition). Address form still with 4 simple lines of dots, but now with a three-line "Wohnung | (Straße und | Hausnummer)' note in front of the fourth line of dots, with dot gap and also with print date.

P16
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887 and inscribed 'DEUTSCHES REICHSPOST | POSTKARTE.' The pre-printed stamp is a 1880 issue Michel 40, 5Pf stamp inscribed "5 PFENNIG 5 | DEUTSCHE REICHS-POST | 5 PFENNIG 5 ". P16 can be differentiated from similar postcards by the control code on the bottom right-hand side, P16 will have control code 287 and/or gaps in the 4th dotted address line at one of the following positions: left 10, 15 or right 15,

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P16 - 5 Pf violet

P17
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887. This is a Reply card very similar to P16 above except now with additional text 'Die angebogene Karte ist fur | die Antwort bestimmt' - 'The attached card is for the reply'. P17 is only found with control date 287 and gap at position 'L30' in the 4th dotted address line.

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P17 - Reply Card - 2x 5 Pf violet

P18
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Domestic postcards with renewed form change, address form with apartment note as well as extended and underlined 3rd line, with gap in the 4th line. There are three different varieties of this card.

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P18-I - 5Pf violet
P18-II - 5Pf violet

P19
OFFICIAL REPLYCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued 1887. This is a Reply card very similar to postcard, P18 above. There are two versions of this reply card.

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P19 - Reply Card - 2x 5Pf violet (Code 388, gap L30)

RP6
OFFICIAL ROHRPOST KARTE
25 PFENNIG

Issued 1877. Inscribed "DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | ROHRPOST-KARTE". The same design as previous RP1 to RP5 but now with colour change of the value stamp, was violet but is now orange-brown 25Pf small eagle in ellipse value stamp.

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RP6 - 25 Pf dark brown

RP7
OFFICIAL ROHRPOST REPLY KARTE
25 PFENNIG

Issued 1877. Inscribed "DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST | ROHRPOST-KARTE". The same design as previous RP1 to RP5 but now with colour change of the value stamp, was violet but is now orange-brown 25 Pf small eagle in ellipse value stamp.

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RP7 - Reply Card - 2x 25 Pf orange brown stamp