OFFICIAL GANZSACHEN
(1889)

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P20
OFFICIAL POSTCARD
5 PFENNIG

Issued:1889. Measures 140 x 90mm.

Distinguishing Features:

1. 5Pf Green pre-printed value stamp with number in circle and inscribed "REICHSPOST"
2. Distance between dotted address lines 10:11:11mm.
3. "An" directly above "in" on the left.
4. Control Print Data: Yes, number only (see below).
5. Watermark: No
6. Gap in 4th Address line: Yes.

Variations:
P20 Fd I : Misprint: Print date "089" instead, "1089" without or with part of the foot of the "1".
P20 Fd II : Misprint: Without print date data.
P20 Fd III: Misprint: Without "An".
P20 PF III: Plate Flaw. Thick white line under the upper right curl

Viable date codes and dots in the 4th dotted address line are as follows:

689 (L10) or (R5); 789 (L5, L10) or (R15, R20, R25); 889 (L5, L15, L30) or (R5, R15, R20); 989 (L5, L20, L25, L30) or (R15); 1089 (L5, L10, L15, L30) or (R5); 1189 (L5, L30) or (R5, R15, R20); 1289 (L5, L10, L15) or (R5, R20); 190 (L5, L10. L30) or (R15, R20, R25); 290 (L5, L15, L20, L30) or (R5, R20); 390 (L5, L10, L20, L30) or (R5, R15, R25); 490 (L5, L15, L20, L30) or (R15, R25); 590 (L5, L20, L30) or (R5, R15); 690 (L5, L15, L20) or (R5, R15, R20); 790 (L5, L10, L15, L20) or (R5, R30); 890 (L5, L10) or (R5, R20)




P20 - 5Pf green stamp

OTHER P20 POSTCARDS IN MY COLLECTION

POSTALLY UNUSED

DOMESTIC USAGE

1. The first domestically used P20 was sent from BREMEN on 15th Dec 1890. The print code is 690 and the gap is at location L20 on the 4th dotted address line.




1. The second domestically used P20 was sent from HAMBURG on 23rd Dec 1890. The print code is 290 and the gap is at location L20 on the 4th dotted address line.

FOREIGN USAGE

BELGIUM

1. The next foreign used P20 postcard was sent from MÖNCHENGLADBACH to GAND, BELGIUM on 7th Jun 1890. The print code is 190 and the gap is at location L30 on the 4th dotted address line.

FRANCE

1. The following foreign used P20 postcard was sent from METZ (part of Germany since the German victory in the Franco-Prussian war) to PARIS, FRANCE on 17th May 1890. The print code is 290 and the gap is unknown on the 4th dotted address line.