AMTLICHE POSTKARTE MIT SONDERWERTSTEMPEL
(OFFICIAL POSTCARD WITH SPECIAL VALUE STAMP)
(1985)

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PSo 10
FERPHILEX WORLD POSTAL CONGRESS 1985 NÜRNBERG
60 Pf
MULTICOLOURED

BACKGROUND: A total of 460,000 of these cards were printed and Issued on 8th Aug 1985 to commemorate the 1985 Ferphilex World Postal Congress held in NÜRNBERG from 8th to 11th Aug 1985. The image on the card is "der Adler", "The Eagle", the first steam train to run regular services in Germany in 1835 and behind it is a panoramic view of the city of NÜRNBERG with the castle high above the city. The Eagle was built in England by Robert Stephenson and Co of Newcastle upon Tyne and operated the FÜRTH - NÜRMBERG route for 22 years, the first of which took place at 9:00am on 7th Dec 1835. The distance of 6 Km took approximately 9 minutes to complete.

VARIANTS TO COLLECT - 1987 SPECIAL CANCELS

1. Related 1985 Cancellations
2. Unrelated 1986 Cancellations
3. Unrelated 1987 Cancellations
4. Unrelated 1988 Cancellations
5. Unrelated 1989 Cancellations
6. Unrelated 1991 Cancellations

1. BERLIN 12

Berlin Transport Authority commemorated its Open Days on the 24th and 25th Apr 1987 and the following special handstamp was used to mark the event.

"BERLIN 12 | BERLINER TAGE DER OFFENEN TÜR | VERKEHRSBETRIEBE (BVG) BETRIEBSHOF HELMHOLZSTR | 24.+25.4.1987"

'BERLIN 12. BERLIN OPEN DAYS. TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (BVG) DEPOT HELMHOLZSTR. 24th and 25th Apr 1987'

2. AHLEN, WESTF 1

Cancelled in AHLEN on 25th Apr 1987, the following example was issued to promote the Day of Young Stamp Friends Exhibition. The inscription reads:

"AHLEN, WESTF 1 | 10 JAHRE | TAG DER JUNGEN BRIEFMARKENFREUNDE"

'AHLEN, WESTF 1. 10 YEARS of YOUNG STAMP ENTHUSIASTS' DAY'

3. LEVERKUSEN 3

LEVERKUSEN hosted the Railway Festival in OPLANDEN (a suburb of modern LEVERKUSEN) on 25th Apr 1987. The simple inscription reads:

"LEVERKUSEN 3 | EISENBAHNFEST IN OPLADEN"

'LEVERKUSEN 3. RAILWAY FESTIVAL IN OPLADEN'




REFERENCES:
These pages were compiled from several sources including, but not limited to:

[1]: MICHEL, Ganzsachen Deutschland 2021 / 2022. 23 Auflage. ISBN: 978-3-95402-374-5

[2]: MICHEL, Bildpostkarten- und Motivganzsachen- Katalog Deutschland 1989 ISBN: 3 87858 618 3