by Jerry H. Miller
‘BICKERDIKE’ EXPERIMENTAL POSTMARKS AND USE IN GERMANY ..
1898 - 1916
by Jerry H. Miller
‘BICKERDIKE’ EXPERIMENTAL POSTMARKS AND USE IN GERMANY..
1898 - 1916
In an effort to more effectively postmark both out-bound and in-bound mail, the German Postal Service tested and evaivated
no fewer than thirteen German or foreign-manufactured postmarking machines between 1866 - 1914. One of those machines tested was the ‘Bickerdike’ manufactured by the
‘Canadian Postal Supply Company’.
The first eight machines tested by the German Reichsposf were North American-built machines with subsequent machines manufactured under license in Germany by the ‘Deutsche
Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken’ of Berlin & Karlsruhe.
The ‘Bickerdike’ became the first effective and widely-used postmarking machine in Germany
with forty-one machines operational nation-wide.
Illustration of the electrically-operated
‘Bickerdike’ Postmarking Machine able to postmark circa 5000 Mail Units/Hour. —
This postal exhibit shows the evolution of experimental and field-use postmarks applied by the ‘Bickerdike’
Postmarking Machine .. tested, evaluated and introduced by the Post Office in Germany between the
years 1898-1901 with field-use until 1916.
FRAME NUMBERS
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8-9
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Black:
Blue:
Magenta: Postal Rate Information.
EXHIBIT
Il. GERMAN ‘REICHSPOST' POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
A. 1898-1901 .. First Trial Phase Use
Berlin Hamburg
B. 1901-1902... Expanded Trial Phase Use
Berlin .. W8, SW12, SW19, ‘Postmuseum' Leipzig
C. 1901-1902 ‘Beling & Libke’ Machine Influence & Use
D. 1902-1903 Field Trials & Use Braunschweig Frankfurt/Main
Bremen Halle (Saale) Bremerhaven Hamburg/Altona Breslau/Waldenburg Karlsruhe Chemnitz LUbeck Céin Mannheim Ddsseldorf Strassburg Erfurt
E. 1904-1905 .. Expanded Field Use Aachen Essen (Ruhr) Berlin Hanover Cassel Kiel Darmstadt Kénigsberg/Bromberg Dresden Magdeburg/Dessau
Diésseldorf Mainz Elberfeld Stettin
OTHER POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS A. 1903 .. WOrttemberg B. 1905.. Bavaria
lil. EPILOGUE.. PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS
TEXT COLOR-CODING
General information and descriptive data.
Blue-matied exampies or bold text indicates particular importance or scarcity.
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘I’ Postmark Type | :
In 1898 THE REICHSPOST PURCHASED TWO (ay re BICKERDIKE POSTMARKING MACHINES es ee WO amet ee
from the Canadian Postal Supply Company PY snus ametereg * Peawe, at Montreal, Canada, nee a Ge “— “i
FOR TESTING AT BERLIN & HAMBURG. a 5 ene i
‘Machine 1’ was located at the Berlin ‘C2’ , dite Post Office and applied origin postmarks A atiney te
to out-going mail. Mince?
Postmark: 23mm dater dial WITHOUT STARS and having a 56mm long 7-Line/’DR’ obliterator.
Usage: 14May-5 July 1898
Less than ten examples recorded
Romain Talbot
BERLIN. C. 25 MAY 1898
Commercial
advertising postcard, Mn sent to Cologne.
24 JUNE 1898
Commercial postcard, 3g : ae LE CF a sent to Bidingen.
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BICKERDIKE
BERLIN C2 ...
1898
Machine ‘1’
Postmark Type 2
8 JULY 1898
Commercial postcard,
sent to
Ndrnberg, Bavaria.
Arrival Postmark:
“NGrnberg, ...
9 July 1898, 9-10 AM”
5 Pfennig .. Domestic
Postcard Rate
Earliest recorded date.
In July, 1898, the postmark dater dial was altered
from 23mm to 22mm in diameter
with stars added.
Postmark: 22mm dater dial WITH STARS and having
a 22mm 7-Line obliterator.
Usage: 8 July-31 August 1898
SCHUCHARDT & SCHUTTE « BERLIN C. Deutfche Rei
Spandauer Strasse 59—61. ch etchspo
Meschinon wad Pojtfarte. Maschinenbau-Artikeil.
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Wobhnung oo. (Strage und Hausnummer,)
9 AUGUST 1898
Commercial (acknowledgemenh)
postcard, sent to
Heiligenstadt. Arrival Postmark: “Heiligenstadt
(Eichsfeld) 10 August 1898”
5 Pfennig...
Domestic
Postcard Rate
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type 3a
1898 - 1901
In September, 1898, the heretofore postmark
(Machine 1/Type 2) having a short seven-line obliterator was discontinued and REPLACED WITH one similar to the
early ‘Type I’ having ‘DR’ IN THE OBLITERATOR.
Postmark: 22mm dater dial WITH STARS and having a 56mm long 7-line/’DR’ obliterator.
Usage: 19 September 1898 - 29 July 1901
19 SEPTEMBER 1898
Inner-City Berlin commercial cover.
5 Pfennig.. Inner-City
(closed envelope)
Letter-Rate
Earliest recorded
date.
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24 SEPTEMBER 1898
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Inner-City Berlin, commercial
wrapper printed-matter
mail.
Eigene Angelegenheite 3 Pfennig.. des Empfangers. Printed-Matter Rate
for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type 3a
POSTAGE-DUE NEW YORK-ORIGIN GERMAN CONSULAR
OFFICIAL MAIL SENT TO GERMANY
11 JANUARY 1901
New York German Consulate-
General Official Cover, sent to Steinach,
Sachsen-Meiningen, Germany, via diplomatic
pouch fo Berlin.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Steinach, Sachsen- Meinigen, 12 January 1901”
Onainally fF f k aftimiced Originally WTwee-fank Gnicidi
ve rail > orirt met elas mail requiring postage due €y i raciral de from the recipient,
20 Pfennig..
Single-Weight (20 Grams) UPU international Letier-Rate
i 1 collected couecTed.
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘T’ Postmark Type 3a
OFFICIAL IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT EMPEROR'S OFFICE FREE-FRANK MAIL
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Pag Markey Vale
26 SEPTEMBER 1900
Official cover sent from the ‘Imperial Office of the Kaiser & King of the German Empire’
at Berlin to a local government office at Berlin-Schoneberg.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Delivered from the Schéneberg Post Office,
26 September 1901, 3- 3-1/2 PM”
Crae_Ereankl BAe! anc — pn 7 a2 re &:.-FTCnY AAT eanCoores rS r di ee cee Pure
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BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type 3a Saag
Reverse
OFFICIAL IMPERIAL EMPRESS’S FREE-FRANK PNEUMATIC MAIL
3 FEBRUARY 1900
(11-12 AM)
Official cover sent by the ‘Empress of the German Empire’
to a Berlin magazine.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Berlin S.W. P61 (R31) 3 February 1900, 11:30 AM”
Free-Frank Mail endorsed as ‘Imperial Mail’ (lower left corner)
Only known Empress Mail sent
via the Pneumatic Mail System.
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type 3a
RE-DIRECTED OFFICIAL GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE, COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, FREE-FRANK MAIL
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2 MAY 1901
Official German Foreign Office (Berlin), Colonial Department Cover, sent to a customs official at Kiel,
re-directed, upon arrival, to Hamburg.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Hamburg Emsbiittel, 3 May 1901, 5-6 PM”
Free-Frank Mail cachet-endorsed as ‘Reichsdienstsache’ (lower left corner)
BICKERDIKE 1901 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’
Postmark Type 3a
FREE-FRANK OFFICIAL REICHSPOST
INSTRUCTIONAL MAIL TO THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS COMMUNITY
In 1901, because of its intention to use ‘Bickerdike' Machines
for the postmarking of mail, THE REICHSPOST REQUESTED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE UNIFORMITY IN THE PLACEMENT OF POSTAGE, LOCATIONS OF SENDER ADDRESSES & ADDRESSING OF MAIL versus placement of machine postmarks by the post office.
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How Mailis to be Prepared for Mailing & Postmarking
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’
Postmark Type 3a
FOREIGN-BOUND , POSTAL STATIONERY |
LETTER-CARDS | Deutfhe Reichspoft / : a ay
MAIL TO SWITZERLAND Ohi Kartenbrief
21 OCTOBER 1898
Between ‘7-1/2-8’ PM on 21 October,
the ‘Bickerdike’ : Machine’s postmark
die-guide became misaligned. resulting in only the dater dial being applied as the Oa
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As a result, the postal | — clerk had to hand-cancel ... - “Nachtrdglich entwertet” ¢
(canceled later’) ;
the un-postmarked stamp.
One hour later (9-10 PM), the machine was again postmarking properly as
illustrated by the adjacent , Wopnung example. : (StraGe und Sansnumimer)
MAIL TO BELGIUM
22 OCTOBER 1898
Lottery advertising Postal stationery
letter-card,
sent to Anvers,
C C C C C K E E C K E C C C
T C C E C K C C E C C e e e e e e e t e e
Belgium.
20 Pfennig:
LL UPU international
wong —E. ,. PERU AGE — (Strafe und Haugnummer)
C R C C C H C E C C K C C R E S S
S E C
H e e e e e e e s e e e e e t e e s e s e n
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BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ DOMESTIC LONG-DISTANCE MAIL
Postmark Type 3a
30 JANUARY 1899
Commercial cover, sent to
‘Mayor Pressler' at Kindelbriick,
Saxony Province.
Arrival Postmark: “Kindelbrick,
31 January 1899”
10 Pfennig... Domestic Letter- Rate for mail up
to 20 grams. z — — - , ane ~ - ———
1 APRIL 1901
Official Mail ‘subject to franking’, sent from the Berlin Office for Social Welfare to the Magistrate of the City of Schwerin ...
(requesting payment covering expenses incurred for the care given to one of their inhabitants).
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
Postmark Type 3a
10 OCTOBER 1900
Re-directed cover (open-envelope), An die
printed-matter
enclosure, K°6°n 1°86: 1i,.¢ ho Bo ah nome: S48 12653 66
senttoa imperial railway
repair facility at Tempelin.
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— 13 APRIL 1901
F; foe } | Advertising
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) at Berlin, be t Yt-2d: ce to Hoyerswerda.
Woknung (Strafe und Hausirummter)
3 Pfennig ..
Printed-Matter Rate for Mail up fo 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1901 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’
Illustrated Advertising Postcard (as (for a new type of pefroleum lamp) m
Domestic Printed-Matter Rate
Postmark Type 3a
ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING PRINTED MATTER POSTCARD MAIL
HERMANN HURWITZ & Co.
BERLIN C.
Stralauerstrasse 56.
6 FEBRUARY 1901 Vieu! Detroleum-Glithlidt P _— wirklidy brnsdibar, “dem Gasglinichi~vslig gleich, ‘any jede Sampe chic Weiteres aubicahar. dag yt ner teeejie Ermaen ‘bart, Cen dep Swedmagiatert aa je. collfouunen Jaber imd, dag wir wus ixemmet erluetes, jam Nasprobiren amy Vbrer ciucnci Fehvleum fampe, Mhnen citer completien Oiuhlidt- renee snp wrjere Gejabr wid Lojten, ebme jeden Kart geana jn aberienden
{Wir heben bejouders bervor, dah der Siaghouper Robicht (tatispertiiters aft mud dag der Mpparad ole yu ragen oder xu bhafen aerudles brent, feruer dah Wek ciner Leudthraft ven ca. GO Revjyen der Petroleumperbraudh eu jo augerordentlich Weringgr ee Sime ca. ¢ Pjeunias ijt, dah der Wppacat fic febor tukh Frejer Zeit poll bejabli wats a - {ix bemerten axsdridlich, dug wir fede mnierer porjtehenden Sebauptunaen verteetem mad founen Sie dereis Nebugfert jelber pritrent, modem Sie ans Me partofreie Ueberjendung eines ‘Upparaies jum probeweifen Gebraud pers Gaze tebe Qahinny) crlanben.
ae _ Cin completicer Oeeance mit Dol, Glakbkdrper and Cylinder kefet Bik. S, —. Crlab-Glugharper 75 Pf.
Dodadbtenasred i. Spiel's Patent. Hermann Hurwitz & Co.
Alleinige Concessioudew fir das Ia- und Ansland.
Serlin C., Stralauerstr. 56.
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sent to
Gitersloh (Province Westphalia).
3 Pfennig ..
for mail up to 50 grams
(Reverse)
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1904 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘I’ —
Postmark Type 3b
EARLY IN 1901, THE HERETOFORE 56mm OBLITERATOR WAS REPLACED
WITH ONE HAVING 50mm IN LENGTH. Postmark: 23mm dater dial WITH STARS and having
a circa 50mm long heavy 7-LINE/’DR’ & SLIGHTLY NARROWED CROWN obliterator
Usage: 21 January 1901 - 22 November 1904
oth cone POST OFFICE ses OFFICIAL MAIL
9 OCTOBER 1901
Official free-frank post office postcard,
sent locally
Arrival Postmark:
“Gross Lichterfelde (Anhalter Bahnhof),
9 October 1901”
COMMERCIAL MAIL
TO ENGLAND
24 MARCH 1902
UPU International Postal Stationery
Card, commercial mail, sent to
London.
Arrival Postmark:
“London E.C., March 26, 1902”
10 Pfennig.. UPU |! nternatio nal
Postcard Rate FUSILCUIU RUTS
BICKERDIKE ‘i oe BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘T’ PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
Postmark Type 3b
17 JULY 1902
View-Card, sent to Hamburg.
Arrival: Postmark: “Hamburg,
18 July 1902, 5-6 AM”
29 FEBRUARY 1904
Commercial cover
(unsealed),
sent to Woyens.
3 Pfennig ..
Domestic ‘Printed-Matter Rate’ for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1904
BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type 3b
LOCAL-CITY ‘JUDAICA’ PRINTED-MATTER
24 NOVEMBER 1901
Cover, printed-matter enclosed, sent from the “Liberal Society for the Affairs of the Jewish Community in Berlin”
to a local address.
2 Pfennig ..
Local-City ‘Printed-Matter Rate’
up to 50 grams in weight.
BICKERDIKE 1901 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘1’
Postmark Type 3b
OBLITERATOR IMPRESSISON ODDITY “FR”
Postmark: 23mm dater dial with stars having a shortened heavy 7-line obliterator
HAVING “FR” AND WITHOUT A ‘CROWN’ ILLUSTRATION
BETWEEN LETTERS.
Usage: 3 August 1901 Only known example
3 AUGUST 1901
Commercial postcard, sent to Apenrade.
5 Pfennig .. Domestic postcard rate
BICKERDIKE 1898 - 1899 BERLIN C2 ... Machine ‘2’
Postmark Type 1 .. Service/Arrival Postmarks
An acquired SECOND ‘BICKERDIKE’ POSTMARKING MACHINE,
installed in 1898 at the ‘Berlin C2’ Post Office
(also known as the ‘Briefpostamt’), APPLIED “SERVVICE OR RECEIVAL” POSTMARKS TO INCOMING MAIL.
Postmark: 22mm dater dial indicating “Bestellt vom
Brief P.A.” along with date and time
Usage: 9 August 1898 — 28 April 1899
&
Deutlthe Reicdspoft
Dofttarte
8 AUGUST 1898
Commercial mail, postmarked at Erfurt,
sent to Berlin.
Arrival Postmark:
“,.. 9 August 1898...”
5 Pfennig ..
Domestic ee Postcard Rate e 86 S\ in
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Pie CARTOLINA POSTALE. GENOVA
3 MARCH 1899
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Arrival Postmark:
“...5 March 1898...”
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BICKERDIKE 1899 - 1904
By mid-1899, THE SECOND TRIAL ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINE
from the ‘Berlin C2’ Post Office’ WAS TRANSFERRED TO HAMBURG
for applying origin-postmarks to outgoing mail.
Postmark: 22mm dater dial with a 7-Line/
‘Hmb’ obliterator
Usage: 30 December 1899-13 June 1904
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30 DECEMBER 1899
Local city greeting card use.
Earliest Known
Usage.
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: Walt et \ EY = wm eA VS sent to the “Pyramids” .. Cairo,
Egypt.
Arrival Postmark:
“Alexandria-Cairo,
7 January 1900”
“Pyramide, 7 January 1900”
10 Pfennig.. UPU International
Postcard-Rate
(Strafe und Gausauimmer)
BICKERDIKE 1899 - 1904
HAMBURG (Post Office 1) ... Machine ‘2’ POLICE-RELATED MAIL
20 SEPTEMBER 1901
Postage required official
folded-letter, sent
from the Hamburg
Police to the Rothenburg-
City Police Administration (advising them that one of their
residents” had been fined for ‘begging’).
10 Pfennig.. Domestic
long-distance
letter-rate.
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22 FEBRUARY 1904
Local city cover sent to
the Hamburg police court.
5 Pfennig.. inner-city
(closed envelope)
letter-rate for mail up to 20 grams.
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BICKERDIKE 1899 - 1904 HAMBURG (Post Office 1) ... Machine ‘2’ 2 PFENNIG USAGE
Postmark: 22mm dater dial with a 7-Line/
‘dmb’ obliterator
Usage: 30 December 1899 - 13 June 1904
INNER-CITY
PRINTED- MATTER MAIL
1 SEPTEMBER
1900
Unsealed cover..
printed- matter
enclosure.
2 Pfennig .. inner-city
rate for printed-
matter mail
up to 50 grams.
INNER-CITY
POSTCARD MAIL
29 JANUARY 1902
Viewcard, sent locally.
2 Pfennig..
inner-city postcard rate
BICKERDIKE 1899 - 1904
HAMBURG (Post Office 1) ... Machine ‘2’
Although generally effective and efficient, THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ DID EXPERIENCE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
REQUIRING MAINTENANCE.
MISSING YEAR DATE ‘1902’
Either the postal clerk forgot to insert the
year type ‘02’ into the
dater dial, or the type fell out, resulting in
the missing year date
(19)’02’ in the dater dial.
30 APRIL (1902) Local city
view-card mail.
2 Pfennig... inner-city
posicard-rate.
24 JANUARY (1902)
Reichspost postal stationery letter-card,
postmarked at Hamburg, sent
to Berlin.
10 Pfennig... Domestic
letter-rate.
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HAND-CANCELLING OF POSTAGE
Postmark misaligned or improperly positioned
because of incorrect in- feed to machine, or
malfunction of machine, requiring the postal clerk to hand-cancel the postage.
22 APRIL 1901 Reichspost postal
Stationery-card sent
inner-city.
2 Pfennig .. Local-city postcard rate
BICKERDIKE 190-02
EXPANDED TRIAL PHASE USAGE .. 1901-1902
After three years of experimental trials with two Bickerdike Machines, i.e. one each operating at the ‘Berlin C2’ and ‘Hamburg 1’
Post Offices, the Reichspost concluded that the machines were satisfactorily effective and efficient.
In 1901, the Reichspost purchased an additional six machines from the Canadian Postal Supply Company of Montreal, Canada, for
allocation to the following post offices:
Berlin: Post Office ‘W 8’ Berlin: Post Office ‘SW 12’ Berlin: Post Office ‘SW 19’ Berlin: Reichspost Museum
Leipzig: Post Office ’13’ (Two Machines)
With the introduction of those machines, the attractive
‘REICHSPOST POSTAL FLAG’ WAS NOW PART OF THE POSTMARK, CONSISTING OF ‘DATER DIAL’ WITH ‘FLAG WITH BANNER, TASSELS, CROWN & POSTAL HORN’ OBLITERATOR IN USE BETWEEN 1901-1902.
1901-Style Dater Dial
1902-Style Dater Dial
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN W8 ... Machine ‘3’ Postmark Type la
1901
COMMERCIAL MAIL
A third ‘Bickerdike’ was acquired in 1901 for testing at the ‘Berlin W8’ Post Office and applied
A NEW DESIGNED ‘IMPERIAL POSTAL FLAG’ POSTMARK OBLITERATOR.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with
‘horseshoe arch’ having the year-date at the dial-bottom between
TWO STARS AT MID-POINT becoming Type la .. with ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 12 October 1901 -ca. 13. December 1901
12 OCTOBER 1901
Commercial postal
card, sent to Magdeburg.
5 Pfennig .. Postal stationery-
card at the
long-distance postcard-rate.
Earliest recorded usage date
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12 NOVEMBER ee Ee 1901
Be ; Commercial
Le se. Y. Creel advertising folded o card, sent to
Halle,
Saxony Province
Matte oe ee eae Domestic printed- matter rate for
Go Hitt 39 mail up fo 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1901
BERLIN W8 ... Machine ‘3’ COMMERCIAL MAIL
Postmark Type la
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with
‘horseshoe arch’ within dial having
year-date at the bottom of dial between TWO STARS AT MID-POINT...
Type la... with ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 12 October 1901 -ca. 13 December 1901
14 NOVEMBER 1901
Commercial cover,
sender ... Berlin ‘Zeiftungsamf = a.
Newspaper SPR . he ae
Subscription f Office (Stamp with ‘ZA’ Perfin), sent to Hanau,
Germany
3 Pfennig .. Domestic printed-
matter rate
(unsealed cover)
weighing up to 50 grams. ve
ty
ne a
2 NOVEMBER 1901
Commercial cover, sender...
renowned Credit
Information & Collection Agency
“Schimmelpfeng”, sent to Brugg, Switzerland.
20 Pfennig.. UPU International
Single Weight
Letter-Rate
(15 grams)
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902 BERLIN W8 ... Machine ‘3’
Postmark Type Ib
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch’
within dial having year-date at the bottom of dial between TWO STARS AT HIGH-POINT...
Type Ib... with ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 14 December 1901 - 1 March 1902
Earliest
Recorded
Date —
RETURNED MAIL
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Rechtoariivatt Boe
24 DECEMBER 1901
Commercial attorney’s-cover, sent to & returned
(because of lack of street-address) from Dresden
(hand-stamp) “ZurUck” on front and se Doe, Seas |
notification/explanation label on reverse. . ‘Sap gers ittt sila met “meh aeduamige Be
Return Postmark: ner fier wohubaft find.
(reverse) Kalferl. Sena in Dregben “Berlin...26 December 1901” arien|tt.
10 Pfennig...Domestic single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
BERLIN W8 ... Machine ‘3’
Postmark Type Ib
INTERNATIONAL UPU-ENDORSED CARD USED DOMESTICALLY
26 FEBRUARY 1902
UPU Photo-Card sent as
printed-matter (ten words or less writing)
sent to
Rostock. ee
3 Pfennig .. Domestic <iiiimieasdliaaias
printed-matter
postcard-rate.
DOMESTIC POSTAL STATIONERY
REPLY-CARD
21 FEBRUARY 1902
Reply-card commercial mail,
sent to Konstanz,
(Province Baden).
5 Pfennig..
Domestic long-distance-mail
posicard-rate.
WobAitigs-.— sce Va “fs (Gtrafe unb Hausnummer)
BICKERDIKE 1902
BERLIN W8 ... Machine ‘3’ PRINTED-MATTER MAIL Postmark Type II
After only nine months, use of the ‘flag obliterator’ at the ‘Berlin W8’ Post Office ceased.
A NEW OBLITERATOR HAVING ‘DR & CROWN’ BETWEEN SEVEN
HORIZONTAL LINES was now inserted in ‘Machine 3’.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch’ within dial having the year-date at the bottom along with a 63mm-long obliterator
‘DR & Crown’ between seven horizontal lines =Type ll.
Usage: 19 March- 27 December 1902
1 APRIL 1902
Book order form card
(Biicherzettel), ant
sent to the police
administration at ‘Kréllwitz’ with Urrely ri. pu lisvine runaliinitg
re-direction to Halle.
“me ey # m " * ih, &, ie.
16 MAY 1902
7 ; | Advertising ) postcard, sent to
4 COLL the chamber of ae Se ed aes tie eee yh ee a tS ae tee podialoaecs tan ca
Giessen.
Latest Recorded
Date
3 Pfennig .. Domestic Printed-Matter Rate for mail weighing up to 50 gram i
BICKERDIKE 1901 BERLIN SW 12 ... Machine ‘4’
Postmark Type la
The ‘FOURTH’ BICKERDIKE MACHINE, acquired in 1901,
WAS OPERATION-TESTED AT THE ‘BERLIN SW 12’ POST OFFICE.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe
‘arch’ within dial having the year-date at the bottom between TWO STARS AT MID-POINT...
Type la... with ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 14September 1901 - Approx. 13. December 1901
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
Ae oa j x ay “EL aA oe 2
eS is = C 1g ae oes
fi tere tiara
4 DECEMBER 1901
Commercial cover, enclosed printed-matter, sent to Marwitz, Province Brandenburg.
3 Pfennig .. Domestic Printed-matter rate
{unsealed cover)
for mail weighing up to 50 grams
BICKERDIKE i= Ta BERLIN SW 12 ... Machine ‘4’
Postmark Type Ib
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with
‘horseshoe arch’ within dial having
year-date at the bottom between TWO STARS AT HIGH-POINT... Type Ib... and ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 16 September 1901 - 18 July 1902
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
DOMESTIC MAIL
16 DECEMBER 1901
Printed-matter advertising card, sent to Dresden.
First Day of Usage. Ln " 7 WoGnung: ~ Lonlh (AA B27
(Strafe und Hausnummer).
MAIL TO THE U.S.A.
4 APRIL 1902
U.S.A.-bound printed-matter mail
(cover), sent to
Cincinnati, Ohio.
5-Pfennig .. UPU International Printed-Matter
(unsealed cover)
weighing up to
50 grams.
BICKERDIKE stiri = 4 BERLIN SW 12 ... Machine ‘4’
Postmark Type Ib
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe’ arch’ within dial having year-date at the bottom between TWO STARS AT HIGH-POINT...
Type lb... and ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 16 September 1901 - 18 July 1902
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER MAIL TO BAVARIA
" VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG PAUL PAREY
BERLIN SW. jo HEDEMANNSTRASSE.
21 JUNE 1902
Cover, printed-matter, sent to Munich, Bavaria, a German province with an independent
postal domain at the time.
Arrival Postmark:
(reverse)
“Munchen, 22 June 1901..”
3 Pfennig... Domestic printed-matter rate
for mail weighing up to
50 grams.
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN SW 19 ... Machine ‘5’
Postmark Type la
1901
The ‘FIFTH’ BICKERDIKE MACHINE, acquired in 1901,
WAS OPERATION-TESTED AT THE ‘BERLIN SW 19’ POST OFFICE.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch
within dial having the year-date at the bottom between TWO STARTS AT MID-POINT...
Type la... and ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 28 September 1901 - ca. 14 December 1901
5 OCTOBER 1901
Cover, commercial
printed-matter advertising
(“United Typewriter
Supplies Company”),
sent locally.
Herm 2 Pfennig..
inner-city rate Senfrf
for printed-matter
weighing up to
50 grams.
W. 8.
Taubenstr. 44, 45.
7 OCTOBER 1901
Reichspost postal stationery card, sent
to “Department
Store Louvre” at Paris, France.
Arrival Postmark: “Paris,
8 October 1901”
10 Pfennig ...
UPU International
Postcard-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1901-1902 Commercial Printed-Matter
BERLIN SW 19 ... Machine ‘5’ Postmark Type Ib
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe
arch’ within dial having year-date at the bottom between TWO STARS AT HIGH-POINT... Type Ib... with ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 17 December 1901 — 14 July 1902
17 DECEMBER 1901
Commercial printed-matter
(cover) sent to Gross.
Ammensleben, Province Saxony.
Earliest Reported ae Date ae ; e "Sie
POSTAGE AFFIXED BY COIL-STAMP-
APPLICATOR (Note: Top & Bottom of
Postage Stamp)
4 APRIL 1902
Commercial cover, sent to
Jonsdorf, Province Saxony.
Company Arrival Mark:
“5 April 1902”
3 Pfennig .. Domestic printed-matter rate for up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE gee BERLIN ‘Postmuseum’ ... Machine ‘6’
The ‘SIXTH’ BICKERDIKE MACHINE, acquired in 1901, WAS DESTINED FOR THE POSTAL MUSEUM AT BERLIN.
Despite not intended for field-operation,
postal authorities authorized a ‘Postmuseum’ dater dial with Imperial Postal Flag Obliterator
Ten proof examples of the postmark are recorded: (2) on blank ‘entires’
(one cover and one 2-Pfennig postal stationery card)
& (8) on piece-clips (five with the 1900 ‘Reichspos?’ Germania-series stamps
& three without).
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch’ within dial having the year-date at the bottom between a ‘star’ & ‘M’.
Dates Recorded: (9) Examples = 7 December 1901
(1) Example = 12 December 1901
7 DECEMBER 1901
Only recorded cover
with ‘Postmuseum’
proof postmark.
Exp. Kruschel
| An 3 peo Se 12 DECEMBER 1901
See Only recorded
—- ‘Postmuseum’
postmark ona Reichspost
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Stationery Card & only
in ce ee: ER eg er ‘12 December 1901’ dated example.
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1901 - 1902 BICKERDIKE LEIPZIG
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Rtiaie rates
Seriture iin Marche
The seventh and eighth ‘Bickerdikes’ were acquired in 1901 and tested at the ‘Leipzig C13’
Post Office located at Dittrich Ring 20 in Central Leipzig.
"‘BICKERDIKE 7’ APPLIED THE NEW “DES! GH IM PERIAL f P< MARK TO OUT-GOING M K LA OS
OR .-
"APPLIED ‘ARRIVAL’ OR ‘SE
(dater dia TO IN- Mil
: m
Illustration of the ‘Augustus Plaiz’ in Central Leipzig ..
location of the main Leipzig Post Office.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type !.. '13 A’
The ‘SEVENTH’ BICKERDIKE MACHINE, acquired in 1901, WAS OPERATION TESTED AT THE
CENTRAL-CITY ‘LEIPZIG C13’ POST OFFICE——__ applying postmarks to out-going mail.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch’ within
dial having the year-date at the bottom of dial between a ‘star’ & an ‘A’ with a ‘flag’ obliterator.
Usage: 29 August 1901 — 8 September 1902
1901 USAGES
ELECTION & POLLING PLACE NOTIFICATION
21 SEPTEMBER 1901
‘City of Leipzig’ Postcard Notification
for election date & polling
center location.
Arrival Postmark: (Front)
Bickerdike Machine ‘8’ sie
applied postmark...
“Leipzig 13 b, 21 September 1901”
) Diannt 2 Pfennig ...
Be?
LOCAL CITY PRINTED-MATTER
LETTER-RATE
31 DECEMBER 1901
Cover, local city delivery.
2 Pfennig..
printed-matter
letter-rate for
mail up to 50
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902 LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type | .. '13 A’
1902 COVER USAGES
FOUR-COLOR FRANKING
12 MARCH 1902
Cover,
sent to Trebsen.
Arrival Postmark: (reverse)
“Trebsen (Mulde) 13 March 1902”
Double-weight domestic
letter-rate Sn seaarell s X FOr MGH Up To
IE ercme £0U QIGiihs.
COMMERCIAL INNER-CITY
3 MARCH 1902
Cover,
advertising enclosure,
sent locally to renowned
te vendor
\ “Mey & Edlich”. Arrival Postmark
(Reverse)
“Leipzig- Plagwitz,
5 March 1902”
5 Pfennig..
Local-city
printed-matter rate.
HOA 24 agisr
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ FOREIGN-BOUND Postmark Type !.. °13 A’ POSTCARD MAIL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1 JULY 1902
View-card,
sent to St. Louis, = arta ener | idee Wee aes
Missouri o
RUMANIA
21 FEBRUARY 1902
Up-rated domestic 2-Pig
postal stationery reply
card set, sent to
Bucharest, Rumania.
SOUTH AFRICA
14 OCTOBER 1901
UPU Postcard, sent to
Orange River Colony,
South Africa, censored upon
arrival.
10 Pfennig ... UPU International : , Posicard-Rate Biss Sere ear
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type !.. '13 A’
GOVERNMENT RELATED OFFICIAL MAIL
MILITARY TRAINING NOTIFICATION
15 MAY 1902 re
Postcard, sent by the ‘Imperial
Military Command Office’ at Leipzig,
advising a local resident
of the time & location where he is
to appear for a 15-day Military training course.
Arrival Postmark: (Bickerdike Machine ‘8°
applied arrival Postmark) ..
“Leipzig 13 b, 15 May 1902”
ee :
2 Piennig ... Local city Re
postcard rate
OFFICIAL -
_ GOVERNMENT FREE-FRANK
3 MARCH 1902
Cover,
sent locally.
BICKERDIKE
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type |... '13 A’
1901 - 1902
FIVE PFENNIG RATED MAIL
GOVERNMENT HEALTH & WELFARE INSURANCE OFFICE NOTIFICATION
19 APRIL 1902
Postcard, sent by the ‘Leipzig
Government Health
Insurance Office’ to Halle.
Arrival Postmark: (Haller Machine applied arrival
Postmark)...
“Halle/Saale ‘2’ Arrival,
19 April 1902..”
5 Pfennig ... Domestic
postcard rate.
LOCAL-CITY CONCESSION LETTER-RATE
3 MARCH 1902
Cover,
sent locally. 5 Pfennig ..
inner-city
concession
lefter-rate.
BICKERDIKE
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type !.. '13 A’
RAILWAY FREIGHT ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION
1901 - 1902
9 NOVEMBER 1901
Free-frank freight arrival notification form,
validated by the postmark, sent by the
‘Imperial Prussian State Railway Authority’ confirming arrival of “one empty barrel”
shipped from the town of Cochem (Province of Thuringia)
and its availability for pick-up.
Only known usage example.
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fidgitter20 ” od
wniey Die it on teres Seles Don oe " sa it belonbderer Gebibren —
en
Die Abinkricijt beteagt Siigut 6, Stistqué 12
fone boalend Woe Gig 12, jie Sead 4
(Reverse)
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ | Postmark Type | .. '13 A’
LOCAL-CITY ADVERTISING MAIL .. 2-PFENNIG RATE POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS
25 OCTOBER 1901
Postal stationery card, | dealer Comespondence,
sent locally.
31 MARCH 1902
Postal stationery card,
book dealer's advertising,
sent locally.
2 Pfennig ...
Local city postal stationery cards use only.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type |... '13 A’
ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING PRINTED-MATTER
18 NOVEMBER 1901
Attractive illustrated
printed-matter postcard, advertising the
‘American Laundry & Ironing Shops’ having six LEIPZIG locations,
sent locally.
2 Pfennig .. Local-City postcard & printed-matier rates.
(Reverse)
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type |... °13 A’
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER RATED MAIL
BOOK ORDER FORM (Bicher-Zettel)
12 NOVEMBER 1901
Postcard as book order
form, sent to a book
dealer at Munich.
Artival Postmark:
“Muenchen 2, B.P.B.,
13 November 1901..”
Aug. Toerpe . oZIes a, sect er TS
= ; cai CViarr
Leipzig <> ‘ | SSN
Briiderstrasse 22.
PUBLISHER’S ADVERTISING MAIL
15 FEBRUARY 1902
Postcard,
sent to
Tunaberg {Province Saxony}.
Wal nung ss --< tet tee neei secant ice ata bhensceeenaenecesebeedieaeeeeesen eA
Strasse und Hausnummer.
3 Pfennig.. Domestic printed-matter rate for mail up fo 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type !.. ‘13 A’
1901 - 1902
COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE .. FROM RENOWNED PUBLISHER ‘F.A. BROCKHAUS’
giles, - Pofttarte Ge?
S-ON N |
RAD SE NRA ee Se Rey ests sg stne oe ce cay eae De Sc go eat SOO (Gteape anh Gausuummer)
8 JULY 1902
Commercial postcard, written & signed
by renowned German publisher, ‘F.A. Brockhaus'’, Leipzig,
sent to a book dealer at Halle.
5 Pfennig .. Domestic
posicard-rate
ae Telegranum. Ad nee: coughs A. Brocka.
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ho. Wo Bin Diced, Mind. oe
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Len Cte 19 te Aang atens'ge Wie ge-- ite Eee hey nals FEL: LEGS.
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Grhed ber
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(Reverse)
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type 1... 13 A’
OUT-BOUND MAIL .. FOREIGN REPLY POSTAL CARDS
MAIL TO FRANCE
12 OCTOBER 1901
Prepaid French Postal Stationery Reply Card, postmarked at Leipzig
with return to Paris, France.
MAILTO FINLAND (Russia)
23 NOVEMBER 1901
Prepaid Russian/Finland Postal Stationery Reply
Card, postmarked at Leipzig with return to
Fredrikshamn,
Finland.
Arrival Postmark.. “\..Fredrikshamn,
26 November 1901...”
fete emai te
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type |.. 13 A’
RE-DIRECTED FOREIGN-ORIGIN LOCAL MAIL
13 AUGUST 1902
‘Gruss aus Cortina d’Ampessa’ (Austria)
Postcard,
sent to Leipzig, upon arrival found that the original local
address was invalid, card re-routed
& postmarked with a Bickerdike
‘flag dater-dial & flag obliterator’.
Arrival Postmarks: Original: “L.13, 15 August, 6-7 AM...”
Re-directed: “L.13, 15 August, 9-10 AM...”
10 Heller (Austria).. Concession postcard rate between
Austria & Germany.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘8’ Postmark Type | ..Service/Arrival Postmark.. '13 B’
The ‘EIGHTH’ BICKERDIKE, acquired in 1901,
WAS OPERATION-TESTED AT THE ‘LEIPZIG 13’
POST OFFICE AND DEDICATED TO APPLY ‘ARRIVAL’ POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL ONLY.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘horseshoe arch’ within and having the year-date at the bottom between a ‘STAR’ & ‘B’ with
NO OBLITERATOR combined.
Usage: 6September 1901 -— 12 September 1902
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at te
30 NOVEMBER 1901 TA) \ |
SS. * Lp oo 7
An
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~
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A
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Local city usage with origin postmarks applied by ‘Bickerdike Machine 7’, with same day post office processing, ‘Bickerdike Machine 8’ applied a service marking.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902 LEIPZIG 13 ... Machine ‘8’
Postmark Type | ..Service/Arrival Postmark.. "13 B'
LEIPZIG INNER-CITY .. COMMERCIAL MAIL
10 SEPTEMBER 1901
inner-city commercial cover (origin ..’Postal Station ‘5’),
sent locally with the ‘arrival’ postmark applied on the reverse of cover.
Arrival Postmark: “Leipzig 13 B, 10 September 1901, 9-10 PM”
5 Pfennig.. inner-city letter-rate for mail up to 20 grams.
Fourth day of postmark usage.
BICKERDIKE 1901 - 1902
LEIPZIG 13... Machine ‘8’ Postmark Type | ..Service/Arrival Postmark.. '13 B’
RE-DIRECTED INNER-CITY MAIL
3 OCTOBER 1901
Re-directed city mail
resulting from an incorrect original
address whereupon this mail received a service postmark upon being
re-processed.
Service Postmark:
“Leipzig 13 B,
3 October 1901 ..”
2 Pfennig.. Local city
postcard-rate
73
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IN-BOUND MAIL
18 FEBRUARY 1902
View-card, postmarked at
Warzburg, Bavaria, sent to
Leipzig.
Arival Postmark: ISS e easy aT PR EET vd Cap eezc RL RSLS pre Nai ace’ Wile Yo a dd OA AE RSE sai wo RI ane ee ayuchatamyn ei gtiay sierra Wea ane meu arin tee tc nai } “Leipzig 13 B,
| = a
Bilche
18 February
1902, 8-9 AM”
Se ce. 5 Pfennig..
ning Wis Chk. Zt. = : | Domestic ‘Hausnummnier) i posic ard-rate.
BELING & LUBKE 1 ~ Tae BERLIN C *2E
In 1901-02, the Reichspost evaluated a domesticaily-built postmarking machine submitted by the Beling & Libke Company, having an innovative postmark-die
incorporating a revolving date/time wheel enabling quick alteration of date & time.
ALTHOUGH THE REICHSPOST REJECTED THE ‘BELING & LUBKE’ POSTMARKING MACHINE ITSELF, 1T REQUIRED ALL NEW ‘BICKERDIKE’ POSTMARKING MACHINES
TO BE OUTFITTED WITH THE INNOVATIVE DATER-DIAL, AS MANUFACTURED BY THE GLEICHMANN COMPANY OF BERLIN.
Postmark: 24mm dater dial with ‘bridge’, indicating date, time & ‘Berlin.C *2E’ along with a new-design ‘flag’
obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 12 December 1901 - 11 June 1902
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16 DECEMBER 1901
Commercial advertising ‘lottery advertising mail’ cover, sent to Erfurt, Germany.
3 Pfennig ..
Domestic printed-matter mail not exceeding 50 grams in weight.
BELING & LUBKE 1901 - 1902 BERLIN C *2E GOVERNMENT NON-FREE-FRANK MAIL
Despite free-franking privilege for government business mail
within Imperial Germany, FRANKING ON FOREIGN-BOUND OR POSTALLY INDEPENDENT
GERMAN POSTAL PROVINCES WAS REQUIRED.
BERLIN CITY penn GOVERNMENT (O70) |
MAIL TO POSTALLY- INDEPENDENT PROVINCE OF
BAVARIA
10 JANUARY 1902
Folded-letter, sent
r
to a factory in Munich, Bavaria.
10 Pfennig ..
Domestic single-
weight
letter-rate
OFFICIAL MAGISTRATE-
OF-BERLIN MAIL TO THE
C UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
8 MARCH 1902
Folded letter, sent to
the Boston City Government.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Boston, Mass., March 19, 1902..” ape es eR ee
tag gee ae | (Hey & Dolphin Machine
wz pis : a applied service mark)
\ <- WN S is
7 SOE sip f — 4 Z, ie a ties A st ba 20 Pfennig ..
J ay ; J { ( Axte- if Ff ts ° . ° LA af ; 4 f Vv & Se a Single-weight UPU - 7S International
Letier-Rate
BELING & LUBKE 1901 - 1902 DOMESTIC LETTER-RATE TYPES
BERLIN C *2E
LOCAL INNER-CITY LETTER MAIL
16 MARCH 1902
Cover,
endorsed “Eilig!” (Rush), sent locally.
5 Pfennig .. Inner-cily
single-weight
(20 grams)
letier-rate DOMESTIC
LONG-DISTANCE LETTER-MAIL
10 JANUARY 1901
Cover, sent to the “Imperial Civil Court”
at Leipzig.
10 Pfennig ..
Domestfic
single-weight (20 grarns)
letier-rate.
BELING & LUBKE
BERLIN C *2E
INNER-CITY MAIL
31 DECEMBER 1901
Embossed ‘New Year's
Greetings’ Card, sent locally.
2 Pfennig ..
inner-city postcard-rate.
1901 - 1902
DOMESTIC POSTCARD RATES
CR IT
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Bhi lb g
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UP-RATED LONG-DISTANCE
REPLY CARD WITH
DOUBLE POSTMARK STRIKES
9 JANUARY 1902
Up-rated 2 Pfennig postal stationery
reply-card, sent to Zernin
(Province Mecklenburg).
Arrival Postmark: “Warnow (Meckib.)
9 January 1901”
5 Pfennig .. (2+3 Pfg.)
Domestic long-distance postcard-rate.
BELING & LUBKE 1901 - 1902 BERLIN C *2E DOMESTIC LONG-DISTANCE MAIL
aes
DOMESTIC
LONG-DISTANCE PRINTED-MATTER
SCL AN
31 DECEMBER 1901
Cover,
printed-matter enclosed,
sent to Liegnitz.
3 Pfennig .. Domestic
printed-matter-rate (unsealed cover)
for mail up to
50 grams.
DOMESTIC LONG-DISTANCE
POSTCARD
30 DECEMBER1901
‘Gruss aus Berlin’
Viewcard, sent to Metz,
(Province Alsace).
5 Pfennig .. Domestic
posicard-rate.
— Wobnung .. (79s SG (Gtrafe whd Gausnimmer) =
BICKERDIKE 1902-1903
‘BELING & LUBKE’ INFLUENCE
In May, 1902, the ‘Canadian Postal Supply Company’ of Montreal, Canada, patent holder for the ‘Bickerdike’ Postmarking Machine transferred their patent & European sales rights to the German
Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken of Karlsruhe.
In addition to warranty responsibility for the existing Canadian-built machines, the new company
proceeded to up-date postmark dies with NEW ‘REVOLVING DATER-DIALS’,
as used in the ‘Beling & Libke’ Machines being tested at the ‘Berlin C2’ during 1901-1902 along
with new-design flag obliterators for most locations.
All new purchase orders for ‘Bickerdike’ Machines were henceforth built and supplied by the Deutsche Waffen-und
Munitionsfabriken of Karlsruhe.
‘Leipzig 13a’ Post Office ‘Bickerdike’ Postmark with the new ‘Revolving Dater Dial’ (24mm with full middle-bridge)
WITH FORMER ‘IMPERIAL POSTAL FLAG’ OBLITERATOR
‘Berlin SW19’ Post Office ‘Bickerdike’ Postmark with the new ‘Revolving Dater-Dial’ (24mm with full middle-bridge)
WITH NEW-DESIGN ‘IMPERIAL POSTAL FLAG’ OBLITERATOR
BICKERDIKE ew BERLIN W *8* ... Machine ‘3’ EARLY & LATE USE DATES
Postmark Type III
In 1902, THE REICHSPOST HAD IN THEIR HERETOFORE ROUND
‘HORSESHOE ARCH’ TYPE DATER DIALS REPLACED WITH THE INNOVATIVE ROTARY DATE-TYPES
IN FIELD-OPERATING ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINES BECOMING STANDARD
ON EXISTING & FUTURE ACQUIRED UNITS.
The first machines to be refitted with the new dater-dials was the machine operating at the
‘Berlin W8’ Post Office.
Postmark: 26mm single-circle dial with ‘bridge’ with vertical
grill along with a 63mm-long obliterator ‘DR & Crown’ between seven horizontal lines...Type Ill.
Usage: 17 September 1902-18 February 1904
27 SEPTEMBER 1902
Postal stationery card, a tn as ~ sent to Crimmitschau. 2 Re
Early usage date.
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cbins eat aa POE AG ig ch eet ES bs
- I ft '
Carte postale , Postkarte. Postcard. Dopistige“illlil
~ Cartolina postale. Levelezg-Lap. Correspondenzkarte. Briefkaqt}.
Karta korespondencyjni Pocztéwka. Orxppiroe nud
Weltpostverein. . Union Sa
18 FEBRUARY 1904
View-card, sent to
Trebschen.
Latest Recorded
Date.
5 Pfennig .. Domestic long-
distance
postcard-rate
27626
BICKERDIKE 1902 - 1904
BERLIN W *8* ... Machine ‘3’ Postmark Type III
ADVERTISING MAIL
15 APRIL 1903
Cover, with printed- matter
enclosure, sent to
Hirschberg (Province Silesia).
3 Pfennig .. Domestic
printed-matter rate for mail
up to 50 grams
OFFICIAL MAIL
24 October 1903
Official cover, sent from the
‘Imperial Porcelain
Manufacturing Company’
to
Fdrstenwalde.
10 Pfennig.. (Official Service
Franking)
Domestic single-weight
(20 grams) letter-rate.
BICKERDIKE BERLIN W *8* ... Machine ‘3’
Postmark Type Ill
1902 - 1904
PERFIN-POSTAGE FRANKED MAIL
POST OFFICE eee Beet. eee ‘ alte es
NEWSPAPER- we 2 ~
OFFICE MAIL
29 OCTOBER 1903
Cover,
printed-matter with
Postage Perfin ‘LA.’
‘Zeitungsamt'’ (Post Office
Newspaper
Agency)
Berlin,
sent to the
‘Imperial Police Administration’
at Halle.
3 Pfennig .. (Perfin ‘Z.A.')
Domestic
printed-matter rate for mail
up fo 50 grams
——— = =
SHANNON -REGISTRATOR- Co.
Aug. Zeiss & Co. KERN oe a BERLIN W. ; =a PSSM Be TReS RE SP Po , mee
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ADVERTISING MAIL
22 OCTOBER 1903
Adveriising postcard with Postage Perfin
“AL” = “August Zeiss
Company", sent to Rintein.
3 Pfennig.. (Perfin: “AZ”) Domestic
long-distance printed matter up fo 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1906 - 1907
BERLIN W *35* ... Machine ‘3’ Postmark Type IV
21 AUGUST 1906
View-card,
sent to
Ohlendorf,
Harz Mountains.
5 Pfennig ..
Domestic
postcard-rate
Earliest Date Usage.
in 1906, the BICKERDIKE MACHINE, which was operating at the
‘Berlin W8' Post Office, was TRANFERRED TO THE ‘BERLIN W35’ POST OFFICE,
where it applied origin postmarks to out-going mail.
Postmark: 24mm single-circle dial with ‘bridge’ with vertical
grill along with a 63mm-long obliterator ‘DR & Crown’
between seven horizonial lines...Type IV.
Usage: 21 August 1906 - 25 May 1907
Cattotina estate: — Carte postale Post Card — Briefkaart
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25 MAY 1907
Cover, enclosed
printed-matier,
sent to
“Ist Lieutenant Koch”
stationed at
Ciastrin.
3 Pfennig... Domestic
printed-matter
rate for mail
weighing up fo
50 grams.
Latest Date
Usage.
BICKERDIKE 1902 - 1905
BERLIN SW 12 ... Machine ‘4’ Postmark Type I!
BY LATE 1902, NEW REVOLVING DATER-DIALS REPLACING THE HERETOFORE DIES WERE BEING
INSERTED INTO EXISTING REICHSPOST ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINES ALONG WITH AN UP-DATED ‘FLAG’ OBLITERATOR,
becoming standard for all subsequent ‘Bickerdike’ Machines purchased by the Reichspost.
One of the first post offices to receive the new dies, was ‘Berlin SW 12’ (Goethestrasse), a postal station but also the
location of the philatelic sales office.
Postmark: 24mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 18 September 1902-11 December 1905
rririy p CY gic’ Seay ioe J. Meissler & Cie.
Handelsauskunftei Verlag von
»Meisslers Auskunft - Kalender fiir den internation. Handelsverkehr’
BERLIN S.W. 48 Bessel-Strasse 18.
Telephon Amt IV, 6872.
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No. 36, (Sirage und Sausnummer)
Oversized advertising card, sent by Business Information Company “Meissner & Cie”
to Plaven, Province Saxony.
2 7 ‘ 3 Pfennic se
Domestic printed-t matter postcard rate v5 Se Cc =a? a
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN SW 12 ... Machine ‘4’
Postmark Type II
1902 - 1905
PRINTED-MATTER TO
GERMANY & AUSTRIA
Yas der
Honighiden GHofbuchhandiurg S. &. Mittler & Sohn,
Berlin SWrs, Hodyftrage 68—71.
Dr. G. F. Hennir BE
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3 Pfennig .. Printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams
for mail in Germany or to Austria.
re
GERMANY
31 OCTOBER 1902
Cover,
Printed-
matter enclosure Perfin..
“M&S” = “Mittler &
Sohn”
AUSTRIA
27 SEPTEMBER 1904
Advertising
Postcard.
BICKERDIKE 1908 - 1907 BERLIN SW *68* ... Machine ‘4’
Postmark Type III
In 1906, the ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINE, heretofore operating at the ‘Berlin W12’ Post Office,
WAS TRANFERRED TO THE ‘BERLIN SW68’ POST OFFICE, where it applied postmarks to out-going mail.
Postmark: 27mm double-circle dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical
grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 7 March 1906-13 April 1907
31 DECEMBER 1906
‘New Year’s’ Carte postale. Postkarte. Z Dopisnice. Correspondenzkarte.
Greetings postcard sent to Union postale universelle, Union Berlin Beemipnnii nowropsit cowan. Poccif.
( ) Karta korespondencyjna. KoresRonder Friedenau. Brefkort. Brevkort. Tarjety eu
5 Pfennig .. | Domestic 4-4 ff. a i ay
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31 DECEMBER 1906
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(Berlin) Schéneberg
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POSTAL CARD
5 DECEMBER 1906
Advertising card, sent to ee
Frankfurt/Main. Ja
in Srantkpud ofA 3 Pfennig... /
Domestic
* : Wohnung: Printed-matter (Strafe und Gausnummer)
BICKERDIKE
BERLIN SW *19*
1902 - 1908
... Machine ‘5’
Postmark Type I
ALONG WITH THE USE OF REVOLVING
DATER-DIALS TO EXISTING & SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED “‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINES, THE NEW DESIGN
‘FLAG’ OBLITERATOR ALSO BECAME STANDARD
Postmark: 27mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge
and vertical grill along with a ‘flag obliterator having a crown, banner with
tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 21 October 1902-17 February 1908
16 FEBRUARY
1903
Cover,
printed-matter advertising,
sent to
Hainichen (Leipzig).
3 Pfennig .. Domestic
printed-matter
rate for mail up
to 50 grams
28 DECEMBER
1903
‘C.0.D.
Collection Postcard’ sent to
a business in
Soe Kips, Bavaria.
At die FIM ccna. A BEL..F
eagle ee
15 Pfennig...
5 Pig: Postcard-
rate + 10 Pig. COD Fee
On of two known
C.O. D. usages
having a ‘flag’ postmark.
BICKERDIKE 1902 - 1908
BERLIN SW *19* ... Machine ‘5’
Postmark Type Ii
31 DECEMBER 1904 Karte _korespondencyjna - Korespe ipbeuad
Post aad Brefkort — Brevkor. 1 +7
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‘New Year's’
Greeting Card,
sent locally.
23 DECEMBER 1905
‘New Year's
Greeting’s Card, sent locally.
2 Pfennig..
Local-city postcard-rate
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BICKERDIKE LEIPZIG *13a ...
1902 -1908
Machine ‘7’ Postmark Type Il
in addition to insertion of the new dater-dial & new design flag obliterator to the Leipzig ‘Bickerdike’ Machine
applying postmarks to out-going mail, the
‘LEIPZIG 13’ DATER-DIAL NOW INDICATED A SMALL ‘a’ INSTEAD OF A LARGE ‘A’
as had been in the early 1901-02 dater-dial.
EARLIEST KNOWN USE
25 SEPTEMBER 1902
View-card, sent to
Warzburg, Bavaria.
5 Pfennig .. Domestic
postcard-rate
Postmark: 24mm double-circle dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 25 September 1902 - 22 December 1908
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OFFICIAL POLICE MAIL
30 SEPTEMBER 1902
Official reply from the Leipzig Police
Department,
sent to the City Government of
Paunsdorf (Leipzig).
Cachet Handstamp: “Portopflichtige Dienstsache”
(Official mail requiring postage)
2 Pfennig... inner-city
postcard rate.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 LEIPZIG *13a ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type I
POSTAGE DUE MAIL
22 NOVEMBER 1902 POSTKARTE. | WELTPOSTVEREIN.*.=- <r
View-card, postage not CARTE-POSTALE. 2 | affixed, resulting in ~ UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE, EEE A |
postage due & penalty charge upon arrival at f... ff Pe
Wittenberg (Halle). == aed ae : Ot tae | /
Postage Due: 10 Pfennig ..
5 Pig. Domestic postcard-rate +
5 Pig. Penalty ios See eee
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postage due use
having a ‘Bickerdike’ = Se ee ee ee ee
Flag Postmark. h > Bas Pops
f | eee A ee Te
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‘RECEIPT-NOTICE POSTAL FORM’ FOR A POSTAL
MONEY TRANSFER
29 SEPTEMBER 1902
Postal form sent by the
‘Leipziger Credit Bank” notifying the recipient of receipt of his postal
money transfer.
2 Pfennig...
inner-city postcard rate.
One of two known ‘Receipt-Notice Postal
Forms’ having a ie < ‘Bickerdike’
(Etrafe und Hausnumme) Flag Postmark.
BICKERDIKE LEIPZIG *13a ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type II
LOCAL ELECTION- RELATED PRINTED- MATTER:
13 NOVEMBER 1902
Cover, election
related mail
enclosure,
sent locally
2 Pfennig..
1902 -1908
INNER-CITY PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
LOCAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING
27 JULY 1905
Cover, with printed-matter
enclosure, sent
locally.
inner-city printed-matier rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 x Saw iy DOMESTIC POSTCARD-RATE ..
LEIPZIG *13a_ ... Machine ‘7 USAGES 1902, 1903, 1904
Postmark Type Il
=
POSTKARTE. '° *#i WELTPOSTVEREIN, en = POSTAL CARTE-POSTALE.
STATIONERY CNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE, EY I
COMMERCIAL ee M2 is
13 NOVEMBER 1902
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2 APRIL 1903
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7 OCTOBER 1904
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§ Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate valid for Germany or Austro-Hungary.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 LEIPZIG *13a ... Machine ‘7’
Postmark Type I!
‘VERTICAL’ POSTMARK APPLICATION TO OUT-GOING DOMESTIC & FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
: Richard Gunther OUT-GOING Wild- und Gefliigelhanidung DOMESTIC , bE -Sisterniie < A Latte _-otétteritz Schelfir, 15. Ee Markthalle
COMMERCIAL Teiephon 2116. Ula on Goa
11 MAY 1905 At Postkarte
Postcard, D business CVn
correspondence, mail sent to the
Town of Taucha.
fn
Dopisnica.
INBOUND FOREIGN MAIL WITH REPLY
CARD RESPONSE i h e s o r e
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ee en ec oe i e
oe Pcie
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8 JULY 1904
SN
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cn Nes Age Stationery j Corzesponcens = Kar Ae. Reply Cc ard Set..
Dopisnica,
(ANTWORT — oDGOVOR.)
In-Bound: Postmarked
“Military Post Office Sarajevo,
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a Austria,
6 July 1904” sent to Leipzig.
Oui-Bound:
“Leipzig,
8 July 1904”
reply to Budapest, Hungary.
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ee &
5 Pfennig.. Domestic posicard-rate valid for German or Austro-Hungarian Mail.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 LEIPZIG *I3a_... Machine ‘7’ FOREIGN-BOUND
Postmark Type II UPU POSTCARD-RATED MAIL
PRINTED-MATTER
TO ITALY
16 OCTOBER 1902
Viewcard, endorsed
“Drucksache”
sent to
Palermo (Sicily), ltaly.
Arrival Postmark:
“Palermo, 20 October 1902..”
5 Pfennig..
UPU International Printed-Matier Rate
for mail up to
50 grams, or postcards with less
than 10 words of text.
ath wes
COMMERCIAL MAIL TO RUSSIA Pofttaryes=
Cee, eal poe ee "29047 84 2 SEPTEMBER 1904
UPU Postal Stationery Card,
business
communication mail, sent to a book
dealer in the City of Dorpat, Russia.
Arrival Postmark:
“23 September 1904..”
10 Piennig..
UPU international Postcard-Rate.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 . Machine ‘7’ INNER-CITY
Postmark Type II POSTCARD RATE USAGES.. 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
LEIPZIG *13a ..
? JANUARY 1903
17 SEPEMBER 1904
25 MAY 1905
2 MAY 1906
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pr
SEG eeg , ETE, FFA “ Dopisnics. Postkarte. clap. Coprespondenz karte. Cariepasae. Capsetin cor
Posi card. Wreltpogtvereing<Q Union postale universelle, Unione pasiale, Karta kopespondencyjna, Koresiowaet BCEMIPHbIM NOUTOBbIs ERE
POCCIA. OTKPBITOR TMCBMOss- Bretkort, _Brevkort. Tarjeta postal.
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: Dopisnice. Postkarte. [ey | Correspondenzkarte, Carte p postale AU arts FLL
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Karla Kore jonsiney Korespondenéa)
POCCLL OTEPBITOE HItGhMO_- Brefkort. Brevkort. Tarjeta pour
2 Pfennig..
Inner-City Postcard-Rate.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908
LEIPZIG *13a ... Machine ‘7’ FOREIGN-BOUND
Postmark Type II POSTAL STATIONERY USAGES..
1902, 1904, 1905
Weltpoftverein | Carte postale |
Union postale universel Cy MAIL TO BELGIUM
14 NOVEMBER 1902
Mu r
far d
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STATIONERY TO BRAZIL
24 SEPTEMBER 1904
Si am
ic e
a e
MAIL TO FINLAND (RUSSIA)
27 JULY 1905
10 Pfennig..
UPU international Postcard-Rate.
BICKERDIKE 1902 -1908 LEIPZIG *13b ... Machine ‘8’
Postmark Type I/II ..Service or Arrival Postmark.. ’13b
The DESIGN CHANGE IN DATER-DAIL ‘Bickerdike’ Machine No. 1 (applying postmarks to out-going mail), also took place with Machine No. 2 (applying postmarks to in-bound aniving
mail) at Leipzig, albeit the dater-dial with latter NOW INDICATED “13 b” versus “13 B” during the period 1901-1902.
Postmark: 24mm double-circle dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill with NO OBLITERATOR attached.
Usage: 24QOctober1902- 29 October 1908
INNER-CITY POSTCARD MAIL ILLUSTRATING ‘BICKERDIKE’ ORIGIN & ARRIVAL POSTMARKS
‘FLAG’ ORIGIN POSTMARK (Machine ‘1’) ARRIVAL POSTMARK (Machine ‘2’)
30 OCTOBER 1902
Postal Stationery
Card
Early Usage Date.
e e h e e y
ee
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12 JANUARY 1903
View-Card
2 Pfennig... inner-city
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903, 1904, 1910
LEIPZIG *13C ... Machine ‘8’ Three-Day Known Usage Postmark Type Ill
For anticipated NEW YEAR’S EVE MAIL VOLUME,
‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINE No. 2 WAS CONVERTED by the Leipzig main post office
from applying arrival postmarks to in-coming mail TO APPLYING ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL,
utilizing a reserve dater-dial and flag obiiterator.
Postmark: 26mm double-circle dial (LE/PZ/G *13C)
with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with
a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 31 December 1903 & 31 December 1904, 27 February 1910
31 DECEMBER 1904
Cover, enclosing a
printed ‘New Year's Greeting’.
2 Pfennig .. inner-city
printed-matter for
mail up to
50 grams.
One of three
recorded covers 31 DECEMBER 1904
Oe , = wee ‘New Year's Greeting’ Card.
2 Piennig...
inner-city
postcard rate.
One often recorded
postcard examples.
Wobnung (Strabe und Rausnummer)
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1915
FIELD TRIALS & USAGE
The first two ‘Bickerdike’ Postmarking Machines obtained in 1898 and the subsequent six obiained in 1901 were imported from the
Canadian Postal Supply Company of Montreal, Canada. in 1902, the
commencing in September, 1902:
‘Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken’ of Berlin & Karlsruhe
obtained a license from the former to manufacture the machines in
Germany for sales on the European Continent.
In August, 1902, the Reichspost placed a purchase order with the GERMAN MANUFACTURING LICENSEE FOR SIXTEEN MACHINES, ALL OF WHICH APPLIED ‘FLAG’ POSTMARKS, were allocated
by the Reichspost to the following posi offices
POST OFFICE LOCATION APPROXIMATE
START-UP DATE
1. Braunschweig *1o March 1903
2. Bremen *i* February 1903
....Bremerhaven *g* 3. Breslau *1* May 1903
....Waldenburg *(Schlesien)*
4. Chemnitz *1* July 1903
5. Cdin *(Rhein)I* February 1703 ...Cdln *la (Out-Going Mail}
6. Céin *(Rhein)1* June 1903 (in-Coming Mail)
7. Diisseldorf *éu February 1903
....Ddsseldorf *1u
....DGsseldort *1t {In-Coming Mail) 8. Erfurt “Is July 1903 9. Frankfurt *(Main)la March 1903
....Frankfurt (Main) 3s February 1912 (Out-Going Mail)
10. Frankfurt *(Main)1b August 1703 {In-Coming Mail)
11. Halle *(Saale)2h June 1903
12. Hamburg *1x November 1703
...Altona (Elbe) 1h 13. Karlsruhe *(Baden)1* September 1902 14. Libeck "Ig July 1903 15. Mannheim *1* July 1903 16. Strassburg “(Els)1s August 19703
Example: Field-Trial Postmark Dater Dial & ‘Flag’ Obliterator
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 *
BRAUNSCHWEIG “lo GOVERNMENT-RELATED MAIL
Satisfied with the test results of the initial (eight
‘Bickerdikes’, IN 1902-1903, NS THE REICHSPOST PURCHASED ADDITIONAL MACHINES, Axe DR Kisiea,
which now would be manufactured under l *sckcaria Se
license in Germany by the a tace Coben == ‘Deuische Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken’ Ewen) Saifercbeese ecttertfO,
FOR OPERATION fie, AT FOURTEEN DIFFERENT GERMAN POST OFFICES. Nee et NN
yen \ Niimterg,
Postmark: 27mm double-circle dater-dial with eine
‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with a
‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 1 March 1903 - 10 February 1905
CIVILIAN MAIL
18 SEPTEMBER 1903
Cover,
sent to the
‘Magistrate
of the
City of
Konigslutter’.
0 Pfennig
{4x 5 Pt fg).
Double- ghi
demic
letter-rate (20-250 grams)
ws NCAP fe Na HEN OAT this Go ee Sees
FREE- FRANK OFFICIAL DUCAL HOSPITAL MAIL
14 OCTOBER 1903
Official notification from the ‘Braunschweig
Ducal Hospital’ sent to a factory
hospitalization
payment office ai
Vorwohle.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
BRAUNSCHWEIG “lo...
LETTER-MAIL TO ENGLAND
2 JULY 1903 14 .
Cover, sent to London,
England.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“London N.W. 16,
July 4, 1903”
20 Pfennig.. UPU International Single-Weight Letier-Rate.
POSTCARD-MAIL TO GERMAN SOUTHWEST
AFRICA
17 JANUARY 1905
View-card, sent toa lieutenant serving with the German military in
_ German Southwest Africa _ engaged in fighting the
revoll of the
Herero Tribe between 20 January 1904 -
31 December 1907. Re in ic ke &
Ru bi
n, Ma
gd eb
ur g
19 04
.
Arrival Postmark:
* ludertizbucht,
16 February 1906”
: A AltN the R Mais 10 Pfennig ...
UPU International
Postcard-Rate.
Exp Jaeschke BPP
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 BRAUNSCHWEIG *lo
COMMERCIAL MAIL
3 NOVEMBER 1903
Cover,
sent to a ‘consumer
association’
at
Ersdorf. 10 Pfennig...
(perfin) Single-weight
(20 grams)
domesiic
letter-rate
frei!
22 SEPTEMBER 1903
Business postcard, sent to Plaven,
(Province Saxony).
5 Pfennig... Domestic
postcard-rate
Pf ei ff er
& Sc hm id t,
Br au ns ch we ig .
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 BRAUNSCHWEIG *lo ADVERTISING MAIL
25 AUGUST 1703
Postcard .. commercial
advertising on
reverse
11 JULY 1903
Cover.. with printed advertising
enclosure.
3 Pfennig..
Printed-matter rate for mail up fo 50 grams.
BREMEN
3REMEN propor ESE BBRUCKE » :
eee L. Mihepes: eg ees ; ye ad ‘
eA | te ffs oe aid SASS Oe a
1903 Bridge Across the Weser River
BICKERDIKE BREMEN *1*
Postmark Type /|
Over the period 1903-09, TWO POSTMARK DIES WERE USED.
*24mm Dater Dial,
* Broad wide crown,
* ‘Dots’ in tassel band,
* Center ribbon in postal hom. ‘TYPE I’ HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
Postmark: 24mm double-circle dater- dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a flag obliterator with crown, banner &
postal horn.
Usage: 26 February 1903-11 May 1906
1903 - 1906
Postkarte — Carte p sh gv Weltpastverein — Union sae i
Levelezi-Lap — Cariolina posiale egy
mt BESEMBED T9208 Correspondenzkarla — Kerta koresgo ee
Korespondencni listek — Brivtkarrt Bag
Viewcard Bretkort —- Brey-Kort — OTKpDRDQg Uae.
sent to ‘ ommcha KapTa * hy iV \) \
Konigs- ser. ee ial i
; : peas ‘
(Berlin). pe Dae es Sebo bast aa ae pues
c 2 5 Pfennig.. Ate ae Domestic
postcard-rate
Serie 83 — J0D2
Post-Karte MAILTO NORDERNEY ISLAND
Brefkort- Weltpostverein — & Uainw postaie whiverselie — Unione postale ere}
BCEMIPHbIM NOYTOBbIH COI03b. POSEM, oe te
OPEPBITOK TMChMO. ate
3 APRIL 1904
Embossed Easter
Greetings Card, sent to
a recipient aia
convalescent home.
Arrival Postmark:
“Norderney,
3 April 1904”
& Pfennig..
(2x 3 Pg.) Domestic
posicard-rate
plus One Pig
convenience franking.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN 7 — . OFFICIAL FREE-FRANK MAIL
ostmark Type
5 ie werent lirrweree athean vere? te ia ; : Bia
ieee te ra gy ee 4 PM ae ee ces Ok
ne petit b é x
2 tt cs ek aE RANG
semaine sere!
68 :
f “et 5) 84 ar i ft Iie o) A, i
Ris Rao ¢ it i
ictadtbrem. Armenpheo-)
FREE-FRANK FOLDED-LETTERS SENT FROM THE BREMEN SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE
12 NOVEMBER 1903 1 AUGUST 1904
30 JANUARY 1904
Sent to various
northern Germany city government offices.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN *1* DOMESTIC & FOREIGN DESTINATION
Postmark Type | POSTAGE DUE MAIL
DOMESTIC MAIL
30 JUNE 1903
Reply to an advertisement, held
two weeks, subsequently
returned to sender with cachet handstamp
{in red) “Porto”
with postage due .
5 Pfg. postage + 5 Pig. penalty.
Arrival Postmark (Original Destination):
“Lineburg,
1 July 1903, 12-1 PM”
Arrival Postmark (Returned Mail):
“Bremen *1%*, 18 July 1903,
11-12 PM”
MAIL TO FRANCE
23 DECEMBER 1903
View-card, sent to the Town of Challans, printed-matier
(less than ten words of text = 5 Pig. postage).
Upon arrival NOT
POSTKARTE. ( WELTPOSTVEREIN. CARTE-POSTALE. aa KLE Ue. es
accepted by the French Post Office
as such,
but, rather, as a : comrespondence
ff) posicard t at A, 4 (10 Pfennig postage)
(LMM A | requiting 10 Centimes a oe postage due from the
lie recipient for the ff oo shortfall.
oa | |
Arrival Postmark:
“Challans (Vendee), 25 December 1903,
5 AM”
BICKERDIKE
1903 - 1906
BREMEN *1* INTERNATIONAL UPU POSTAL CARD Postmark Type | COMMERCIAL MAIL
MAIL TO COLUMBIA wa Poftt farte Zatti N via -. Wha. altpoferen foe.
NEW YORK & or ct arte pos stale ‘ Toll OS. }
BARRANQUILA Y FO 1 Un ign ipost ale univerdelle. SS 7
16 NOVEMBER 1903 B . “ >,
As. te Business Ma oyyie’ fee
corespondence, — . sent to Carlagena,
Columbia. 23-day transit time.
Anival Postmark:
“,,.Cartagena, 9 December 1903..”
| ao ponies BC nectonial? MAILTO BRAZIL
) Via
LISBON, PORTUGAL
24 DECEMBER 1903
Correspondence,
sent to Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Arrival Postmark: “Rio de Janeiro,
17 January 1904
10 Pfennig... UPU International Postcard-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN *1* FOREIGN-BOUND POSTCARD MAIL
Postmark Type |
POSTKARTE. 8 WELTPOSTYERBIN, Auantin
MAIL TO SPAIN CARTE-POSTALES « UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLR.-
yh PS
29 JUNE 1903 fe 2 <i
UPU-endorsed | WLLEete ff Les ge /. ie
view-card, : sent to City of Madrid,
Spain.
10 Pfennig... UPU International
Postcard-Rate
=a ee
MAIL TO AUSTRO-HUNGARY
25 MARCH 1906
UPU-endorsed
Viewcard, sent to
the City of Prag,
part of Austro-Hungary.
| § Pfennig... | Domestic German
postcard-rate was valid for mail fo Austro-Hungary.
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A R E A
pu n
s i u d e i s o j o u g
Nu r
fur di e
Ad re
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s an y
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BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN *1*
Pisabinciile Teal DOMESTIC & FOREIGN-BOUND | LETTER-MAIL
MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20 JANUARY 1905
Commercial
bank cover,
sent to
New York City.
12-day transit time.
_ Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“New York, February 1, 1905 ..”
(International Machine Postmark)
20 Pfennig..
UPU
International Single-Weight
Letter-Rate DOMESTIC _
GERMANY MAIL
26 OCTOBER 1903
Cover, sent to the Town of Moorsee/
Abbehausen (Oldenburg).
Arival
Postmark:
“Abbehausen, 27 October 1903”
10 Pfennig..
Domestic
single-weight
leter-rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN *1* COMMERCIAL MAIL USAGE
Postmark Type |
er erry ae a 2 Te tite lal kit Ect
BICKERDIKE MACHINE . ARRIVAL POSTMARK é
| Potifarte R= \hES 10 FEBRUARY 1904 | ee ““Loneeven) 4
Commercial : ee 5 Ps
correspondence : | .
card, sentto a Bee os
business in the
City of Leipzig. |
Anival Postmark:
(Bickerdike Machine)
“Leipzig, 11 February 1904..”
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
PRINTED-MATTER
30 MARCH 1904
Cover,
printed-matter enclosure,
sent to
KGnigslutter (Braunschweig).
3 Pfennig.. Printed-matter
rate for mail fo
50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BREMEN *1* DEFECTIVE POSTMARK DIE
Postmark Type |
CRe NCEE a the |
Poftfarte \ |
MISSING DATE-DIAL IN POSTMARK DIE
“26 MAY 1904”
Commercial correspondence card,
sent to a business in the
Town of Heiligenfelde.
Arrival Postmark:
“Heiligenfelde,
27 May 1904..” |
5 Pfennig..
Domestic posicard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1907 - 1909 BREMEN *1 . —_— i ADVERTISING PRINTED-MATTER POSTCARD
ostmark Type
‘Bremen Postmark Obliterator Type I required to be replaced after three+ years of continuous usage,
being replaced by ‘TYPE Wl DIE
HAVING THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: * 25mm Dater Dial, * Contoured narrow crown design, * ‘Dots’ now missing in tassel banner, * Postal horn now has no center ribbon.
Postmark: 25 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 9 April 1707 - 3 August 1909
19 MAY 1908 Von hestechensdom Wewigescimade == Zz sis
Breiners og Advertising printed-matter for ‘cigars’, Corona | ,
‘ io] een enthdies a eo ae ane pags todstbnen Beane! 52h winners, “Max Greiner & Co.", Bremen, Save Selo oe i ee ie i giclee ak
reiners Corona nar eine Kiste za FOO Stick to a recipient at Rudolfstadt. tosit oe Poutpabet con 500 Sti ater nar MIPS Foro, dedere, dom weretéentes Hacer, morse ofitine Cligsrne sod wir Atten
war sh Sad phvionet dest war er deen Poeun. scene Fr aher 5 domeratas Runstochatt sews arene = = 3 Pfennig... Eimer sage es dem andern: Raucht Greiners Coronal
Printed-matter rate for mail up Sindy chi cece Fines elt pete iii MAX GREINER & Co., to 50 grams. Bremer Pitiale der Dewtsiven Bank. "agi irainn de Ceasers Bebe ye Berhe
SRUEN: RetanGn oc t,o oe ee
SAEs ee Ste eee ee eae a
Reverse
BICKERDIKE 1907 - 1909 BREMEN ee PRINTED MATTER MAIL
ostmark Type
DOMESTIC MAIL
31 OCTOBER 1907
Cover,
printed-matter enclosure
3 Pfennig... Domestic
printed-matter rate up to 50 grams.
INTERNATIONAL MAIL
9 APRIL 1907
Cover, printed-matter enclosure sent to Sweden.
5 Pfennig... UPU International printed-matier up to 50 grams.
Earliest known postmark usage.
BICKERDIKE 1910 - 1913 BREMERHAVEN *g*
In early 1910, the ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINE HERETOFORE
OPERATIONAL AT BREMEN WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BREMERHAVEN POST OFFICE
for continued service.
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a contoured crown, banner with tassels and posié
Usage: 13 June 1910-29 August 1913
DESTINATION... EGYPT
13 JUNE 1910
Cover, sent to a naval officer on-board German Cargo Vessel “Kleist”,
via shipping-broker agent, at Suez, Egypt.
Transit & Arrival Postmarks: _ (Reverse) “Alexandria, 19 June 1910”
“Suez, 26 June 1910”
20 Pfennig... UPU International
Single-Weight Letter-Rate
Earliest Known Use DESTINATION..
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
17 JULY 1910
Cover, sent to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
10 Pfennig ... Concession
“Direct Rate” ..
valid between 1909-1914 (50% of UPU Rate)
for single-weight letter-mail beiween
Germany-U.S.A.
BICKERDIKE 1910 - 1913 BREMERHAVEN “g*
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a contoured crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 13 June 1910-29 August 1713
ADVERTISING MAIL
4 MARCH 1911
Commercial fold-out advertising card, (fish wholesaler)
sent to Salzhausen.
3 Pfennig... Domestic
printed matter rate for mail
up fo 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 BRESLAU *1*
Breslau’s Bickerdike Machine functioned
satisfactorily in its early operation,
WITH APPARENT LOCAL MAINTENANCE LACKING
OVER TIME
as evidenced by blurred postmarks, under-inking, etc.
Postmark: 25 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along witha ‘flag’ obfiterater having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 5 May 1903-15 July 1906
29 JUNE 1903
“Gruss-aus
viewcard
(Breslau Zoo)
sent to
Jena.
5 Pfennig...
Domestic postcard-rate
15 JULY 1906
Cover clip, printed-matter rate, (illustrating a very worn postmark die & machine maintenance deficiency).
Latest Known Usage.
BICKERDIKE 1909 - 1911 WALDENBURG *(Schlesien)*
In early 1909, ‘BRESLAU’S ‘BICKERDIKE’ WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ‘WALDENBURG’ POST OFFICE
for continued service. OF FIVE KNOWN POSTMARKS, ALL HAVE INCOMPLETE
OBLITERATOR STRIKES ..
illustrating defective machine operation & maintenance
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with
‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 15 May 1707-7 May 1911
POSTCARD MAIL
20 MAY 1909
Viewcard,
sent to
Reichenbach, (Province Silesia). 5 Pfennig..
Domestic
posicard-rate.
PRINTED MATTER TO SWITZERLAND WITH RETURN TO SENDER
9 NOVEMBER 1911
Cover, printed-matter enclosure. short-
upon arrival, refurned to sender with Swiss
postage due invalidated.
3 Pfennig... UPU infermational
Printed-Matter Rate = 5 Pfennig...
Postage Due = § Centimes =
2 Pig+ 2 Pig. penalty.
Latest Known
Usage Date. Cert. Jdschke-Lanteime Two of Five Known Examples of This Postmark
1903 - 1906 BICKERDIKE CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type |
Two postmark dies were utilized at ‘Chemnitz’ with ‘TYPE!’ DIE,
supplied initially with the machine, HAVING THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
* Dater Dial Diameter 26mm;
* Wide crown design;
* Small and narrow tassels.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with
‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with fasseis and postal hom.
Usage: 4 July 1903-27 March 1906
: ot a 43) —y cy
EARLY USE ey a EUS ee *
rea EE Rs eA
6 JULY 1903 Re
Cover, sent to the Baltic Coast Town of Zinnowitz.
Postage improperly
placed at left cover side with
hand-canceling.
Arrival Postmark:
(reverse)
“Tinnowitz,
7 July 1903..”
NV le. pre Sa 3 | OFFICIAL
Jee : 120t6T) | Ve CR «REQUIRING de, Ne \ \ ie iS Ne POSTAGE
* * a aks pee) 13! : ICH} ©
f£ 2 — i". = 10
. 1904
, Folded
letter
& turn
eS cover teas, >) sent to the
2 es ‘Imperial
Sane: Court’ at Oschatz,
. (Saxony).
10 Pfennig..
Domestic single-weight letter-rate.
- BICKERDIKE 1303-1908 CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type |
DOMESTIC POSTAL STATIONERY
LETTER-CARD
7 SEPTEMBER 1905
Postal stationery letter-card,
sent to Charlottenburg
(Berlin).
10 Pfennig.. Domestic letter-rate
(flat-rate for postal
stationery letter-cards). POSTAL
NOTIFICATION CARD/RECEIPT FOR A POSTAL
MONEY TRANSFER
13 NOVEMBER 1905
‘Prepaid’ (Bavarian) form-card
returned to sender at
Ellingen, Bavaria,
acknowledging receipt of a
money transfer received by a
bank in Chemnitz.
5 Pfennig... Domestic
postcard-rate.
One of Two
Known Notification Cards
with Flag Postmarks.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type !
WRAPPER WITH ENCLOSED PRINTED-MATTER
SENT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
25 NOVEMBER 1903
Printed-matter enclosed wrapper sent to Saltsburg,
Pennsylvania.
5 Pfennig... UPU International
Printed-Matter Rate for mail
up to 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906
1906
1905
1904
CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type |
DOMESTIC POSTCARD USAGE 1904, 1905, 1706
| s 3 Carte Postale An
_# Postkarte — Post cagdly
: Cartolina Postale — Levelezé Lap | £ bBrefkort — Briefkaart — Brew
|= OTKPbITOE MMCbMO
i
i
Qy ns
um su
ng jo
H ©0 )
3 e n u e y M E I N
Tarjeta postal — Dopisnice — Carto pox
Union postale universelle
{ 1 i he a,
T H k u o s e T
Yo RZ
Ie sS
p |
: ’ ra
Gane Sota - — Postcard — Brief ar ee
Vebostectein. — Union postale un niversellé. 4 Sava.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic Postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1907 - 1912 CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type Il
‘Chemnitz’ Obliterator ‘Type I was repiaced after
three years of continuous use with a new ..
‘TYPE I!’ DIE HAVING THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS:
* Dater dial diameter remained 24mm * Obliterator with narrow crown with a thin cross & Tassel banner with large tassels.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 14 January 1907-31 December 1912
EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE
14 JANUARY 1907
Decorative
advertising postcard (children's newspaper),
sentto a pupil
in Chemnitz.
3 Pfennig... Printed-matier rate
for mail up fo
50 grams.
LATEST KNOWN USAGE
31 DECEMBER 1912
Embossed
‘New Year's
Greetings’
Card’.
5 Pfennig... Domestic
postcard rate.
BICKERDIKE 1907-1912 COMMERCIAL MAIL CHEMNITZ *1*
Postmark Type Ii
POSTMARK DOUBLE-STRIKE
18 MAY 1907
Cover,
sent to Copenhagen,
Denmark,
with double postmarking.
T H R E
He ap
i
en ar
ag e M e e
i ne
20 Pfennig... UPU International Single-Weight
(20 grams)
Letter-Rate. PRINTED MATTER & COLLECTION
29 APRIL 1911
Money
Collection Card,
sent to Dresden (Saxony),
for collection of
RM 10.20.
13 Pfennig.. 3 Pig. Printed- Maiter Rate +
10 Pfg.
Collection Fee
One of two known collection
card usages
having a ‘Flag’
postmark &
only one Known
at printed-matter u
mail rate.
BICKERDIKE otal CHEMNITZ ¥ — i DOMESTIC PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
ostmark Type
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING MAIL
17 SEPTEMBER 1908
Commercial cover, | printed-matter _
enclosure,
sent to Woyens, (Schleswig-Holstein).
| ae ' INNER-CITY MAIL
31 DECEMBER 1911
Cover, | inted-matt
enclosure, inner-city mail.
3 Pfennig...
Domestic printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1907 — 1912
CHEMNITZ *1*
8 OCTOBER 1907
Flag
postmark on largest
known
commercia | cover...
170 x 250
mm.
§ Pfennig.. Domestic
printed- matter rate
for mail 50- 100 grams.
Postmark Type Il
LARGEST KNOWN DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL MAIL ON COVER
" vOULE }
Ba : . CAEP,
“\ Pelzwaren-Katalog Giewen2 liberreicht von
ia a u. 1907 F R A N /. RUTT LO F F Pee Leipzig 1905 u, 1907
CHEMNITZ - Langestrasse 47-51 ‘ Langestrasse 47-51
GSS SS SSS ES ES Sa |) Eo)
S = FQ (CD 2 © = CD
aa
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1912 CHEMNITZ *1* | FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
Postmark Types | & Il
MAILTO NORWAY
21 MAY 1904
View-card, sent to
Bergen, Norway. 5-day transit-time.
Arrival Postmark:
“Bergen *1*,
25 May 1904”
10 Pfennig... UPU International
Postcard-Rate
MAILTO DENMARK
14 MARCH 1907
Commercial -
cover, sent to
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
15 March 1907” (Krag Machine Postmark)
20 Pfennig...
UPU
International
Single-Weight Letter-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 COLN *(Rhein)1*
Machine ‘T’
Postmark Type ‘1’
Rie 8 *
mse Ravteces
Two ‘Bickerdike’ Machines were operational at the
Cologne (Céin) Post Office. vee sey, “—~F f MACHINE ‘1’ APPLIED A ‘FLAG’ a eG |
POSTMARK TO OUT-GOING MAIL FOR FOUR MONTHS, : feng Mee Ses thereafter applying K) Sypeteee
arrival or service postmarks to in-coming mail. OF wacin, oMetgud
Seeoe “ite Postmark: 26mm double-circle dater-dial (indicating Minchest
grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterat:
crown, banner with tassels an
aving a
postal horn.
Usage: 12 February -5 June 1903”
15 FEBRUARY 1903
Viewcard, sent to Recklinghausen, (Westphalia).
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
; fe 7 = ei iy ee : a Si Forres wee -:
sath J Lai
26 FEBRUARY 1903
Commercial
(renowned commercial information company
‘Schimmelpfennig)
to a bank in Hildesheim.
10 Pfennig... Domestic single- weight letier-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 COLN *(RHEIN) 1*
Machine ‘1’ Postmark Type ‘2°
After applying a ‘flag’ postmark to out-going mail for only four months,
COLOGNE MACHINE ‘1’ CONTINUED TO FUNCTION FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL YEARS APPLYING ‘ARRIVAL’ OR SERVICE
POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial, indicating “Céln *(Rhein)1*", with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill.
Usage: 25 August 1903-10 July 1904
20 OCTOBER 1903
in-bound commercial cover from Vienna, Austria, to Cologne. Upon arrival, an ‘arrival’ or service
postmark was applied on the cover reverse.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 COLN *la
Machine ‘2’
Postmark Type Ia
Machine ‘2’ became operational at Cologne (Céin) Post Office in 1903 applying ‘flag’ postmarks
only to out-going mail. Two postmark obliterator dies were applicable ..
‘TYPE I’ DIE HAS THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS:
* Dater Dial 24mm;
* Wide crown with a thick cross;
* Narrow mouthpiece on postal horn.
Postmark: 24 mm double-circle dater-dial (indicating
“Cdln *1a”) with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 17 July 1903 - 1 June 19046
DOMESTIC MAIL
3 AUGUST 1903
Viewcard,
sent to
Konigshof {Harz Mountains).
5 Pfennig..
Domestic
postcard-rate
MAILTO AUSTRIA
1 JUNE 1906
“Gruss Aus” Card,
sent to Vienna,
Austria
EL hhc. GEIMENMULE PUG a 5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate valid
for mail to Austria.
a
y
c 4 pgs 3 Y iar usage date.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 COLN *la
Machine ‘2’
Posimark Type la
e oot mi
‘ im 1, Say er se x <TECEE
e
ed * ats has ee Pail ‘f o .) eh te ain i :
ee “ ‘cr a oS et a i ht th Veoh + Pb ope tN uk’
fe yond Thos seat a BbaLE troy At. Nite e ees
SCOTLAND eee
15 AUGUST 1903 ee
Viewcard, sent to ae
Edinburgh, Scotland.
10 Pfennig.. ase UPU International & |
Postcard-Rate oe
COMMERCIAL DOMESTIC
PRINTED-MATTER
20 AUGUST 1903
Commercial business
solicitation, sent to
Hanover.
3 Pfennig..
=n Domestic
S | printed-matter
| : | e a rate for mail
U : ;
SEES Ty DMT eee AO pa fea ue ee Sk raat ae SPN EML Pegs Se : | to BD an,
BICKERDIKE 1908 - 1915 COLN “la
Machine ‘2’
Postmark Type Ib
The ‘Cologne Obliterator Type ‘la’ was replaced affer
three years’ continuous use with TYPE ‘Ib’ DIE HAVING THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
* Dater Dial 24mm;
* Narrow crown with a thin cross; * Wide mouthpiece on postal horn.
Posimark: 24 mm double-circle dater-dial (indicating
“Céln *1a”") with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 8 August 1909-23 March 1915
ELECTION/POLLING STATION NOTIFICATION CARD
MH 023720
Wahlourean Mr. 17.
Sihule Wolltide 7, lnterhaus.
, Wenn widt beftellbar, an i die ftdbdtifde Wahl.
abieilung — Judeng, 2 —
28 OCTOBER 1913
Election/Polling Station Notification Card, sent from the mayor's office to a local resident.
3 Pfennig.. Domestic printed-matter rate for mail to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1908 - 1915
COMMERCIAL MAIL COLN *la Machine ‘2’ Postmark Type Ib
12 AUGUST 1910
Cover, printed-matter
enclosure (for hunting
outfitting),
sent to
Ménchen- Gladbach, (Rhineland Province).
17 OCTOBER 1913
| i “Eilige
| on ot ee ‘H Drucksache”
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Seale ie eens) ae i] double-card
Lustigen Abend 1 promoting | Neues Programm! : “Professor
_ Marcell Salzer’s” KARTEN ¢ a 3. 30, 1, 65, a 10 Toth sere Hoh shock | presentation in
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: Fernspr. A. 504, sowie an der ecndkeae ay | 3 Beeiuicen me
i ‘Das pLuslige Salzer = Buch", Band | und Il, ebenda = und er Bucihan Ges so : |
3 Pfennig.. Domestic printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1914 - 1915 COLN “la FREE-FRANK FIELDPOST MAIL ..
Machine ‘2’ Postmark Type Ib WORLD WAR |
With the outbreak of World War! on 1 August, 1914, troop trains soon thereafter departed Germany for the Western Front crossing the
Rhine River at Cologne.
Prior to departing Germany, soldiers often sent view-cards home, as if they were on vacation!
SUCH MAIL WAS ‘FREE FRANK’ AS LONG AS CARDS WERE ENDORSED “FELDPOST”.
8 AUGUST 1914
Earliest Known
23 MARCH 1915
Latest known ‘Fieldpost’ usage & latest known
3 MARCH 1915
One of four known ‘Mute’
Dater-Dial ‘Fieldpost’ usage.
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BICKERDIKE DUSSELDORF
1903, 1907 - 1910
*lu
A ‘Bickerdike’ delivered in February 1903 to Ddsseldorf was intended for use at
Post Office ‘6’ (‘old town’ post office)
with postmark evidence showing brief operation
(postal station adjacent to the main train station).
‘BICKERDIKE’ USE BETWEEN TWO DUSSELDORF
at Post Office ‘T’
POSTAL STATIONS.
Postmark:
Usage:
DOMESTIC MAIL
1 JANUARY 1909
New Year’s Greeting Card,
sentto Siegen.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom.
2? February 1703... &
31 December 1706 - 1 January 1910
EE
nF , a / at
£ * i
MAIL TO FRANCE
30 DECEMBER 1908
New Year's
Greeting Card, sent to Paris,
France.
| 5 Pfennig... UPU International
for
printed-matter or
postcards with less
than ten words of
tex.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 DUSSELDORF *6u
The ‘Bickerdike’ at Disseldorf was TRANSFERRED one or more times BETWEEN THE MAIN POST OFFICE (“*1u”),
adjacent the railway station, AND THE ‘OLD-TOWN’ POST OFFICE (“*éu”),
near city hall and other government buildings.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial indicating “Ddisseldorf *6u” with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 10 June 1903 -30 December 1906
DOMESTIC POSTCARD MAIL
10 JUNE 1903
No .
46 3,
“Gruss Aus”
Greeting Card, sent to
Wiedenbriick (Westphalia).
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ru m,
Du
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Rem
Ve rl ag
Fr ie
dr .
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
Earliest Known Use. COMMERCIAL MAIL TO THE NETHERLANDS
2 MARCH 1904
Posicard advertising printed-matfter,
sent to the
Netherlands.
5 Pfennig... UPU Internationai
Printed-Matter Rate for mail to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 DUSSELDORF *6u DOMESTIC PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
ak Dae O Raw a ke yu ND alin, se , A
CY ue? hie pees ee ed a a:
ORK ; + ¥ t— ae ie s \ : SOCIAL-CLUB
NOTIFICATION CARD An
29 JUNE 1903
— —— Heren W. R ebrovic sent to
Braunschweig - (Brunswick).
. Braunschweig Bitterbrunnen—H |
Atewichring 37.
DECORATIVE FINE-ARTS SOCIETY
COVER
30 NOVEMBER 1903
Cover,
printed-matter
enclosure,
sent to a member
of the
“Fine Arts Society at Hanover”.
3 Pfennig...
Domesiic printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1908 ERFURT *1s
A single ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at Erfurt USED ALTERNATELY TO APPLY ORIGIN
POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL AS WELL AS ‘ARRIVAL’ SERVICE
POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL
using the full dater-dial & flag obliterator postmark.
Postmark: 25 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom
Usage: 21 July 1903 - 18 April 1908
OUT-BOUND/IN-BOUND SAME DAY MACHINE SERVICE
OUT-GOING MAIL
26 JULY 1903
View-card,
sent to
Stutigart,
(Province Wirttemberg).
Note postmark time:
“26 JULY”
IN-COMING MAIL |
25 JULY 1903
“Gruss aus Liegnitz” Card, —
sent to Erfurt.
Arrival Postmark:
“Erfurt *1s,
26 July 1903,
9-10 AM”
Note postmark
arrival time:
“26 JULY”
compared to
above example.
{Peer let aye Ares (rt BO rete ois
5 Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1908 ERFURT *Is COMMERCIAL MAIL
BUSINESS MAIL
25 SEPTEMBER 1903
Cover, sentto a wood products company at
Oberlochmiohle, (Province Saxony).
Arrival Postmark {On reverse)
“Deutsch
Catharinenberg, 26 September,
1903..”
10 Pfennig..
Single-weight (20 grams)
domestic letter-rate
ADVERTISING POSTCARD
23 SEPTEMBER 1903
Plant nursery advertising mail,
sent fo a farmer at
Wieckhorst, Schneverdingen
(Hanover).
Arrival Postmark: “Schneverdingen,
24 September 1903”
5 Pfennig..
Domestic posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1908 ERFURT *1s
INNER-CITY MAIL USAGE
POSTAL STATIONERY CARD USAGE AT REDUCED RATE
1 JANUARY 1906
inner-city usage at reduced rate.
2 Pfennig.. Postal stationery
card for inner-city
mail use.
INNER-CITY POSTCARD AT DOMESTIC RATE
18 APRIL 1908
‘Easter Greetings Card’,
sent within the
city. 5 Pfennig..
Domestic postcard-rate.
Latest known
usage date.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1904 ERFURT “Is FULL ORIGIN OUT-GOING MAIL POSTMARK
APPLIED ON INCOMING MAIL (ARRIVAL SERVICE POSTMARK)
IN-COMING POSTCARD MAIL
23 JULY 1903
View-card,
sent from
Rudolfstadt to Erfurt receiving upon arrival
a service postmark on the reverse side
of card. § Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate i Budofs s|stadt Anger mit Schloss. gf ti briniek items” fetens CELEB pe” Ge be vee aoe
Leet N hater par Cire Ly for yeg b reba ie Bonk teh ae } Le Sad er, fr oe “ erase fl rad ge A
ee ee } hin eae ee hed, oo ne we a I Coa ee ae 7 - # er SL G teat fey lap 3a t —* gf en Ao a ss a wee we Ie ae vata Lies Ciel = es go i es 42: i Ags ein ae “Bbnt es PG tay. oe AE 3 1K a a fees oe ae wen a , oe ~ fo = a te oe
Sees gee ‘a tg meg ae, S. Zi € ant aot Kilgore files end BL le ae te
=| INNER-CITY LETTER MAIL
27 MARCH 1904
s Inner-city mail cover, sent to a physician,
receiving upon arrival a service postmark on the
reverse of cover.
| 6 Pfennig... (3x 2 Pf)
§ Pig.. inner-city letter-maii rate
1 Pfg.. Convenience over- franking E
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ae h e l a
Sa c
ithe
Loe HP
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1909 FRANKFURT *(MAIN) 1a INNER-CITY MAIL
Machine ‘1’
Two ‘Bickerdikes’ became operational in 1903 at the City of Frankfurt (Main).
MACHINE ‘1’ (‘q’ = dater dial)
APPLIED ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL
whereas Machine ‘2’ (‘b’ = dater dial)
applied ‘arrival’ or service
postmarks to in-coming mail.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with
‘pridge’ & vertical grill along with a
‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 24 March 1903 - 28 December 1909
COMMERCIAL MAIL
30 MARCH 1903
Business postal
stationery card mail,
sent to a local shoe
manufacturer. :
Arrival Postmark:
“Frankfurt (M) *Bornheim a,
31 March 1903..”
2 Pfennig ... inner-city
postcard rate. i py Mobango ge ~ (Gtrage uhd Gousnunaner) vagus:
Post-Karte Levelezé-Lap — Post card — Brieildar
Carte postale Cartolina postale Dopisnice \
Weltpostverein Jnion postale universelle— Unione postale univers
OTKPBITOE [TIMCBMO Tarjeta postal.
RESIDENT CORRESPONDENCE
31 MARCH 1903
UPU Correspondence Card, sent locally.
2 Pfennig.. wae 7 inner-city
Pty | L2Fo postcard-rate
BICKERDIKE FRANKFURT *(MAIN) Ta
Machine ‘1
BUSINESS PRINTED-
MATTER MAIL
1 DECEMBER | 1904
Cover, | printed- matter
enclosure,
sent to
Grumbach.
3 Pfennig ... Domestic printed- matter mail fo
50 grams.
1903 — 1909
COMMERCIAL MAIL
BUSINESS POSTCARD MAIL
28 SEPTEMBER 1907
Postcard,
sent to Rodheim.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate.
LETTER MAIL
28 AUGUST 1903
Cover, sent to
locally.
5 Pfennig ...
inner-city letter-mail
rate
BICKERDIKE FRANKFURT *(MAIN) 1a
Machine ‘J
7
le
1903 — 1909
INNER-CITY MAIL
PRINTED MATTER MAIL
2 DECEMBER 1905
Cover,
printed-
matter enclosure,
sent locally.
2 Pfennig..
inner-city
{open cover}
printed-
matter rate to
50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 — 1909 POSTCARD MAIL FRANKFURT *(MAIN) 1a
Machine ‘1’
ee
g ¢ ' o ee
ue 8y e r q u i y - y o n a p a s y dn sy
es K
*S M a p p e r
gy G u e w a p y 7
MAILTO ITALY
19 JUNE 1903
a i i r o
View-card, sent to
a priest in Ferrara, Italy.
5 Pfennig ... UPU International
Printed-Matter Rate for
mail with less than
ten written text words.
DOMESTIC MAIL
2 JULY 1905
Frankfurt Zoo “Gruss
aus” Card, sentto.
Baden-Baden.
Arrival Postmark:
“Baden-Baden “1g, 2 July 1905..”
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
BICKERDIKE . 1903 - 1907
FRANKFURT *(MAIN) 1b Machine ‘2’
Two ‘Bickerdikes’ became operational at
Frankfurt (Main) in 1903.
Machine ‘1’ applied postmarks to out-going mail, while
MACHINE ‘2’ (‘b’ = in dater dial) APPLIED ‘ARRIVAL’ OR
SERVICE POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with
‘bridge’ & vertical grill.
Usage: 2 August 1903-12 January 1905 (Complete ‘bridge’ in dater dial)
4 May 1905-3 April 1907 (Broken ‘bridge’ in dater dial)
MAIL FROM ITALY
4 MAY 1905
in-coming view-card, sent from Rome, lialy,
to Frankfurt/Main.
‘Bickerdike’
Arrival Postmark:
“Frankfurt *(Main)1b,
4 May 1905, 6-7 AM”
10 Centesimi..
UPU international
Postcard-Rate
Earliest known date for
‘broken bridge’ use.
NB .
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la to
an te ri or e
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si se ri ye -s ci ta nt o
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DOMESTIC IN-BOUND MAIL
Poftteé , ene
5 JULY 1905
Postal stationery card, sent from
Biedenkopf to Frankfurt (Main).
‘Bickerdike’
Arrival Postmark:
“Frankfurt *(Main) 1b, 6 July 1905, 10-11AM”
abninng fe ttht2<attT A fs We 2a § Pfennig.. (Strape oun er j Domestic
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h
Posimark Type !
At ‘Halle’, two ‘flag’ obliterator dies were used. Early use ‘TYPET’
HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS * Dater Dial 26mm;
* Flag oblferato: length 48mm al top * $mail thick cross in crown.
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along witha ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with fassels and postal hom.
Usage: 14 June 1703-22 April 1905
Briefkaart — Gartalina postale — Posi card — he i Kafe
View-card, [' eo f sent to ee y
Eggersdorf | | (Province Saxony). Z Wd ae & be 2 “
v / a
First-Day of Use.
ie a. ute
ios al
Gutschow & Barnieske TT
Halle a. S.
Postkarte. [anes 7 ett SRR SRR i i ¥ it ae
\ Naccnat ad ee Apia SAC
= ie
An
15 JUNE 1903
Commercial
postcard,
sent to
Quedlinburg.
Second Day of Use.
§ Pfennig..
Domestic postcard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN
Postmark Type | GOVERNMENT MAIL
20 JULY 1903
Cover, inner-city mail sent from the ‘Imperial Prussian Provincial Police District Office’
to the police administrative office at Halle.
5 Pfennig... (government service postage)
inner-city letter-rate for mail up to 20 grams.
en ee ey Sl bee
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN
Postmark Type | GOVERNMENT MAIL
| Frei it. Avers. Xo. 21.
[RSl.PrRisenbahndirektion
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION MAIL
9 DECEMBER 1903 Folded-letter, sent to the Halle City Magistrate’s Office.
gay} \v
OFFICE OF FORESTRY
11 DECEMBER
1903
Postcard, sent locally.
C. 154.
5 Pfennig... (government service postage)
inner-city letter-rate for mail up fo 20 grams &
Domestic posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h SOLDIER'S MAIL
Postmark Type |
‘Soldiers’ Mail’ (to or from a soldier) was FREE-FRANK AS LONG AS ENDORSED
“Soldatenbrief/Postkarte” or “Soldatenbrief eigene Angelegenheii des Empfangers"
(“Soldier's Mail. Personal Matters Conceming the Recipient”)
V-__( POSTKARTE. RELY 2 We be POSTYEREIN. aA y
‘SOLDATENPOSTKARTE” |... CAR'TE-POSTALE. LOLEON “ne UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE. —
15 NOVEMBER 1904
Viewcard,
sent to a soldier
stationed at
Stuttgart
(Wurttemberg).
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Suttgart PAI, 16 November (19) 04..”
) WELTPOSTY PRE
CARTE-PO} UNION POSTALE UND WEBEL
PX9a\2)
“SOLDATENBRIEF..”
27 DECEMBER 1904
Viewcard,
sent fo a soldier
stationed at
Munich (Bavaria).
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Muenchen
28 December (1904)..”
BICKERDIKE HALLE (Saale) 2h
Postmark Type |
SINGLE-WEIGHT LETTER-RATE
8 JULY 1903
Cover,
sent to Adlershof
near Berlin.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Adlershof,
8 July 1903..”
10 Pfennig...
1903 - 1905
DOMESTIC LETTER-RATES
Domestic.
single-weight letier-rate (20 grams).
co
(803
ua Ss Col i
ek t A Me
, a AD ‘ t
hee
An die
Ramsdorfer Braunkohlenwerke Aktien-Gesellschaft
Ramsdortf . Lucka S.-A.
ao
DOUBLE-WEIGHT LETTER-RATE
22 AUGUST 1903
Business reply cover
(coal mining
company),
sent fo Ramsdorf (Province Saxony-
Anhalt).
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Lucka
(Sachs. Alf), 22 August 1903.."
20 Pfennig... Domestic
double-weigh!
letter-rate (20-250 grams}.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h POSTCARD MAILTO THE
Postmark Type | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UPUINTERNATIONAL POSTKART. a eli eemeionin ~ CARTE PostaLe-CaRTOLIN +H hah
6 FEBRUARY 1904 Post CARD. ~
‘Greetings Card’, Sent to Omaha,
Nebraska.
10 Pfg..
UPU International
Posicard-Rate.
POST. KAR TE. wh Let os tv ERE IN
“CARTE- POSTALE, UNION POS'RALE UNTVERSELLE,
UPU INTERNATIONAL PRINTED-MATTER RATE
23 SEPTEMBER 1904
Viewcard,
sent to
Chicago, Illinois.
5 Pfennig.. UPU Infernational
Printed-Matter Rate for postcards with
less than ten words of text.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h FORWARDED FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
Postmark Type |
GERMANY to FRANCE r
10 NOVEMBER 1903, von wey fvike §.
View-card,
sent to Geneva,
Swiizeriand, forwarded upon arrival
to Montpellier, France.
Forwarding & Arrival ga
Postmarks: =
“Geneva, ee
11 November 1903” ie ge
“Geneva, s
16 November 1903” | 4
“Montpellier, e-
17 November 1903 }
10 Pfennig... |
UPU International
Posicard-Rate.
SSS oo ——sS GERMANY --AUSTRIA 3 | ies to SWITZERLAND
WITH ADDED-FRANKING
20 JULY 1904
View-card, sent to
Vienna, Austria,
postage added, forwarded upon
arrival to
St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Arrival Postmark:
“St. Moritz (Bad),
23 August 1904.."
5 Pfennig... UPU international
Printed-Matter (iess a than 10 words of tex}.
— ee ee r Soa
BICKERDIKE HALLE (Saale) 2h
MAILTO ISLAND OF SYROS,
GREECE
16 NOVEMBER 1903
Under-franked
(sealed) cover, sent to Syra (Syros) as printed-matter but treated as a
letter with postage
due because of sealed cover.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Syros, 13 December
1903..”
20 Pig... UPU International Single-Weight Letter-Rate with
12.5 Lepta postage due fo cover 10 Pig postage shorlage.
1903 - 1905
POSTAGE DUE MAIL Postmark Type |
astav Dresde
fale aS.
mee.
DOMESTIC GERMANY MAIL
17 APRIL 1904
Unfranked viewcard, sent as printed-matter (less than ten words of text)
to Leipzig-Lindenau resulting in 10 Pfennig
postage due = 5 Pig. Postage + 5 Pfg. Penalty.
Arrival Postmark: “Leipzig Lindenau,
18 April 1904..”
5 Pfennig Domestic ee
matter posicard- -tat {less than fen words aia
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h FOREIGN-BOUND POSTAGE-DUE MAIL
Postmark Type !
GERMANY- SWITZERLAND
27 JUNE 1903
Under-franked cover, sent io
Tarasp Kurhaus, Switzerland,
resulting in 25 Centimes for
missing postage + penalty.
Arrival Postmark:
(Reverse)
“Tarasp Kurhaus, 29 June 1903”
Required Postage: 20 Pfennig...
UPU Single-Weight international Letter-
Rate
GERMANY-ITALY-
GERMANY
4 NOVEMBER 1903
View-card, sent to Milan, Italy,
refused upon arrival, returned to Halle with lialian postage due
added.
Arrival Postmarks: “Milan,
16 November 1903.”
“Halle (Saale),
10 December
1903”
5 Pfennig... UPU Intemational
Printed-Matter {less than 10 words of
text).
BICKERDIKE HALLE (Saale) 2h
DOUBLE IN-FEED OF MAIL INTO THE
MACHINE
16 JULY 1903
‘Double obliterator
impression’ ...
possibly o result of a machine jam
requiring mail to be re-fed into the
machine.
Postmark Type |
1903 - 1905
IMPROPER MACHINE OPERATION
§ Pfennig..
Domestic postcard-rate.
IMPROPER POSTMARK ALIGNMENT
9 NOVEMBER 1903
Possibly machine mail in-feed tray
misaligned
resulting in
postmark not
entirely obliterating the postage,
requiring the postal clerk to hand-
cancel postage.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1905 HALLE (Saale) 2h POSTMARK DATER-DIAL DAMAGE
Postmark Type |
Commencing in late 1903 through 1905, THE ‘POSTMARK DATER-DIAL’ PROGRESSIVELY LOST PARTS
OF ITS ‘BRIDGE’ OVER TIME.
fe
COMPLETE POSTMARK
DATER-DIAL ‘BRIDGE’
EARLY-MID 1903
16 JULY 1903
Viewcard, Re ee eV PO 8 sent to Semlow.
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| 2k PosiKane = ae Levelezd-Lap — DopjsQic
Carte postale — Oartoling-postare—
Brefkort. Weltpostvereil Union pastale wniverselie —- Unione powjale je aes
BCEMIPHbIM NOYTOBEIH COllZz\EapE OTRPBITOE } fAChMO-7
PARTIAL LOSS OF
‘BRIDGE’ MID-1904
by ie
11 JULY 1904
Viewcard,
sent to Dresden. Sa
PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF POSTMARK ‘BRIDGE’
LATE-1904
23 DECEMBER 1704
Viewcard, sent to Fe
Frankfurt/Main. |
E F
§ Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE HALLE (Saale) 2h
Postmark Type II
1905- 1906
By July, 1905, the heretofore ‘Type I flag dater-dial continued in use
but the obliterator was replaced.. resulting in a ..
‘TYPE I’ POSTMARK HAVING THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: * Dater Dial 26mm having a large portion
of the top bridge bar missing;
* Flag obliterator length 50mm at top; * Large thin cross in crown; * Sharper image & clarity than ‘Type I’.
Posimark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with broken top
bridge bar & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal hom.
Usage: 14 July 1905-31 December 1907
14 JULY 1903
Cover,
sent fo Berlin.
10 Pfennig.. Domestic single-weight letter-rate for mail up to
20 grams
wt :
Earliest Known Usage.
F v e c n a a i d
a i c t
ics ee
Me n l ?
sia
DE P
e e s
i e e e
~
20 SEPTEMBER 1905
Cover,
unsealed,
printed-matter enclosure, sent
to a clergyman
at Buttstadi.
3 Pfennig.... Domestic
printed-matter
rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1906 HALLE (Saale) 2h POSTCARD USAGE
Postmark Type Il
€. Hofmeifter & Co.
| Drahtnadridten:
COMMERCIAL == Se MAIL | mS
4 AUGUST 1905 a
Domestic | commercial
postcard, sent to the Town of Roda,
(Province Saxony- Anhall).
a
Mr f | * it ss 1" -, eS NEW YEAR’S
| Cf 4 GREETING CARD
Meinl c ch ee et ae Ra? eee CLF CS Pie A RENE Oi ccoecc 31 DECEMBER 1905
é | New Year's Greeting Card,
5 sent to a family at = Magdeburg-
et - Burkau.
id oe x ee) wr ee
Ps “
5 Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906
HAMBURG *1x
Postmark Type | . ay ' ‘ Machine | AS
In addition to a Canadian-built trial machine Deine” ete use at Hamburg from 1899 to 1904, a German-built ase Temgshers ‘Bickerdike’ for field-use became operational in ile “ny
November 1903 = ‘Hamburg Machine 1’. ease tin Pones lens Woe Sr a gets
MACHINE ‘1’ WAS DEDICATED TO APPLY ORIGIN Freshtertfin, POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL. . ele
Bi eSlatiqart
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ | a ois & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator (staff with round ball head)
having a crown, banner with tassels and
postal horn.
Usage: 10 November 1703 -— 1 January 17046
EXHIBITION MAIL
19 NOVEMBER 1903 | .POSTKARTE |
Commemorative
view-Card,
sent from the
‘Tenth International
Exhibition for X% INTERNATION. AUS Phofographic Art’ STELLUNG VON KUNST- =
PHOTOGRAPHIEN HAM~ | to Charlottenburg BURG KUNST HALLE” OB:
(Berlin). SERIE IV jx
Arrival Postmark:
“Charlottenburg 4,
20 November 1903..”
L u x u s d r u c k
vo n
K n a c k s t e d t
& N& th er ,
Li ch td ru ck er ei ,
H a m b u r g .
\
‘g oa
t Si
nq ur
ey
“s ov
sp am
po y
“o so
B
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“A sr pd ns Ho aD E
5 Pfennig ...
Domestic
posicard-rate
FREE-FRANK OFFICIAL POST OFFICE
MAIL 29 DECEMBER 1904
Appointment
confirmation notification
sent to a Hamburg
resident.
FF Wohnung henge tame nh cuat ae el - ie he ee Rese :
(Strafe unk Saugarmmer)
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906
HAMBURG *1x OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MAIL
Postmark J
Machine ‘T’
wnt oe rn te pt ere at i een i Se
‘IMPERIAL PRUSSIAN LEGATION’ MAIL
7 OCTOBER 1904
Cover,
sent to a business
in Hamburg
Arrival Postmark: (reverse)
“Hamburg *Iw,
7 October..”
Free-frank
official mail.
HAMBURG CITY ‘CIVILCOuRTS &
| __TAX OFFICE MAIL
20 MAY 1705
Official conespondence
cover, postage
collect, toa resident of
Hamburg.
Unfranked
official mail
requiring postage
collection from ne
Fecipiem....
Tenceee
Ae OS
: aerate som tr Mma Up io
20 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 HAMBURG *1x INNER-CITY MAIL
Postmark |
Machine ‘T’
POSTCARD/POSTAL CARD
CITY RATE
25 NOVEMBER 1904
Postal stationery card, business communication
sent to Se he ce
renowned philatelic ay Ce ee a dealer petit oe Wilh, Sellsehopp - a
“Wilhelm Selischopp” E =e os prior to his move to 4 Cape Bleichen 49, _ i |
San Francisco. 7 +. : |
Arrival Postmark: “Hamburg *lae,
25 November (19)04..”
2 Pfennig.. : Wobnang Fe eg eee eee Inner-city (Gtrabe wid, Be,
posicard-rate
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LETTER-MAIL CITY-RATE
24 DECEMBER 1904
Cover,
sent locally.
5 Pfennig.. inner-city single-weight
letter-rate for mail
up to 20 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 HAMBURG *1x COMMERCIAL LETTER MAIL
Postmark |
Machine ‘T’
PRINTED MATTER MAIL
5 DECEMBER 1903
Cover, advertising
enclosure, sent to
Mihihausen, (Province Thuringia).
3 Pfennig.. Domestic
printed-matter
rate
for mail up
to 50 grams LETTER-RATE MAIL
REDIRECTED
22 APRIL 1905
Cover senttoa court judge at “Konigsberg” redirected to
“Fritziar” (Province Franconia).
10 Pfennig.. Domestic single- weight leitter-rate for mail up to 20
grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906
HAMBURG *1x COMMERCIAL POSTCARD MAIL Postmark | Machine ‘1’
MAILTO SWEDEN : ee
J Se] 15 MARCH 1905
Commercial mail,
seni to a business
in Sweden.
10 Pfennig..
UPU International
Postcard-Rate o )
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(Sirafe und Hausnummer)
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DOMESTIC BANK MAIL
WITH PERFIN POSTAGE
15 APRIL 1905
Bank business
mail, sent to a bank in Tondern (Province Schleswig).
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
posicard-rate.
Perfin “WLH." =
“Vereinsbank
in
Hamburg”
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 HAMBURG *1x
Postmark | Variety
Machine ‘1’
About May-June 1905, the obliterator die started to
show wear .. manifesting itself in the
‘BALL SPHERE’ AT TOP OF STAFF NOW ‘FLATTENED’
INSTEAD OF HERETOFORE ‘ROUND’
FLAG OBLITERATOR WEAR DAMAGE ... FLATTENED ‘BALL SPHERE’ AT TOP OF FLAG STAFF
i PTT oa ay |
5 JUNE 1905
View-card,
sent to Heilbronn.
Arrival Postmark:
“Heilbronn Neckar,
6 June 1905..”
5 Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905-1906
HAMBURG *1x INNER-CITY MAIL Postmark Type II
Machine ‘2’
The first trial Bickerdike Machine had been tested at Hamburg applying a seven-line ‘Hmb' Postmark to out-going mail belween
1899-1904, subsequently overhauled, given a new postmarking die and again placed into service at
Hamburg in January 1905 .. referenced here as ‘HAMBURG BICKERDIKE MACHINE ‘2’.
MACHINE ‘2’ APPLIED ONLY ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator (staff with ‘spear’ head)
having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 16 January 1905 - 27 April 1706
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POSTAL STATIONERY > 7 Wee 474: CARD... : , Nem 2
INNER-CITY MAIL
28 JANUARY 1905
“Ladies Evening” announcement sent to
members of the
Hamburg Philatelic Society of 1885
Z Piennig ...
inner-city
posicard-rate
12.8.05.0° 33
INNER-CITY LETTER
18 AUGUST 1905
Commercial cover,
sent locally.
5 Pfennig...
Single-weight inner-city = F
iletier-rate.
BICKERDIKE
HAMBURG *1x ... Postmark Type II Machine ‘2’
1905
FREE-FRANK OFFICIAL ‘IMPERIAL GERMAN POST OFFICE’ INSTRUCTIONAL MAIL TO THE HAMBURG BUSINESS COMMUNITY
In its continuing efforts in postal automation ... meaning primarily utilization of machinery
for the postmarking of mail, ...
THE REICHSPOST REQUESTED THE HAMBURG BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE UNIFORMITY IN THE PLACEMENT OF POSTAGE (UPPER RIGHT) & LOCATION OF THE SENDER’S BUSINESS ADDRESS (UPPER LEFT)
for improved processing & positmarking of mail.
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11 FEBRUARY 1905
Free-frank official Hamburg Post Office postcard sent to a local business requesting
observance for the
affixing of postage in the upper-right of mail along with
upper-left location of the business address.
(Stroke und Sangnummer)
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alien Wrieflendnrgen m Ser rechten oberen Ede der Zdregicite befefiial
werden, wis ties turd) Cie Pofordsumeg omsdricilich potackheichen if
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Siomeriouttinad otcer be Mamewsonaabe tes Uitewders cnt Die linls Ede
des oberon Ravdes au beldwdnlkn ober om Bele Seuenrand tes Um
iitoas aniubinaen
Sy poet enadhentl evfude, dvt Ser Aectifetiung ter wea Meret
Gridheitshude yar PoR ga levered Yrickkemtunden anf Tien Geferdys
nile getaliat adver yu lajien.
Haijerliches Poltamt |. (Step banspiak.|
Reverse: Instructions
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1906 HAMBURG *1x DATER DIAL DAMAGE
Postmark Type II Machine ‘2'
Commencing approximately May 1905, the DATER-DIAL ‘BRIDGE’ PROGRESSIVELY LOST PARTS LEAVING OPEN SPACES
neither being replaced nor repaired by the Reichspost.
Damaged Dater Dial (approx.): 19 May 1905 - 14 April 1906
PRIVATE-ISSUED
POSTAL STATIONERY
COVER
9 SEPTEMBER 1905
Cover,
printed-matier = =
enclosure,sent =~ = = ae
toalarge farm = Ss : ye
owner at aes. le
Radaudorf (Province Silesia),
marked ‘Return’
(to sender).
Postmark dater
dial with ONE break in upper bridge bar.
3 Pfennig ... Printed-matter
rate for mail up
to 50 grams.
A. PROPFE & €a.
HAMBURG I,
Alsterdamm No. 4/5,
INNER-CITY
COMMERCIAL MAIL
13 OCTOBER 1905
Business postcard,
sent locally.
Postmark dater dial now having TWO breaks in the
upper bridge bar.
2 Pfennig... inner-city
posicard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1908
HAMBURG *1x Postmark Type | &Il
Machines ‘1’ & ‘2’
EXAMPLES OF SAME DATE & TIME OPERATION OF MACHINES ‘1’ & ‘2’... POSTMARK TYPES ‘I’ & ‘Il’.... 6 SEPTEMBER 1905
PRIVATE-ISSUED POSTAL STATIONERY FOR PRINTED-MATTER
9 SEPTEMBER 1905
Covers, printed-matter enclosures, sent from the Hamburg Company ‘Schilke & Mayr
to large-farm managers with both ‘returned to sender’.
3 Pfennig ...
Printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1908 - 1909 ALTONA *(Eibe) 1b
‘HAMBURG MACHINE 2’ ceased operation at in 1906 remaining dormant
for two years prior to
TRANSFER TO THE CITY OF ALTONA WHERE IT APPLIED
POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL USING A NEW DATER-DIAL BUT WORN ‘HAMBURG’ FLAG OBLITERATOR
Zi
Postmark: 26 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator / (staff with ‘spear’ head) having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 23 May 1908 - 2 January 1909
Carte postale - Briefkaart / Gp \ ree ee. Sf ase
bevelezd-loa snice —{. cere “6 6.08.2-3
Union postale luniRcselie Unione postale.universald
Gorresponde Mel nioeree TCE MO | — Cartolina voit Targeta
M A D E
IN G E R M A N Y
6 JUNE 1908
‘Pentecost Greetings Card’,
sent to Hamburg.
5 Pfennig .. Domestic posicard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1902-1911 KARLSRUHE *(BADEN) 1*
Posimark Type I
As a purchase condition for ‘Bickerdikes’ now manufactured under license
in Germany by the Deufsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, the Reichspost required a test/training machine be supplied in 1902.
INITIALLY AS A ‘TRAINING MACHINE’ AND LATER AS ‘FIELD-OPERATIONAL’, THE ‘KARLSRUHE BICKERDIKE’
HAD VARIED USE FROM APPLYING A ‘FLAG POSTMARK’ TO OUT-GOING MAIL TO APPLYING
ARRIVAL OR SERVICE POSTMARKS TO INCOMING MAIL..
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’, with
“Karlsruhe (Baden)”...the latter WIDELY SPACED, 19 September 1902 - 2 October 1911
vertical grill along with ‘flag’ obliterator
having a crown, banner with tassels approx. Imm FROM HALYARD) and postal horn.
31 DECEMBER 1909
Postal stationery cormespondence card
sent to Munich.
5 Pfennig ...
Domestic postcard-rate
= Wes >
Alm fier Voile. 31 DECEMBER 1909
Cover sent fo Hamburg.
10 Pfennig.. Domestic
single-weight leHer-rate (20 grams).
Exp. Oechsner BPP
a e e e n e i e a
BICKERDIKE KARLSRUHE *(BADEN) 1*
Arrival Postmark
1902 — 1906
IN-BOUND PROVINCIAL MAIL
INITIALLY AS A ‘TRAINING MACHINE’ AND LATER ‘FIELD-OPERATIONAL’, THE ‘KARLSRUHE BICKERDIKE’
TO OUT-GOING MAILTO APPLYING ARRIVAL OR SERVICE POSTMARKS TO INCOMING MAIL.
HAD VARIED USE FROM APPLYING A ‘FLAG POSTMARK’
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’, with “Karlsruhe (Baden)”...the latter WIDELY SPACED,
and vertical grill without obliterator.
Usage: 25 December 1702-30 October 1706
Pofttarte (~ci0 ate
IN-BOUND MAIL FROM a
BAVARIA | . Gi pet Y f
4 JULY 1904 ‘
View-card, |
postmarked at | Nuremberg,
sent to Karlsruhe.
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7 a ft a Ee :
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= 7 cor: F 2 ie a oe
Wobnimng tl OD MA fre (Steafe und Hausnumnerd
‘04
5 Pfennig.. Domestic posicard-rate.
IN-BOUND MAIL FROM PROVINCE BADEN
27 OCTOBER 1906
Bavarian Post Office
postal stationery card, postmarked at NevUim,
sent to Karlsruhe.
BICKERDIKE KARLSRUHE *(BADEN) 1*
Postmark Type Ii
1903 - 1904
The ‘KARLSRUHE BICKERDIKE’ WAS MODIFIED in October, 1903,
WITH AN AUTOMATIC IN-FEED and a test was conducted for several
months, whereby the machine received
A NEW DATER DIAL & OBLITERATOR = ‘KARLSRUHE POSTMARK TYPE II ‘
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’,
with “Karlsruhe (Baden)”...the latter NARROWLY
SPACED, and vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels
(approx. O.5mm FROM HALYARD) and postal hom.
Usage: 5 October 1903 -31 December 1704
CIVILIAN LETTER MAIL
03.45N. 7 OCTOBER 1903 ST
Cover sent to Freiburg.
16 Pfennig ...
Domestic single-weight letter-rate tus Moe of
' (20 grams).
fatter e4er.)
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Spe a I NN ee Dicpieueaeanosmends as! br AB
Verlag von Hebels Rheinliind, Hanskreund und Bad. Lanteskiland®y in Scnesnute a
ue COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER
ADVERTISING MAIL
6 NOVEMBER 1903
Cover, printed-
matter, sent to
Engen.
3 Pfennig.. Domestic
printed-matter mail rate
for mail up
to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1904 KARLSRUHE *(BADEN) 1*
Postmark Type Il COMMERCIAL MAIL
10 OCTOBER 1903
Postal stationery card (business
correspondence), sent to Esslingen,
(Province Wirttemberg).
5 Pfennig ...
Domestic
postcard-rate.
27 FEBRUARY 1904
Cover, printed-matter enclosure (‘Baden State Insurance Office’), sent fo Hagen. inserted through machine three times until postmarking success.
3 Pfennig..
Domestic printed-matter mail rate for mail up to 50 grams.
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BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906
LUBECK *1q
One ‘Bickerdike’ was operational
at the City of Libeck FOR APPLYING
ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL
Postmark: 25 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 10 July 1703 - 17 June 1906
FREE-FRANK SOLDIER'S MAIL 7
MEN YA, 12 JULY 1903 | /~ eargé
; ‘ A sine postale int versale. — WEL POST View-card, from a soldier Brev-Kort, -— Post-card. — POSTER visiting the City of Liibeck, aes
sent to a comrade stationed at
the Town of Ratzeburg.
Arrival Postmark:
“Ratzeburg (Lavenburg)
12 July 1903 ..”
Free-Frank as long as the
soldier endorsed mail ..
“Soldatenbrief. Eigene Angelegenheit des
Empfangers” (“Soldier's Mail.
Personal Matters ¢
Conceming the Recipient”) :
(AM COMMERCIAL
(rikosi POSTAGE WY 5 OCTOBER 1904
Commercial postcard sent to a
business at
Friedrichstadt
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate
Perfin:
“ABS. =
“A. Behn & Sohn”
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1906 LUBECK *1q
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
6 MAY 1904
Cover, printed-matter enclosure, _ sent from Libeck to a business in Berlin
3 Pfennig.. Domestic printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1*
One ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at the City of Mannheim
FOR APPLYING ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL.
Postmark: 25 mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels and postal horn.
Usage: 29 July 1903-29 October 1907
DOMESTIC POSTCARD
29 JULY 1903
View-card,
sent to Wiesbaden.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
posicard-rate.
Earliest known usage.
LOCAL CITY PRINTED MATTER
RATE
10 AUGUST 1903
Cover,
printed-matter enclosed,
..“Deutsche
Friedens- geselischaft” (“German Peace
Association ..
Mannheim Branch"},
sent locally.
2 Pfennig.. Local city
printed matter rate for mail to
50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1* FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
MAIL TO LUXEMBOURG
28 NOVEMBER 19703
View-card, sent to
Luxembourg City.
Arrival Postmark:
“Luxembourg City,
29 November 1903”
5 Pfennig.. Concession
posicard-raie to Luxembourg.
MAIL TO SWITZERLAND
31 OCTOBER 1703
So-called “Lady’s Cover’, sent to Geneva, Switzerland.
Arrival Postmark: (on reverse)
“Geneva, 1 October 1903...”
20 Pfennig (2x 10 Pfg)..
UPU Single-Weight Letier-Rate
Smallest known cover having a flag postmark.. 68 x 103mm (2.67 x 4.05”).
MAIL TO THE
UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA
13 JUNE 1905
View-card, sent to
Tampa, Florida.
9-day transit time.
Arrival Postmark: {on reverse)
“Tampa, June 22,1905”
10 Pfennig (2x 5 Pfg)..
UPU International
Postcard-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1* COMMERCIAL MAIL
Jacob Retwitzer Cigarren-Fabriken
MAM N HE TM.
BUSINESS FOSICASD MAIL
1 SEPTEMBER 1903
Cigar- manufacturer
communication
sent to Leipzig.
5 Pfennig..
(2+3 Pfg)
Domestic postcard-rate. . ese es
tee LONE
COVER BUSINESS MAIL
14 DECEMBER 1903
Cognac- manufacturer
communication
sent to
Dromersheim (Province
Rheinhessen).
Anival Postmark: (on reverse)
“Dromersheim,
15 December
1903"
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1* COMMERCIAL POSTCARD MAIL
PRINTED MATTER : ae | t eee ge rt e *
20 OCTOBER 1903 Doftfar 003 7-8N
Commercial ‘ 7 7 HVETTLELe
advertising, sent to Segeten, Baden.
Arrival Postmark:
“Herscheid,
21 October 1903”
3 Pfennig.. Domestic prinited-
matter for mail up to 50 grams.
Mannheim.
BANK CORNER-CARD MAIL
5 JANUARY 1905
Correspondence
sent to Schwabisch Hall.
Arrival Postmark:
“Schwabisch Hall,
6 January 1904...”
5 Ptennig..
Domestic Postcard-Rate
PERFIN FRANKED CARD
13 MARCH 1906
eb BM” =
‘Bassermann Company’ © perfin- franked
comespondence card,
sent to Bayreuth.
Arrival Postmark:
“Bayreuth,
14 March 1906”
§ Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1* OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT MAIL
sith thls di ia canlge An : uf a oe ae
ite yf wi iy, eens eeaure
i Fie : iL Aver | FI ee at “ ' |
fret i vers Wa 1, i k ayy i re erat el EREes Pe eae ie aa a ee eee ee ee TO lees ele a Ci aie a Pe bpecd wate tee |
NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENCY 11 FEBRUARY 1905
Mannheim City Notification Folded-Letter of a new inhabitant’s registration, sent to the Police Registry Office at Sennfeld.
10 Pfennig..
Single-weight (20 grams) letter-rate official postage franking.
ay i iaae ook Ce a ee, Bled “a gtoP0uGp o®
eee te eae
Seogsti Homie MANNH+ IM —
REQUEST FOR CONFIRMATION OF RESIDENCY 25 APRIL 1904
Free-frank folded-letter request sent from the Mannheim City Police to the Aalen Town Registry Office
(Province Wirttemberg).
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1*
MAIL TO ITALY | Poftfarte mit angeQ“Ver | 3 Deltpoftverein 7
21 OCTOBER 1903 Carte postale avec répoust chia 3 5-6N.
i Union postale universe Same
UPU-Postal Reply :
response allached, sent to Milan, Italy
Arrival Postmark: “Milan Central,
22 October 1903”
ar en
h e e n
ee l
c i a r a
10 Pfennig..
UPU International
Postcard-Rate.
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DOMESTIC GERMANY MAIL
11 SEPTEMBER 1904
So-called “Lady’s Cover”,
sent to Zerbst.
Arrival Postmark: (on reverse)
“Zerbst, 12 September 1904”
10 Pfennig (2x 5 Pfg)..
Domestic
Singie-Weight Letter-Rate
al Z it ae
‘Corpoiadalians — Dop ne REtegaen Eee a e Roresqones i Tie ee i isnica — Karta Korespondeacying}h FREE-FRANK MAIL Biltiart Caroling Pha a0). i reiko — Jarye OS “Ge OS LS Gencss
TO A SAILOR : Pea ae
5 JUNE 1905
View-card, sent to
HMS Mars at Kiel.
Arrival Postmark:
“Kiel,
6 June1905”
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1907 MANNHEIM *1*
DOUBLE POSTMARK IMPRESSION RESULTING FROM INCORRECT INFEED or
MISSING INFEED GUIDE
Postcard possibly incorrectly fed into the
‘Bickerdike’... narrow-side leading, or machine malfunction with card
shifting incorrectly to the left because of missing in-feed guide.
7 OCTOBER 1903
Viewcard,
sent to Pforzheim
Arrival Postmark: “Pforzheim,
7 October 1903 ..”
5 Pfennig..
Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE STRASSBURG *(ELS) 1s
One ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at
the City of Strassburg, Alsace Province,
now part of France, and APPLIED PRIMARILY ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO
OUT-GOING MAIL.
Postmark: 28 mm double-circle dater-dial with
Usage:
FLAT-RATE POSTAGE
MAILTO AUSTRIA
13 AUGUST 1903
Postal stationery letter-card, sent to
Prein/Payerbach, Austria.
Arrival Postmark:
“Prein,
15 August 1903”
10 Pfennig.. Concession
letter-rate
for mail
to Ausiria.
‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with a ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown,
banner with tassels and postal hom.
11 August 1903 —- 12 December 1912
1903 - 1912
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1 *S.twerin i ;
& ’ otha Teomagebaog
Matrange Rertiq Bresterg . = * Taore’y
Brawescherig Premtetaet ft, *
DMrietder t . Halle, Pauses Atm Covet aluprig
Y Bean Weinae? Dencaeny feet
tea Chewaiis” Gra Frenkd nish,
Seerbrichon
Mirmborg ie
eit ah gerd
ca cretberg Ue
tint koa’
Bors (Sivafie aad Sausmumn)
INNER-CITY REDUCED-RATE POSTAL-CARD
30 DECEMBER 1904
Postal stationery
card, sent locally.
2 Pfennig..
Flat-rate postal
stationery &
(trae amd Dauinamnery
postcard-rate for
inner-city mail.
BICKERDIKE STRASSBURG *(ELS) 1s
MAIL TO PORTUGAL
1 JANUARY 1905
Posicard Business
conespondence, sent from the
“Strassburg Theater & Concert Bureau” to Porto, Portugal.
Arrival Postmark: “Porto Central,
-- January 1905..”
10 Pfennig.. UPU International Postcard-Rate.
1903 - 1912
FOREIGN-BOUND COMMERCIAL MAIL
MAILTO SWITZERLAND
21 JUNE 1906 (8-9 PM)
Cover,
advertising enclosure,
sent to
Lug, Switzerland
Arrival
Postmark: (Reverse)
“Zug, 21 June 1906 (12 PM)”
5 Pfennig... UPU
international Printed-Matier
Rate for mail up to 50 grams
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1912 STRASSBURG *(ELS) 1s MAIL TO FRANCE
Pirresie Lie d Sgn Zi
es SMALLEST KNOWN COVER HAVING A FLAG POSTMARK
(68 x 103mm = 2.67” x 4.05")
29 DECEMBER 19703
So-called “Lady’s Cover”, sent to Nancy, France.
Carte Postale nn
Postkarte - Post card}= Gartolina Postale - [cevelezo- Kap:
Brefkort - Briefkaart - Brevkor tha __ OTKPbITOE MVMCbMO. 4 Tarjeta postal - Carto posta ara |
Union postale universelle fey
e m
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS CARD
11 DECEMBER 1903
Litho-embossed Christmas Card, sent to Paris, France.
§ Pfennig... UPU International Printed-Matter Rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE 1903 STRASSBURG *(ELS) 1s
Although one ‘Bickerdike’ was operational
at Strassburg, it was also tried & tested a short period to
APPLY ARRIVAL POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL.
Postmark: 28 mm double-circle dater-dial
with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill without obliterator.
Usage: 13 - 24 August 1903
Wana o i rl Ast s a te f Si (Strage and Baus suum t)
re
‘STRASSBURG’ ARRIVAL POSTMARK ON IN-BOUND MAIL
24 AUGUST 1903
Viewcard, postmarked at Berlin,
sent to Strassburg.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate.
One of two examples known. This example late date.
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1916
EXPANDED FIELD USAGE
On 28 November 1903, the Reichsposf instructed the German machine licensee that all henceforth-supplied
‘Bickerdikes’ should no longer be fitted with the heretofore ‘Postal Flag’ Obliterator, but with a
NEW OBLITERATOR HAVING ‘SIX WAVY LINES IN THREE GROUPS SEPARATED
BY TWO PAIR OF VERTICAL BARS’.
Between 1904-1905, SEVENTEEN additional ‘Bickerdikes’ were delivered to the Reichspost at the following post offices with
subsequent machine transfers indicated:
1. Aachen *Ip 2. Berlin C *2B
... Berlin W *9* ... Berlin SW *48*
3. Cassel *1x 4. Darmstadt *1* 5. Dresden-Altst *1* 6. Disseldorf-Ausstellung
... Ddsseldorf *6t ... Disseldorf *1u ...Disseldorf *1t 7. Elberfeld *1s
... Elberfeld *2s 8. Essen (Ruhr) *1b 9. Hannover *1ff
... Hameln *le 10. Kiel did
11. Kénigsberg b(Pr)1b ... Blomberg *Ip
12. Magdeburg *lo ... Dessau *1*
. Mainz *3* 14, Stettin *1k
ONE machine was also delivered to the independent Postal Administration of Wirttemberg
and TWO machines fo that of Bavaria.
BICKERDIKE 1905-1911 AACHEN “Ip
Between 1904-1905, fourteen additional
‘Bickerdikes’ were delivered to various Reichpost Post Offices with each having a
NEW POSTMARK DESIGN replacing the heretofore flag obliterator.
Postmark: 25mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with six wavy-
lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 13 May 1905-31 August 1711
=
25 MAY 1905 — Poftkarte. — We) lewcard, Carte postale. — weg ii
sent to Cottbus.
Arrival Postmark:
“Cottbus,
26 May 1905..”
5 Pfennig.. Domestic
postcard-rate.
31 AUGUST 1911
Cover,
printed-matter
enclosure, sent to Engen.
3 Pfennig ... (Perfin)
Domestic
printed-matter rate
for mail up fo
50 grams.
Latest known
usage.
BICKERDIKE BERLIN. C. *2B
THE ‘BERLIN BICKERDIKE’, delivered in early 1904, WAS FURNISHED WITH AN AUTOMATIC IN-FEED FOR
TESTING AT THE BERLIN CENTRAL POST OFFICE.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical ba
Usage: 14March 1704-16 June 1704
FOREIGN-BOUND PRINTED-MATTER
POSTCARD MAIL
2 Ss Se en
ae ae — ae ee ee
16.6.045°6N. |
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No. 12 Behr § Flether, Berlin S. 42
16 JUNE 1904
Viewcard of (Berlin) ‘Babelsberg Castle’ sent to
Cape Town, South Africa.
5 Pfennig ... UPU International Printed-Matter Posicard Rate
for mail with less than ten words of text.
Latest known date.
1904
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1909 BERLIN. W*9*
AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TRIAL & TESTING OF THE
AUTOMATIC IN-FEED OF THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ AT THE ‘BERLIN CENTRAL’ POST OFFICE BETWEEN
MARCH-JUNE, 1904, THE MACHINE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE “BERLIN W?’ POST OFFICE FOR FIELD USE.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 20 October 1904— 10 September 1909
FREE-FRANK POST OFFICE NEWSPAPER-BRANCH MAIL
16 APRIL 1908
Free-frank postcard, post office newspaper-branch ‘Zeiftungstiberweisung
(newspaper subscription related) mail sent to the City of Herborn Post Office.
r
Arrival Postmark: “Herborn (Wiesbaden),
17 April 1908 ..”
BICKERDIKE BERLIN W * 9 *
1904 - 1909
POSTCARD USAGES
INNER-CITY COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISING MAIL
13 FEBRUARY 1906
Localpostcard, = ~~... ian printed- matter, sent | from a professional
association to a local architect.
2 Pfennig..
inner-city postcard-rate
or printed-matier mail
FLICKSCHU: CARL, Architekt far Tnnenasbary
Wobhnun (Strage und Hausnunimnet
Schlesische Sieance 12,
up to 50 grams. ao
Lyi Bh, HA E> aN Lye fein AY LOTIHON oe Moog
Lpremtana ay 3
tern) he (pei needd othe eaad
ye ea,
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tenet sre ’\ ter nae Ainley) iS
MAILTO FINLAND (RUSSIA)
3 NOVEMBER 1907
View-card
(‘Berlin Wannsee’) sent to
Helsingfors, Finland (Russia).
10 Piennig.. UPU International
Posicard-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1910-1911 BERLIN. SW *48*
FIVE ‘BICKERDIKE MACHINES WERE REPLACED AT SEVERAL BERLIN POST OFFICES IN 1910 WITH FASTER-OPERATING ‘KRAG’
POSTMARKING MACHINES RESULTING IN TRANSFER OF TWO OF THOSE MACHINES TO LOCAL LESS-MAIL-VOLUME POST OFFICES.
THE HERETOFORE ‘BICKERDIKE’ OPERATING AT THE ‘BERLIN W9" POST OFFICE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ‘BERLIN SW 48’,
WHILE ANOTHER FROM ‘BERLIN 2’ WENT TO ‘BERLIN W 35’. Postmark: 25mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 31 December 1910 — 13 November 1911
EARLIEST REPORTED DATE
31 DECEMBER 1910
Printed-matter-rate viewcard, postmarked at Berlin Post Office ‘48’, sent locally.
3 Pfennig.. Domestic printed-matter rate
One of two examples known.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1909 CASSEL * 1x
Postmark: 25mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 11 April 1905-17 May 1909
11 APRIL 1905
Cover, attorney’s correspondence, sent from to a notary public in St. Louis, Missouri.
Arrival Postmark: (on reverse)
“St. Louis, Mo, April 22 ..” (International Machine Mark)
40 Pfennig ... UPU Double-Weight Intemational Letter-Rate.
Earliest known usage date.
BICKERDIKE CASSEL * 1x
INNER-CITY POSTCARD
8 MAY 1905
Decorative greeting’s card,
sent locally.
Postmark dater dial
without damage.
‘2 Pfennig.. inner-city
posicard rate.
1905 - 1909
DOMESTIC POSTCARD USAGE
Commencing in July 1907, the dater dial began showing
wear & damage at the dial-bottom.
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o ay Chrtelina postais
te tem s sf. ao ; ts, Se Leveleso“lap
F = SG
DOMESTIC POSTCARD
15 AUGUST 1907
Viewcard, sent to
Herrenhut (Province Saxony).
Dater-dial showing damage (gap) at
dial-bottom.
5 Pfennig ... Domestic
posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1913 DARMSTADT *1*
Postmark: 27mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy- lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 18 May 1905-20 May 1913
FREE-FRANK OFFICIAL MAIL
a ee ¢ wee rt a ELT a | EE, 4
lee rae ee | nll ss
[rei It, Avers. N26. . Ye be
Haus- u. Staatsarchiv /
Grossh. Hessisohes
fretepectper
8 JUNE 1905
(Free-frank) Official Mail sent from the
‘Office of the Hessian Grand Duchy State Archives’ (purple validation cachet mark)
to ‘Dr, Ruge’ at Leipzig (Province Saxony).
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1913 DRESDEN — ALTST. *1 s
INNER-CITY POSTCARD MAIL
Postmark: 28mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 18 May 1904-29 May 1913
CIVILIAN MAIL
6 JUNE 1904
UPU Viewcard,
sent locally.
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r e e e A
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de aa a
COMMERCIAL MAIL
2 JANUARY 1905
Postal stationery card, sent locally
to “Director of Customs”.
2 Pfennig..
inner-city postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1904-1913 DRESDEN — ALTST. *1 s
INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE DUE
REFUSED & RETURNED MAIL
Postmark: 28mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 18 May 1904-29 May 1913
Hierzu Drucksache gs SHORT-PAID MAIL
TO SWITZERLAND, REFUSED & RETURNED TO ORIGIN CITY
21 FEBRUARY 1911
Closed cover, endorsed “Printed-Matter (sent) Separately”, short-paid (10 Pfg.)/postage due (25 Centime),
postmarked at Dresden, sent to a hotel in Interlaken, Switzerland, refused upon arrival, postage due invalidated, ‘mail-refusal-label’ affixed,
with mail returned to Dresden.
Arrival Postmark: (Reverse)
“Interlaken, 23 November 1911”
10 Pfennig with 10 Pfennig Short-Paid: Single-weight UPU International Letter-Rate.
BICKERDIKE DUSSELDORF AUSSTELLUNG (Déisseldorf Exhibition)
A ‘BICKERDIKE’ WAS DELIVERED TO THE MAIN POST
OFFICE AT DUSSELDORF IN 1904, (located across from the main railway station)
INITIALLY POSTMARKING OUT-GOING MAIL FROM THE
‘INTERNATIONAL ART & GARDEN EXHIBITION’
subsequently placed in reserve for use at peak mail
times, e.g. New Year's and Easter Mail.
Postmark: 27mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three- groups
separated by two pair of vertic Ors.
Usage: 1 May -23 October 1904
—
MAILTO FRANCE | | Postkarte
6 JUNE 1904 Viewcard s SsTe TS (with exhibition
promotion
label /in red color =
foreign-bound mail/ of
the art exhibition
fairgrounds),
sent to
Paris, France.
1904 INTERNATIONAL MAIL
Kiet a tokee Adeinsk%
Patines it
Ma ate *Suhseria ,
a
Hannangr Bestia Sromterrag se * Taare
Broumech me. Frantiert ft.
Dida setter t oa rnin Neg 7 :
De a Weiner® ade .
Front tuet sha.
Seerbritchas
Girone
Enea
Niraberg,
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Gretbure He
ORE! CY yf an ae O26 a. thes
an = ig z c Arc MAIL TO SWEDEN
= 7 YE PPL PEP fad Ei te Peta
18 JULY 1904 ‘6 Viewcard a i Ay (with show-seal & eit with the fair
garden grounds),
5 ; a a sent to
Uttiittiuttrn arene. 7 — a Sweden.
a ¢ PWAP tri ieee Mereet pewnae i ke Noe Shere
10 Pfennig..
UPU International Postcard-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1904
EXHIBITION COMMEMORATIVE VIEWCARDS
2 MAY 1904
Viewcard
(‘Old Diisseldorf’),
sent to
Frankfurt/Main. |
21 OCTOBER 1904
Viewcard (exhibition building of the ‘Association of Concrete
Manufacturers’),
sent to
Muhleim/Ruhr.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1905
DUSSELDORF * 6 t
Ki Ms
After postmarking out-going mail from the Paes pen eS ‘International Art & Garden Exhibition’ in 1904, hice esay, ees
THE ‘DUSSELDORF BICKERDIKE’ WAS TRANSFERED TO , Seed LS “OLD TOWN” POST OFFICE ‘6’ 2: Bint 9 etn nn
TO POSTMARK NEW YEAR'S MAIL. a wp SS ge Recah: Chesaits” Gr.
Postmark: 27mm dater-dial (indicating “Disseldorf 6t”) OP wu, with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six ae wavy-lines in three groups separated by freteere ie two pair of vertical bars. ee
Usage: 30 December 1904-1 January 1905
NEW YEAR’S MAIL
30 DECEMBER 1904
Postal
stationery card with ‘New Year's Greetings’, sent to
Schwerin (Province Mecklenburg).
Earliest known
usage.
, ESELOD
~1.7.05.1-12V.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
1 JANUARY 1905
Postcard, : sent to a business
oe in Berlin. * a Se
Ou waif Latest known usage. og SF Ebi et Fis Z TL
Gustav Stahlschmidt Viol t<< C7, Agenturen
DUSSELDORF. - — Six postmark Fernsprech-Anschluss No, 1514,
ae examples known.
5 Pfennig.. Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905 DUSSELDORF *1u ‘EASTER’ MAIL
AFTER POSTMARKING OUT-GOING ‘NEW YEAR’S’ MAIL
AT THE DUSSELDORF “OLD TOWN” POST OFFICE ‘6’. THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO
MAIN POST OFFICE ‘1°
(located across from the main railway station)
FOR POSTMARKING THE ‘EASTER MAIL’ OF 1905. Postmark: 27mm dater-dial (indicating “DUsseldorf *iu”)
with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two
pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 15-23 April 1905 (Nine Day Usage)
Levelezt-Lap — ak = Dopisn (a7 A 05.6 G mn
Karta ees —\} stespondencnl | lis
22 APRIL 1905
Embossed ‘Easter Greetings’ Card, sent to Bonn.
5 Piennig.. Domestic posicard-rate.
One of five postmark examples known.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1907 DUSSELDORF * 1t
THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ AT THE MAIN POST OFFICE (across from the math radway siofonj
CONTINUED OPERATION
after the ‘Easter’ Mail Petiod, WITH THE POSTMARK DATER-DIAL NOW INDICATING
“© 1 ¢" instead of “* Tu".
Postmark: 27mm dater-diat (indicating “DUsseldorf* 1 t”) with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two
pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 2 May 1905-1 January 1907
D Rasirdsseu4 3 " ESS 2}
¥ 9°
Sun jiisSeldow*
GPs
EARLIEST KNOWN USE
2 MAY 1905
Commercial posicard,
postmarked at Disseldort,
sent to
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Arrival Postmark:
“Amsterdam, 3 May 1905”
10 Pfennig..
UPU
international
Postcard-Rate
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Pott Weltpoftr
~ Carte posta 14 APRIL 1906 Union postale rte
Viewcard, | 2 Schriftliche Mitteilun,
Postmarked at | = Disseldort, 2 y
sent to Hamburg.
f
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5 Pfennig..
Domestic postcard-rate.
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ja ss
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BICKERDIKE 1900 ELBERFELD * 1s
A ‘Bickerdike’ was delivered to the main Elberfeld tn. ye Post Office (‘1’) in early 1905 where it was ma: ses
alternately operational in — Lara po I POSTMARKING OUT-GOING & IN-COMING MAIL. “ Bratt ’ iy Poe
“ Senet skeen Beant) eine Srna Gera S
Postmark: 27mm dater-dial (indicating “Elberfeld* 1 s”) Wailin with ‘bridge’ and vertical grill along with six / matt
wavy-lines in three groups separated by two =“ | trace pair of vertical bars. we a
Usage: Origin-Postmark: fr
26 April 1905 — 5 May 1906 #
Arrival Postmark (Dater Dial Alone): 23 April 1905 — 3 February 1906
ee ee ee
ORIGIN POSTMARK
26 APRIL 1905 POSTK ARTE.
WELTPOSTVEREIN Viewcard, CARTE-POSTALE
sent to Coblenz. UNION POSTALE UNIVERSE
Arrival Postmark: “Coblenz,
27 April 1905..”
Ma x
Bi eg el ,
El be rf el d.
Earliest known usage.
81 67 .
One of five
examples known. ae M =e
ane Si
ARRIVAL POSTMARK
3 FEBRUARY 1906
Postal stationery
card, postmarked at Berlin,
sent to Elberfeld.
Ie re ee OO eee sh ee Latest known usage.
One of two : examples known.
oe on et
5 Pfennig .. Domestic posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1908 - 1910 ELBERFELD * 2 s
After two years of non-use , the
‘ELBERFELD 1 BICKERDIKE’ WAS TRANSFERRED TO
‘ELBERFELD POST OFFICE 2’ WHERE IT
POSTMARKED OUT-GOING MAIL
for more than a year before being retired.
Posimark: 27mm dater-dial (indicating "Elberfeld * 2s")
with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 4 December 1908-2 March 1710
MAILTO SWITZERLAND
14 MAY 1909
Commercial
postcard, printed- matter,
sent fo Basel, Switzerland.
5 Pfennig.. UPU International
Printed-Maitter Rate
for mail up
fo 50 grams.
DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE
VIEWCARD
mR OM AR IB RO NU OL ON AN
WI SH
ES
|
9 MARCH 1909
Viewcard,
sent to
Wiesbaden.
§ Pfennig ... Domestic
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE ESSEN (RUHR) *1b
A single ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at the City of Essen, located in the
industrial Ruhr area, postmarking out-going mail.
Postmark: 28mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
Usage:
19 DECEMBER 1904
Postal stationery card, sent to Leutkirch.
5 Pfennig... Domestic
posicard-rate
grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of veriical ba
14 April 1904 - 17 February 1916
1904 - 1916
COMMERCIAL MAIL
ie JH Ras ¥ . Pian
Lt hhege ny Syeie
Beane ata, tecakes
thence tee Cea ee 1 Fie Benuscchee’a Fronttentfd,
va eldert to tie Prien
Weingst Dred forte Frgnbitiord fed,
Seerkrick
Nitaberg,
eSlettgart He entourg
Sreibeay Ule
‘Shien tee
A. L. Witter ESSEN-Ruhr
Telephan-Anschluss
ates
PG se ie caais Sas oa cca Pots R Eee Cas ea msm eIC eet ene
FRIGDA, JANSSEN, ESREA (RUHR)
<oAaANTTN 4
Ho, 033. f 27.2
PW
27 JULY 1906
Printed-matter posicard, sent to
Hohscheid/Solingen.
3 Pfennig .. Domestic printed-
matter rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE ESSEN (RUHR) *1b
PEACETIME MAIL
13 JULY 1904 Is
Correspondence postcard,
sent to a comrade stationed in Berlin.
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Ub je
nd er
de
r Do pp el fa rt e
ha
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Ud re fi e
de r
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f de
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.
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ge na
ve n
Be ac dh eu ng
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an ge bo ge ne
Ha rt
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A n t w o r t
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n,
FREE FRANK PEACETIME & FIELDPOST ‘WORLD WAR I’
SOLDIER'S MAIL
5 i
= -
od = oo > se re ae
fy
: a t e N Y O B U R B I E .
1904 - 1916
Batterie Estabr.
(Shieger. Sunter nim.) |
RE-DIRECTED ‘WORLD WARP
FIELDPOST
31 AUGUST 1915
‘Fieldpost' . correspondence reply-card set,
sent to
“Captain Sommerfeld" at Oberhofen
(Province Alsace),
re-directed upon arrival to
“Russian-Poland”, since the officer had
been transferred
to the Eastern Front.
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1906 HANNOVER “1 ff
One ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at the
City of Hanover with later transfer of the machine to another German city.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three
groups separated by two pair of
vertical bars.
Usage: 18 April 1904-31 December 1906
DOMESTIC POSTCARD
25 APRIL 1904
Correspondence postal stationery card,
sent to Cologne.
5 Pfennig... Domestic
Posicard-Rate
Postkarte — Carte, pos tale Correspondengzkarte — Levelezs- ip Bapiaince>*
* Briefkaart — Brevkort — Carjetfppostar=Certtre-po
tefkott= bE
jet Iucame oe DOMESTIC _
PRINTED-MATTER
31 DECEMBER 1905
Decorative embossed
‘Jugendstil’ New Year's
Greetings Card, sent locally.
3 Pfennig... Domestic printed-
tate for postcards
with less than ten words of text.
BICKERDIKE 1910 - 1912 HAMELN *1 e DOMESTIC POSTCARD
After 2-1/2 years’ operation,
THE ‘HANOVER BICKERDIKE’ | remained unused uniil 1910, when #
WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF HAMELN, where it again applied postmarks
to out-going mail.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with six wavy-lines in three
groups separated by two pair of vertical bars fC _gStettyont
frethare tha Usage: 27 September 1910 — 31 December 1912 Whines?
Union postale universelle $8, RR Correspondenzkarte —- Lefelbzi- elas ) —- Dopisnice -
\ Korespondentni listek p< ria NaCI
pr in te d
in Gu r
31 DECEMBER 1910
Embossed ‘Zeppelin’ illustrated New Year's Greetings Card,
sent to the Town of Krickeberg.
5 Pfennig...
Domestic postcard rate.
wl Naniaeh'y,
BICKERDIKE 1910-1912 HAMELN *le PRIVATE POSTAL STATIONERY
ADVERTISING MAIL
old, % 5.50: in Kisten von 100 S wahrend wir die
_ Original-Kiste laut Abbildu ee 400 Stick Hunold fiir] i. 2
~ Porte und Verpackung tra abgeben. Diese Zigarre ist hoch-
ch und mild, so daB sie viele I zt. Garantiert nur aus
schemTabak hergestellt, Die groBe Zahl. yon lobenden An- . erkennungen liber diese belebte Marke ist der Gite.
iS preifentanel mit der Briicke im 10 Ptund-Postbeutel
Vartias-Kan ferNr.1 10Pf.-Postbe ts
Hollandisch Kanaster 10P£.-Postbeut. A 1, - aoe Nr. I OP£.-Postbeut...% 16.- Padagogen-Tabak
OPE.~Postbeut. M13,- Pastoren-Tabak 10Pf.-Postbeut. Ht, 12.-
iger-Tabak OP£-Postbeut. M11.-
Fein. leicht. Tabak Nr.1 ? 1OPf.-Postbeut. .11.-
Porto und Spesen tragen wir bei Post- beuteln in jeder Preislage,
ie 1h, Yau.ify pfo-Pabeten: v, of 15,» portofrei,
23 NOVEMBER 1911
Privately printed-to-order postal stationery card reply-card set (Tobacco & cigar advertising & order form),
sent to
Lobau (Province Saxony).
5 + 5 Pfennig... Domestic postcard rate.
Only known advertising mail privately printed postal stationery reply card set having a ‘Bickerdike’ Machine Postmark.
BICKERDIKE 1905-1916 KIEL did
One ‘Bickerdike’ was delivered to the
Kiel Post Office in April 1905.
Postmark: 25mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 10 April 1905-5 August 1916
KEEN PEACETIME DOMESTIC RON, Ze \
POSTCARD RATE VAP SG fy | 410.1) 9-10. |
24 DECEMBER 1910
‘Christmas Greetings’ view-card, sent to
Averstedt (Province Thuringia).
5 Pfennig... Domestic
postcard-rate
‘ Pofitarte
.y Nel ; £ , WARTIME N38 1G HTN | DOMESTIC POSTCARD
~ i. 3 AUGUST 1916
Correspondence postal stationery
card, sentto Essen.
7-1/2 Pfennig...
Domestic postcard- rate § Pig +
war tax surcharge of 2-1/2 Pfg.
(effective 1 August 17916).
BICKERDIKE 1905-1916
KIEL did
WORLD WAR | FREE-FRANK FIELDPOST MAIL
Ab \ 2 \ hi
SAILOR’S MAIL oS
3 AUGUST 1916 =i
View-card, sentto é &
Ennigerloh ie (Province Westphalia). :
Naval fieldpost mail i was free-frank, : ‘
if endorsed | “Marinepost” {Naval Mail).
PF c e n e a t
Ii e
eGR
FIELDPOST MAIL ... KIEL NAVAL BASE TO ARMY TRAINING
FACILITY AT MUNSTER-LAGER
5 AUGUST 1916
View-card (German U-Boat Fleet
at Kiel), ° sent fo the army base at Munster-
Lager.
Fieldpost mail was free-frank,
if endorsed
“Feldpost”.
Latest known application of a
‘Bickerdike’
Machine Postmark in Germany.
BICKERDIKE 1904 - 1908 KONIGSBERG b (PR)1b
One ‘Bickerdike’ was supplied to the main post office at Konigsberg
In East Prussia in April 1904. Postmark: 27mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’
& vertical grill along with six wavy-
lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 23 April 1704-6 June 1908
JECSBE ATE
| 13.046; N q phos ra
o \
17 MAY 1904
Cover, sent locally.
10 Pfennig..
Single-weight (20 grams)
domestic letter-rate.
Woe c ‘i Union postale aniverselle.—- Unione postalaint
OTKPBITOE HUCLMO. es Tarjeta Postal. —- Cartdo aa
Brefkort. — Brevkort. 31 DECEMBER 1905
‘New Year's’ | Greetings Card, a sent to Danzig.
5 Pfennig ..
Domestic
postcard-rate
BICKERDIKE 1911 BROMBERG *Ip
As a result of the effective performance the K6nigsberg Post Office had with a new
‘Sylbe’ Machine, their operational
‘BICKERDIKE’ WAS CONSIDERED
REDUNDANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE ‘BROMBERG POST OFFICE’.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy- lines in three groups separated by
two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 13 June 1911 (Only Known Use Date)
POLICE COMMUNICATIONS MAIL
aie 3.6.116-7N ) ——o ; “hieca
4 Vieis is. ae D YF
Die Poligel-V Bi. M, A. 22. 4. 11, 6000, —
i Bic: fe
13 JUNE 1911
Mail sent from the Bromberg Police Administrative Office to a similar office in the City of Znin ...
advising of the domicile registration at Bromberg
of one of its (former) residents.
5 Pfennig ... Domestic Postcard-Rate
Only Known Example.
INNER-CITY MAIL
BICKERDIKE MAGDEBURG * 10
ONE ‘MAGDEBURG BICKERDIKE’, delivered early 1905,
ALTERNATELY APPLIED ORIGIN POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING & ARRIVAL POSTMARKS
TO IN-COMING MAIL.
Postmark: 27mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of verticaLbars.
Usage: 20 June 1905-11 June 1908
ORIGIN POSTMARKS ON OUT-GOING MAIL
20 APRIL 1906
Mourning cover,
sent locally.
2 Pfennig... Local city
printed-matter
up fo 50 grams.
1905 - 1908
a b ds lo stecna pe Mawiqullig,
Sutras Oy net him Ven en bang
Sartia Bromine rs g ~ * Taare
Fremttwe £0.
Posen oy
joer Brexaack, Gwinn
* Brew
K V d B
1
“Serie B05.
Correspondents: Karte, — ‘Briefkaa f Levelezd-Lap. — Tarjeta Postal
OTKPBITOE TMCEMO. :
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> fo a Ne Zag ie Na Ned Fad at ee A italy #4
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DOMESTIC POSTCARD MAIL
18 MARCH 1907
‘Easter Greetings’ Card,
sentto a
Magdeburg suburb.
5 Pfennig ..
Domestic
postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1907 MAGDEBURG * 10
One ‘Bickerdike’ was operational at Magdeburg ALSO APPLYING
ARRIVAL POSTMARKS TO IN-COMING MAIL.
Postmark: 27 mm double-circle dater-dial
with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill without obliterator.
Usage: 19 April 1905-7 AUGUST 1904
ARRIVAL POSTMARKS APPLIED TO IN-COMING MAIL
7 MAY 1905
Viewcard,
postmarked at
Hanover,
sent to Magdeburg.
ea |
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Gorilve ail pe hae Aanifer Das dnbvi
Anal werart (Ft bene. fi M4 “ee a po rey if yy er My Repub : = sete ve | Viewcard
Va Aig ie a py! % fy int , en | i rre|| v ‘ ‘ (Porta Wesffalica).
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Domestic postcard-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1909 - 1912 DESSAU * 1 *
THE ‘BICKERDIKE’ HERETOFORE IN USE AT THE CITY OF MAGDEBURG, WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE
CITY OF DESSAU MAIN POST OFFICE
SOMETIME BETWEEN 1908-1909, where if continued operation applying origin
postmarks to out-going mail.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical nag
Usage: 9% December 1909-30 November 1912 “
COMMERCIAL PRINTED-MATTER MAIL
15 MARCH 1911
Cover, printed-matter enclosure, sent to Berlin.
3 Pfennig ...
Domestic printed-matter rate for mail up to 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE DESSAU * 1 *
23 JANUARY 1910
So-called “Lady’s Cover”,
sent to
Charlottenburg (Berlin).
10 Pfennig..
Domestic
single-weight (20 grams)
letter-rate.
1909 — 1912
DOMESTIC COVER RATES
10.1 Pee :
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23 FEBRUARY 1910
Cover, printed-matter enclosure, sent locally.
5 Pfennig ...
Local inner-city single-weight (20 grams) lefter-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905-1915 MAINZ * 3 *
One ‘Bickerdike’ was delivered to the Mainz Post Office In early 1905 for the purpose
of postmarking out-going mail.
Postmark: 25mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill along with six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair
of vertical bars.
Usage: 30 April 1704=10 November 1915
FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
9 OCTOBER 1905
Viewcard,
sent fo
Villefranche-sur-Sarone,
France.
10 Pfennig... UPU International
Postcard-Rate. f fe
Carte Postale _ Postkarte — Post
Cartolina Postalog-Li velg Tene — Be Briefcase
be OTKPBITOE Ii Ss fags pastel — Cart
DOMESTIC MAIL
14 APRIL 1906
Embossed
‘Easter Greetings’ Card,
sent to Eisenberg, (Province Saxony).
5 Pfennig .. Domestic
posicard-rate.
BICKERDIKE STETTIN *1k
1904 - 1909
DOMESTIC MAIL USAGE
One ‘Bickerdike’ became operational
At the Stettin Main Post Office in April
1904 for postmarking out-going mail.
Postmark: 26mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’
& vertical grill along with six
wavy-lines in three groups
separated by two pair of
vertical bars.
Usage: 25 April 1904-1 July 1909
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PRINTED-MATTER MAIL 23 JULY 1908
Cover, advertising enclosure,
sent to the military consituction office BUSINESS PURCHASE ORDER REPLY FORM
located in the City of Hanover. 10 AUGUST 1904
is Pfennig Franked, business return postcard, Prit inted -matter = sent to a chemical laboratory in Regensburg
ail u © 50 grams.
BICKERDIKE STETTIN *1k
MAILTO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA... RETURNED TO SENDER
16 JUNE 1904
View-card, sent to East
Orange, New Jersey.
Found not deliverable with cachet handstamp
“Not in City Directory”, directed to
‘Dead Letter Office’ (until 10 August 1704),
subsequently returned to Stettin.
9-day original transit time.
Original Arrival Postmark: > (Reverse)
“New York, N.Y., June 25, 1904, Paid Ail”
10 Pfennig.. UPU International
Postcard-Rate
1904 - 1909
FOREIGN-BOUND POSTCARD-RATE USAGE
Palfharte
MAIL TO TRIEST AUSTRIA
17 JULY 1904
View-card,
sent to Trieste. 2-day transit fime.
Arrival Postmark:
“Trieste 1,
19 July 1904..”
5 Pfennig.. German domestic
posicard-rate valid for mail to Ausiria.
BICKERDIKE 1903-1914
WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
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Upon unification of Germany in 1872 and
establishment of the ‘Reichspost’, the ‘State of Warttemberg’ remained autonomous
along with its postal administration, albeit having a similar rate
structure to that of the Reichspost.
The ‘Warttemberg Postal Administration’ acquired one Bickerdike
Postmarking Machine in 1903 commencing operation at the main Stuttgart Post Office.
In 1909, the machine was transferred to Wangen im Allgau where it applied postmarks to out-going mail between
30-31 December 1909. After dormancy for four years, the machine was transferred to Baden-Baden in 1913 where it
remained in operation until July 1914.
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‘Baden-Baden’ Flag Postmark Use 1912-1913 Viewcard to Nancy, France
BICKERDIKE WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION STUTTGART POSTAMT Nr. 1
The ‘Postal Administration of Wirtemberg’
acquired one ‘Bickerdike’ Machine with service at the cities of Stuttgart,
Baden-Baden and Wangen.
FIRST MACHINE OPERATION WAS AT STUTTGART IN 1903.
Postmark: 27mm diameter dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill lines along with an eight horizontal-line 60mm obliterator.
Usage: 8 June 1903 - 31 December 1907
Sa nr nn ee are pee a ee - SS
8 JUNE 1903
Local city
postal stationery card.
2 Piennig.. Local-city
posicard-rate
First Day of Usage & Only Known
Example.
ES SS ee ie ee
23 OCTOBER 1903
Commercial
advertising (on reverse)
cover,
sent to
Ebingen.
10 Pfennig. Domestic
single-weight letter-rate
BICKERDIKE 1903 - 1908 WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
STUTTGART POSTAMT Nr. 1
Along with postmarking outgoing-mail at Stuttgart,
prepaid ‘FRANCO’ Postmarks
were also applied to bulk advertising mail.
Postmark: 28mm diameter dater-dial with ‘bridge’ along
with an eight horizontal-line 460mm obliterator.
Usage: 19 September 1903 - 20 March 1908
PREPAID ‘FRANCO 2 Pf
14 FEBRUARY 1907
Advertising cover, printed-matter enclosure, sent locally.
Delivery/Carrier Postmark: (Reverse)
“Stuttgart No. 1,14 November B3 (6)”
2 Pfennig.. Bulk local-city printed-matter rate for mail weighing up to 50 grams.
One of Six Examples Known.
BICKERDIKE 1912 - 1913 WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION BADEN BADEN *1* ...
Postmark Type |
IN 1912, THE BICKERDIKE MACHINE, used only briefly at the post office at Wangen,
WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ‘BADEN-BADEN’ POST OFFICE where it applied a ‘flag’ postmark to out-going mail .. similar postmarks as those applied at post offices of the ‘Reichspostf".
Postmark: 28mm diameter dater-dial with ‘bridge’ along with ‘flag’ obliterator having a crown, banner with tassels & postal horn.
Usage: 23 December 1912 - 24 March 1913
LOCAL USAGE
31 DECEMBER 1912
‘New Year's’
Greeting Card sent as printed- maiter locally.
3 Pfennig.. Domestic
printed-matter rate for mail up to
50 grams.
Short 8-day 1912 usage.
FOREIGN DESTINATION MAIL
24 MARCH 1913
Viewcard, sent to
Copenhagen, Denmark.
10 Pfennig.. UPU International
Postcard-Rate
Latest Known
Usage. Baden-Baden “Zz _ vom Fremersberg gesehen, _ 3 oO) a ee Sa
BICKERDIKE sara WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
K. POSTAMT WANGEN IM ALG AU
In 1909, the heretofore ‘BICKERDIKE’ Machine operational at Stuttgart WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN OF WANGEN for apparent occasional operation until 1913
Postmark: 28mm diameter dater-dial with ‘bridge’ along with an eight horizontal-line 60mm obliterator.
Usage: 30 & 31 December 1909, 10 October 1910, 7 February 1913
POSTCARD USE
30 DECEMBER 1909
‘New Year's’ Greeting Card
sent to
Mansingen.
5 Pfennig. Domestic
postcard-rate
Earliest Known
Usage.
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OR rmbund ?Pler ‘ Letter mail, sent to
Rak ea ra Ber, Winzingen.
10 Pfennig..
COVER USE
31 DECEMBER 1909 3
: Domestic > : } single-weight
Yy ee ‘ aA letter-rate. en
Two of Five Examples Known
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BICKERDIKE 1913 - 1914 WURTTEMBERG POSTAL ADMINISTRATION BADEN-BADEN *1* ...
Postmark Type Ii
IN 1913, THE ‘BADEN-BADEN ‘BICKERDIKE’ MACHINE’ HAD ITS POSTMARK OBLITERATOR ALTERED
TO AN 8-LINE TYPE HERETOFORE USED AT STUTTGART until the end of 1906.
Postmark: 28mm diameter dater-dial with ‘bridge’ along with an eight horizontal-line 50mm obliterator.
Usage: & May 1913-18 July 1914
Dasf POSTCARD USAGE ak 2 A AN
a Sehrifiliche & 8.13 J AN,
19 AUGUST 1913 :
Viewcard, *
sent to Berlin. 2
5 Pfennig.. 3 Domestic
posicard-rate
COVER USAGE
22 JUNE 1913
Cover, sent to
Charlottenburg (Berlin).
10 Pfennig..
Domestic
single-weight ietter-rate.
BICKERDIKE 1905-1912
BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
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Upon unification of Germany in 1872 and subsequent establishment of the
‘Reichspost'. The ‘State of Bavaria’ remained autonomous along with its postal administration, albeit having a similar
rate structure to that of the Reichspost.
The Bavarian Postal Administration acquired two Bickerdike Postmarking Machines .. one in 1905 and a second in 1906.
The first of the two ‘Bickerdikes’ was placed in operation at the
Munich Post Office to apply origin postmarks fo out-going mail with later servicing such mail in 1908, 1910 & 1912 at
special Bavarian-sponsored exhibitions.
A second ‘Bickerdike’ was placed in operation at Bavaria’s
second largest city, Ndrnberg, initially postmarking out-going mail at the ‘1906 Bavarian State Exhibition’ with
transfer to the Town of Oberammergau in 1910
for postmarking out-going mail sent during the 1910 ‘Passion Play’ Event.
— Med. Watra, Vari Jta in. €.Y 1905-1907 z. H. des Herrn stud. med. W. Gaudin
Jena Johannisplatz 21.
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1907 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION MUNCHEN 2 B.P. (Munich)
Machine ‘1’...
Postmark Type 1
THE BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION ACQUIRED TWO BICKERDIKE POSTMARKING MACHINES ...
one in 1905 and a second in 1906.
The first machine was in service al
‘Munich Post Office 2’
while the second was for service at Nuremberg.
Both applied postmarks to out-going mail.
Postmark: 27mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical
grill and obliterator having six wavy-lines in three groups
separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 18 February 1905 - 2 September 1907
Postkarte — Carte postale Weltpostverein — Union ale wee atta:
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25 MARCH 1905 Brlcfcanck x Camaind
Brevkort — bio Phstaler
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Photo-card, sent to a passenger aboard a vessel
expected to dock at Port Said, Egypt.
Arrival Postmark:
“Port Said,
2 April 1905” Se rl e
Fi de
le
Ju ge nd
No .
51 8
10 Pfennig...
a international
osicard-Raie
4 APRIL 1905
Mourning cover,
sent to a Catholic
Priest in Rome, Haly.
Anival Postmark: {reverse}
“Rome, 5 April 1905"
20 Pfennig... (2x 10 Pfennig}
UPU international
Single-Weight
Letier-Rate
BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1907 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION MUNCHEN 2 B.P. (Munich)
Machine ‘1’...
Postmark Type 1
POSTCARD RATES
UPU INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD-RATE
10 Pfennig
Postkarte tale — t Card Carte ‘pos , ~..Pos es
DOMESTIC re x, 7 A wot ; nA on ra if y f
POSTCARD-RATE x a vw nla a Ls we HEM. ee
5 Pfennig
DOMESTIC
PRINTED-MATTER RATE
3 Pfennig
LOCAL-CITY POSTCARD-RATE
2 Pfennig
Wohmung .----- ed (Strage und Hausianmimer}
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BICKERDIKE 1905 - 1907 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION MUNCHEN 1 B.P. (Munich)
Machine ‘1’...
Postmark Type I!
IN 1907, BICKERDIKE MACHINE ‘1’,
HERETOFORE OPERATIONAL AT ‘MUNICH POST OFFICE ‘2’, WAS TRANSFERED TO
‘MUNICH POST OFFICE ‘1’
WHERE IT CONTINUED TO APPLY POSTMARKS TO OUT-GOING MAIL
Postmark: 27mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’
& vertical grill and obliterator having six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two
pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 30 December 1907 - 1 December 1908
13 NOVEMBER 1908
Cover, commercial printed-matter enclosure,
sent to Engen.
3 Pfennig... Domestic printed-matter rate for
mail up to 50 grams.
One of less than five examples known.
Ausstellung Manchen 1908 (Munich Exhibition of 1908)
in an effort to finance the ‘Munich Exposition of 1908’, the State of Bavaria authorized a Lottery in 1907 with
the main prize at RM 50,000.00.
The exposition took place between May-October with the lottery drawing on 30-31 October 1908.
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Dieser Abschnitt darf weder verletzt noch abaetrennt werden,
TELLUNG MUNCHENI90
BICKERDIKE BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
“ AUSSTELLUNG MUNCHEN 1908” (Munich Exhibition of 1908) Machine ‘1’...
Postmark Type Ill
1908
IN 1908, ‘MUNICH POST OFFICE ‘1’ BICKERDIKE’ WAS TEMPORARILY PLACED AT THE ‘MUNICH EXHIBITION OF 1908’ FOR APPLYING SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE POSTMARKS TO
OUT-GOING FAIR MAIL.
The ‘Munich Exhibition of 1908’ displayed exhibits involving
applied arts, handicrafts, industry, trade, public institutions & sports.
Postmark: Three-line Dater along with a unique design logo as obliterator.
Usage: 16 May— 19 October 1908
Kionigreidy Bayern
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Honigretd) Bayern ere | . Sa ee GUSSTELLUNG
MuNCHENTOO8 DOMESTIC POSTCARD-
RATE
5 Pfennig
BICKERDIKE 1910
BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
“AUSSTELLUNG MUNCHEN 1910” (Munich Exhibition of 1910)
Machine ‘1’
Postmark tyne IV
heretofore in service at ‘Munich Post Office ‘1’ and
Temporarily operational at the ‘Munich Exhibition of 1908’,
WAS IDLED IN 1909 BUT AGAIN ACTIVATED IN 1910 FOR
THE BICKERDIKE MACHINE,
POSTMARKING OUT-GOING MAIL AT THE ‘ISLAMIC EXHIBITION’.
Postmark: Three-line Dater along with a unique design fair logo as an obliterator.
Usage: 14May-19 October 1710
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7 SEPTEMBER 1910
Decorative exhibition postcard,
sent from the
exhibition administrative office
to Flensburg.
5 Pfennig Domestic postcard-rate
Gewerbeschau Madnchen 1912 (Munich Trade Show of 1912)
The ‘Bickerdike’ Postmarking Machine,
which had been servicing mail at ‘Munich Post Office ‘1’ and at the
‘Munich Exhibitions of 1908 & 1910’, idled in 1911, again serviced mail in 1912 at the
‘Munich Trade Show of 1712’. (18 May -— 10 October 1912).
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FERDINAND SPIEGEL OFFICIAL POSTCARD & ADVERTISING LABEL
FOR THE ‘MUNICH TRADE SHOW OF 1912’
BICKERDIKE BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION “GEWERBESCHAU MUNCHEN 1912”
(Munich Trade Show of 1912) Machine ‘1’...
Postmark Type V
THE BICKERDIKE MACHINE,
Heretofore in service at ‘Munich Post Office ‘1’ as well as
‘Munich Exhibitions of 1908 & 1910’,
WAS IDLED IN 1911 BUT AGAIN ACTIVATED IN 1912 FOR
POSTMARKING OUT-GOING MAIL AT THE
‘MUNICH TRADE SHOW’.
After usage at the latter show,
the ‘Bickerdike’ was deactivated.
1912
Postmark: Three-line Dater along with a unique design fair logo as obliterator.
18 May - 10 October 1912
Usage:
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28 JULY 1912 SEY
Privately-printed = Mey NS. Decorative . es
commemorative Be exhibition postcard,
sent to a fown
in the Oberlausitz
District.
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5 Pfennig ...
Domestic postcard-rate
23 AUGUST 1912
Munich
Viewcard,
senttoa
medical clinic
at
Berlin- Reinickendorf.
BICKERDIKE 1906 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION “NURNBERG AUSSTELLUNG” (Nuremberg Exhibition of 1906)
Machine ‘2’. Postmark Type |
A- SECOND ‘BICKERDIKE’, acquired by the Bavarian Postal Administration, was
sent to the ‘Nuremberg Post Office’ FOR SERVICING OUT-GOING MAIL AT THE
‘NUREMBERG EXHIBITION OF 1906’.
Postmark: 28mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical (?-line) grill along with a horizontal seven-line 38mm obliterator.
Usage: 1 May -30 October 1904
BAVARIAN CENTURY-COMMEMORATION EXHIBITION POSTCARDS
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6 & 20 AUGUST 1906
Official exhibition commemorative postcards, sent to addressees
at Frankfurt (Main) & Augsburg.
5 Pfennig ... Domestic postcard-rate
- BICKERDIKE 1906 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
“NURNBERG AUSSTELLUNG” (Nuremberg Exhibition of 1906)
Machine ‘2’...
Postmark Type |
Posimark: 28mm dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical (9-line) grill along with a horizontal seven-line 38mm obliterator.
Usage: 1 May -30 October 1906
PRIVATELY-PRINTED BAVARIA-CENTURY-COMMEMORATION EXHIBITION POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS
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DOMESTIC
PRINTED-MATTER
Centenar: feier.
3 Pfennig |
DOMESTIC POSTCARD-RATE
5 Pfennig An ,
a aa Re Fiat
BICKERDIKE 1906 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION NURNBERG 2 B.P.
Machine ‘2’...
Postmark Type II
ALTHOUGH THE SECOND BAVARIAN ‘BICKERDIKE’ COMMENCED SERVICING OUT-GOING MAIL AT THE “NUREMBERG EXHIBITION OF 1906’,
BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST IT ALSO POSTMARKED NON-EXHIBITION MAIL.
Postmark: 28mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & vertical grill and obliterator having six wavy-lines in three groups separated by two pair of vertical bars.
Usage: 4 June -— 22 August 1906
Postkarte — Carte postale;' Weltpostverein — Union postale | ier
Correspondenz-Karte — DopisAtts Piask
Levelez6- Lap — Korespondengn
9 JULY 1906 Dopisnica — Karta korespondencyjna a (5 yoo Briefkaart — Cartolina Postale —'Brefkort ote f
. Brevkort — Tarjeta Postal — posers ceil NWlectefLs
UPU-Design OTKPbITOE eee ee BI ce Greeting’s Card, be
sent locally.
2 Pfennig... Local city
posicard-rate.
Bayern — Baviere
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Weltpoftrerci n |
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View-card,
sent fo Munich.
| ¢ Arrival Postmark
| e.. “Miinchen 10,
| Z 11 June (1906)"
| : 5 Pfennig... Domestic
posicard-rate
BICKERDIKE BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION NURNBERG 2 B.P.
Machine ‘2’ .. Postmark Type III
After servicing mail at the ‘Nuremberg Exhibition of 1906’ and a brief interim-period at the ‘2 B.P.’ Post Office, the second
Bavarian ‘Bickerdike’ again serviced mail at the ‘NUmberg 2 B.P.’ Post Office
NOW WITH A NEW POSTMARK OBLITERATOR.
Postmark: 28mm double-circle dater-dial with ‘bridge’ & (9-line) vertical grill along with a seven horizontal-line 38mm obliterator.
Usage: 4 December 1906 —- 27 December 1908
FOREIGN-BOUND MAIL
26 JANUARY 1907
Cover, sent fo New York..
with franking in
opposite comers resulting in the cover being passed twice
through the postmarking machine.
20 Pfennig...
UPU International Single-Weight Letter-Rate
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Raum fir Mitteilungen.
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a a £ Ro ey
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te andl Uh, Sapnet Mt fh bee AOL p Be h
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1907 -1908
DOMESTIC MAIL
23 JUNE 1907
View-card,
sent to Berlin.
§ Pfennig... Domestic
postcard-rate.
Oberammergau Passionsspiele 1910 (Oberammergau Passion Play of 1910)
A ‘Bickerdike’ Postmarking Machine which had been servicing mail at the
‘Niremberg Post Office ‘2’ (1906-08) and at the
‘Nuremberg Exhibition of 1906’, idled in 1909, again serviced mail in 1910 for the
‘Oberammergau Passion Play of 1910’ (5 June - 26 September 1910).
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ILLUSTRATION OF THE IMPERIAL POST OFFICE AT OBERAMMERGAU, BAVARIA.
BICKERDIKE 1910 BAVARIAN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION “OBERAMMERGAU PASSIONSSPIELE 1910” (Oberammergau Passion Play of 1910)
Machine ‘2’... Postmark Type IV
After its service at Nuremberg, THE SECOND BAVARIAN ‘BICKERDIKE’
was idled in 1909 and TRANSFERRED TO ‘OBERAMMERGAU’ FOR SERVICING MAIL
DURING THE ‘PASSION PLAY’ EVENT IN 1910. Postmark: Three-line dater along with a unique design obliterator.
Usage: 5 May -—2é6 September 1910
IBERAMMERGAU 4.€ 103-4N.
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A AUGUST 1910
View-card,
sent to
Salem,
New York,
USA.
ke
10 Pfennig... UPU
International
Postcard-Rate.
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Passionsspicl-Bahne mit dem Chor der :
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10 SEPTEMBER 1910
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View-card, sent
to
Matisee,
(Salzburg), Austria
5 Pfennig...
Domestic
posicard-rate valid for mail to
Austria.
~ EPILOGUE .. PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS 1901 - 1912
DURING THE PERIOD 1901-1912,
A NUMBER OF POSTMARKS WERE USED IN GERMANY & AUSTRIA IN APPEARANCE TO BE
MACHINE-APPLIED WHICH WERE NOT ...
TODAY REFERRED TO AS ‘PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS'’, MANY OF WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED BY THE
‘GLEICHMANN COMPANY’ FOR THE GERMAN REICHSPOST OR THE AUSTRIAN POST OFFICE.
Among those are:
1901 & 1912: Patriotic Postal Flag Postmarks
In use at the City of Cottbus for charity bazaars
1901-1903: Dater-dial with seven-line obliterators
In use at four different Berlin Post Offices with the postmark designations ..
Berlin C *28* Berlin O *17B Berlin C *25B
Berlin O *27B
1906-1910: Decorative postmarks commemorating ‘Philatelic Days’
and related events at the Cities of ..
1906 .. NUrnberg 1907 .. Hamburg
1908 .. Gossnitz 1909 .. Karisbad
(Austria) 1910 .. Kiel
PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS 1901 - 1912 FLAG POSTMARK COTTBUS *(BAZAR)
DURING THE PERIOD 1901-1912, A NUMBER OF POSTMARKS WERE USED IN GERMANY WHICH APPEARED TO BE MACHINE-APPLIED BUT WERE NOT, AND, ARE TODAY REFERRED TO AS ‘PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS’.
In November, 1901, and again in May, 1912, a special fund-raising charitable ‘bazaar’ was held at the City of Cottbus to raise funds for imperial memorials (1901) and a rehabilitation clinic (1912). The postal engraving-company of ‘Gleichmann’ prepared a patriotic postal hand-stamp for the earlier event (used also for the later), which appeared very similar in design to those being used on the Bickerdike and Beling & Libke Machines being evaluated and tested by the Reichspost in 1901.
Postmark Usage: 6, 7, 8, 13 & 26 November 19701 & 8,9 10 May 1912
Postmark: 25mm diameter dater dial indicating ‘Cottbus *(Bazar)* with a postal flag with crown, banner with tassels & postal hom as the obliterator right of the dater dial.
6 November 1901
Commemorative
view-card mailed
from the ‘Bazaar’ to
a recipient at Dessau,
Germany.
First Day Usage!
Scapa ae 7 November 1901
Commemorative
view-card mailed from
the ‘Bazaar’ toa
recipient at Baalsdorf, Germany.
Second Day Usage!
PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS 1901 - 1912
FLAG POSTMARK COTTBUS *(BAZAR)
Postmark Usage: 6, 7, 8, 13 & 26 November 1901
& 8,9 10 May 1912
Postmark: 25mm diameter dater dial indicating ‘Cottbus *(Bazar)* with a postal flag with crown, banner with tassels & postal horn as
the obliterator right of the dater dial.
13_ November 1901
Commemorative
view-card mailed
to a local resident.
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Only known example dated 13 November and |
also with a double sirike!
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26 November 1901 Commemorative
view-card mailed to a local resident.
Only known example from 24 November 1901!
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Franking: 2 Pfennig.. Local-city postcard-rate.
~ EPILOGUE PSEUDO MACHINE POSTMARKS ie - F910 ‘PHILATELIST DAY’ COMMEMORATIVE POSTMARKS
A HAND-STAMP WAS USED FOR COMMEMORATING ‘PHILATELIST DAYS’ BETWEEN 1906-1910 AT THE CITIES OF .
GOSSNITZ, HAMBURG, KARLSBAD (austria), KIEL & NURNBERG.
Postmark: Various diameter dater dials indicating the city and ‘event
number’ for the ‘Philatelist Day’ along with logo between six wavy-lines as an obliterator.
NURNBERG.. XVIII
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2 SEPTEMBER 1906
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