<p>Postcard of the German Empire; 1889; Postcard from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hamburg" title="Category:Hamburg">Hamburg</a> (Northern Germany) to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crimmitschau" title="Category:Crimmitschau">Crimmitschau</a> (Saxony); Postcard is franked with a definitive stamp Michel No. 40 from 1880 (color: lilac (not purple)); currency without final "e"; stamp postmarked with an one-circle daily cancellation with 27 mm diameter from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hamburg" title="Category:Hamburg">Hamburg 8</a>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1889-08-14" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">14 August 1889</time><br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel No. 40; Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 37; Scott: No. 38<br><b>Color</b>: violet<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 5 Pfennig<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 1880 until 31 January 1891 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1891-01-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><p><b>Stamp size</b> (printed area of a single stamp): 18.5 x 21.0 mm<br></p>
<b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hamburg" title="Category:Hamburg">Hamburg 8</a>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1889-08-14" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">14 August 1889</time>, one-circle, dayly cancellation with 27 mm diameter<br>
"Deutsche Reichspost"
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