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Berlin, Rolandbrunnen
Unused, old B&W card #64. Grade: 1
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Heidelberg Castle
Unused. Grade: 1
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Bayreuth, Villa Wahnfried
From Wikipedia: “Wahnfried was the name given by Richard Wagner to his villa in Bayreuth. The name is a German compound of Wahn (delusion, madness) and Fried(e), (peace, freedom). The house was constructed from 1872 to 1874 … The front of the house shows Wagner’s motto “Hier wo mein Wähnen Frieden fand – Wahnfried – sei dieses Haus von mir benannt.” (“Here where my delusions have found peace, let this place be named Wahnfried.”) The grave of Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima lies on the grounds of Wahnfried. The house has been a museum since 1976.” The unused sepia postcard is very heavily aged, but clean. Grade: 2
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Berlin, Dom, Lustgarten, Altes Museum
Not postally used, this very old postcard has a message completely covering the reverse. Grade: 4
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Hamburg – Rathaus
Sturdy and robust, an unused, ancient sepia postcard showing Hamburg’s Town Hall. Grade: 1
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Büdingen, Am Mühltor
Unused card, some smudging and a couple of written words on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Freiburg i.Br. Münster
The cathedral, on an old, unused card. Grade: 1
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Köln, Cathedral – Dom (Westseite)
Unused Eduard Holzermann card, with album marks and smudging. Grade: 3
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Potsdam, Sanssouci (Palace) – Terrasse
Unused Piek card 33667, with abrasions and water staining on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Potsdam, Sanssouci – Neues Palais
Unused Piek card 33668, with significant water staining on the right reverse edge. Grade: 4
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Potsdam, Sanssouci
Unused Piek card 33669, with significant water staining on the right reverse edge. Grade: 4
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Potsdam, Am Stadtschloss (City Palace)
Unused Piek card 33367, with significant water staining on the right reverse edge. Grade: 4
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Berchtesgaden – Konigsee, St. Bartholoma mit Watzmann-Ostwand
Real-photo card with abrasions on lower right front. Mailed with three stamps and blue Luftpost label, and the two postmarks managed to be too faint to read clearly. Grade: 3
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Köln, Der Kölner Dom von Suden
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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Seenotkreuzer “Theodor Heuss”
Captioned entirely in German and mailed from Germany in 2014 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Meiningen, Schloss Landsberg
Only if you’re desperate for such a card. Mailed, no stamp, no postmark, messy reverse. Grade: 5
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Haltern am See
A card promoting exhibitions and a city’s anniversary, mailed from Germany in 2014 with stamp, Priority label, and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Ich bin nicht faul …
Translated as “I‘m not lazy, I’m just feel-good oriented.” Mailed in 2014, three different stamps, postmark, and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 1
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Berlin, Strassenbahn
Though this card has no caption, the writer identified the location. Mailed from Germany in 2014, with stamp, trilingual Luftpost label, and very faint postmark. Minor postal abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Heidelberg, 212422 Ltr. fassend.
Unused old B&W card, aged but still clean. Grade: 1
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Heidelberg, Das Schloss
Mailed in 1932 with two stamps and postmark. A little bit of postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Koblenz, Schloss Stolzenfels am Rhein
We aren’t certain what caused the upper and lower edges of this unused old card to be rough. Perhaps cut from a set? Otherwise clean. Grade: 2
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Koblenz, Denkmal Kaiser Wilhelm I
We aren’t certain what caused the upper and lower edges of this unused old card to be rough. Perhaps cut from a set? Otherwise clean. Grade: 2
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Berlin, Brandenburger Tor
Before there was a Wall, there was a Gate. Unused old sepia card 118/8, unattributed. Grade: 1
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München, Universitat
Unused, very heavily aged old card. Minor diagonal crease on upper right corner. Grade: 3
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Göttingen, Blick auf die Plesse und Mariaspring
Not postally used, but written for mailing a long time ago. Grade: 4
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Frankfurt Airport
A shiny 4-7/8″ x 6-7/8″ card, mailed in 2014 with stamp and postmark. Abrasion on the right edge of the reverse. Grade: 3
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Heidelberg, castle
Mailed in 1952, with two stamps, postmark, and the “Mit Luftpost” label there but in two pieces. Grade: 2
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Nürnberg, Frauentor
Unused, significantly aged. Grade: 1
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Rhein in Flammen
This famous festival immortalized on a card mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, blue Luftpost label, a red small “chop”, and a small sticker. Grade: 4
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I (heart) Berlin
Unused. Grade: 1
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Der schöne Bodensee (3D)
For non-German speakers, some translation is in order. Our header means “The beautiful Lake Constance”. You already know how it is to scan a 3D card, and this shows you a bit of both views. One, headed “einfach zauberhaft” (“simply magical”) shows swans. Flip the lenticular card and the other view is of sailboats on the lake. Unused. Grade: 1
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Karlsruhe, Stadtgarten – See
While not the prettiest postcard, or the most exciting scene, this does have one special thing going for it: it’s the oldest postcard in our website, mailed in 1898, with stamp and two large (and different) postmarks. Undivided back, and if you have been searching for a 19th-century postcard, look no further. Our entry 20521404B shows the reverse. Grade: 1
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Karlsruhe, Stadtgarten – See (reverse)
See entry 20521404A.
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Lufthansa – Erstflug LH 536
Erstflug = First flight, in German. You might compare this with our entry #20203544 (Brazil) and a similar situation and type of card. This one is richer, though: same-day 1984 postmarks from Frankfurt and Addis Ababa, and a rubber-stamp chop mark from a German club on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Schöne Grüße von der Insel Norderney
Mailed in 2017, barcoding and minor postal abrasion, with stamps connected, and indistinct postmark. Grade: 3
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Die Euro-Munzen
Issued by the German Finance Ministry, this unused card has a very long caption on the back, explaining much — in German only. Creased along upper right front corner. Grade: 3
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Dresden, multiple views
All scenes are identified (in German) in the caption on the back of the card. It was mailed in 2018 with two se-tenant stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Leipzig, Altes Rathaus
Mailed in 2018 with two se-tenant stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Eglfing, Gesamtansicht (general view)
Mailed in 1939, with stamp and fully legible Munich postmark containing a swastika. We so much wish we could read the message, but the handwriting defeats us. Grade: 1