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My POSTCARDS & COVERS
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--- OFFICIAL POSTCARDS ---
MICHEL P6
Printed 1899. This card measures 140 x 90mm. Features two 5RPf green krone/adler stamps. The same as P3 but this card has a print date but no letter and is without watermark.
MICHEL P6
MICHEL P7
Printed 1899. This card measures 140 x 90mm. Features two 10RPf carmine krone/adler stamps. The same as P4 but this card has a print date but no letter and is without watermark.
MICHEL P7
Michel P7 Fd is a variation with a white line in the frame.
MICHEL P18
This postcard was issued in 1917/1919 and has a single 5Pf 'Kaiser's Yacht' stamp. The only inscription is the word 'Postkarte' positioned directly above the centre divider. There are 4 dotted lines without gaps in the dots and a single, thick, solid line.
MICHEL P18
MICHEL P13
Printed in 1900 with two pre-printed, green, 5Pf Kaier's yacht stamps.
MICHEL P13
Reply Card
2x 5Pf, green
Reply Card
2x 5Pf, green
MICHEL P14
This postcard is a Michel P14 official postcard printed in 1904. This particular example was sent from Victoria in the Kamerun to Thuringen in Germany on 9th Jan 1908, arriving in Germany on 31st Jan 1908, a journey time of some three weeks. The postmark is the second of two cancels used in Victoria, this one from 19th Dec 1900 until the close of the post office on 4th Sep 1914. 5Pf was the correct value for a postcard sent from the colonies to Germany in 1908.
MICHEL P14
MICHEL P15
Printed from 1908 with pre-printed, green, 5RPf Kaier's yacht stamp.
MICHEL P15
MICHEL P16 & P17
KAISER's YACHT SERIES
MICHEL P16
Printed from 1912/17 with pre-printed, green, 5RPf Kaier's yacht stamp. With watermark.
MICHEL P16
MICHEL P17
Printed from 1912/17 with two pre-printed, green, 5RPf Kaier's yacht stamps.
MICHEL P17
MICHEL P18
This postcard was issued in 1917/1919 and has a single 5Pf 'Kaiser's Yacht' stamp. The only inscription is the word 'Postkarte' positioned directly above the centre divider. There are 4 dotted lines without gaps in the dots and a single, thick, solid line. MICHEL P18
MICHEL P19
Printed from 1917/19 with a pre-printed, carmine, 10RPf Kaier's yacht stamp. MICHEL P19
MICHEL P20
Printed from 1917/19 with two pre-printed, green, 5RPf Kaier's yacht stamps.
MICHEL P20
MICHEL P21
Printed from 1917/19 with two pre-printed, carmine, 10RPf Kaier's yacht stamps.
MICHEL P21
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REGISTERED COVER FROM DUALA
(4th Aug 1903)
This Registered cover was sent from Duala in the Kamerun to Neuburg, Germany. The stamps are all from the 1900 Imperial Yacht issue Michel 7 to 14.
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REGISTERED COVER FROM BUEA
(18th Nov 1909)
This impressive Registered cover was sent from BUEA in the Kamerun to Plauen in Saxony, on the Czech border. The stamps are all from the 1900 issue Michel 7 to 14 and there are 6x 3RPf, 6x 5RPf, 2x 10RPf, 1x 20RPf, 1 x 25Rpf, 1x 30RPf, 1x 40RPf and a single 50Rpf for a total of 19 stamps.
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