Travelled Covers of the Deutsches Reich

A red 12-pfennig portrait stamp addressed to Hersfeld, part of the later Weimar-era definitive series. The bar cancel obscures most of the town name but the "Deutsches Reich" inscription is clear.

Two 5-pfennig Germania stamps tied by a Pirna cancel dated 5.3.04. A standard domestic letter rate made up from two low values rather than one stamp.

An olive-brown stamp on the reverse of a cover, part-struck by a town cancel ending "…-berg". The design shows the Reichspost's steamship motif used on the higher denominations.

A single 10-pfennig Germania paying a standard letter, cancelled at Mainz. Addressed to a "Fräulein" at Laubenheim on the Rhine.

A low-value black numeral stamp to Marburg, marked "frei" (postage paid/franked) by the sender. Typical of a printed-matter or short-distance local rate.

Cancelled at Hersfeld in 1921, addressed within the same postal district. A routine domestic letter of the early Weimar period.

Franks a letter to Professor Dr. Karl Reuschel in Wiesbaden, cancelled at Dresden in 1910. A well-struck circular date stamp confirms the year.

Portrait definitive paying a printed-matter or postcard-equivalent rate. Cancellation is only partially legible.

Cancelled "Doernberg" in 1900, one of the earliest-dated Germania strikes in the album. Addressed to Herr Lehrer P. Ziegler in Hersfeld.

A Feldpostbrief (military field-post letter) sent in 1927 from Etzel, franked despite the "Feldpost" designation which normally travelled free. Addressed to Winkel.

Cancelled at Ruppersdorf in March 1936, sent to Fräulein Ilse Böttger in Sebnitz. A clean strike shows the full circular datestamp.

Two plain 1-pfennig coil stamps plus a third bearing a printed "0,40" control tab, made up to pay a parcel or bulk rate. Cancelled at Walchsee in July 1940 with a triangular Nazi-party rally slogan cancel ("Tage der Banner…").

Cancelled at Hersfeld, addressed to Fräulein Elisabeth Ziegler. A standard single-weight letter rate.

Cancelled at Mainz in 1934, sent to Rauenthal on the Rhine. The engraved portrait die is crisply printed.

Two stamps making up a 15-pfennig rate, addressed to Fräulein Elisabeth Ziegler in Hersfeld. Town cancel reads "…iegand".

A second identical pair on a companion cover to the same Hersfeld address. Consistent with correspondence from the same sender kept together.

On black-bordered mourning stationery to Munich, cancelled at Nürnberg. The border signals a death in the sending household.

Struck with a purple "Drucksache" (printed matter) handstamp, indicating a reduced printed-matter rate rather than a full letter rate. Addressed to the Ziegler family at Lengsfeld.

An early numeral-design definitive on black-bordered mourning paper, addressed simply to "Herrn Ziegler, Hersfeld". The numeral style dates it to the Reichspost period before Germania's introduction.

Cancelled at Dornberg, sent "frei" to Hersfeld. Marked in the corner with the recipient's full family designation.

A mixed franking totalling 60 pfennig, likely a registered or foreign letter rate, cancelled at Hersfeld in 1904. Sent to Fräulein Elisabeth Ziegler in Munich.

Cancelled at Dornberg, addressed "frei" to Hersfeld. One of several near-identical Dornberg covers on this leaf, suggesting a regular weekly correspondence.

Same Dornberg origin and Hersfeld destination as its neighbours. Datestamp shows a year in the 1900s.

A third example of the same stamp and route, part of a small run of nearly identical covers. Likely kept together by the original collector as a postmark study.

Addressed to Elis[abeth] Ziegler at Grossalpe. A conventional single-letter franking.

A comparatively high face value, cancelled at Chemnitz on 31.12.22 — the height of the 1922 inflation, when postal rates were rising rapidly. Sent to Pössneck.

A low-value stamp cancelled at Hersfeld, part of the recurring Ziegler-family correspondence. Franking suits a postcard or printed-matter rate.

Another Hersfeld-cancelled example, addressed to "Herrn Pfarrer Ziegler". Consistent low-rate domestic use.

Tied by a Hersfeld cancel next to a printed sanatorium advertisement ("Bad Hersfeld Lullusbrunnen") on the envelope itself. The stamp pays a standard letter rate.

Cancelled at Ziegenhain, addressed by airmail-style routing note "Luftpost" to Hersfeld. A higher-value single franking.

Cancelled at Cassel in April 1918, wartime correspondence to Lehrer (teacher) P. Ziegler. Two stamps make up the 15-pfennig letter rate.

Three stamps totalling 15 pfennig, an unusual way to make up the rate compared with a single higher value. Addressed again to Lehrer P. Ziegler.

On black-bordered mourning stationery, cancelled in 1906. Sent to the same Ziegler-Hersfeld address as its neighbours on this leaf.

Cancelled at Dornberg, addressed "frei" to Hersfeld. Matches the run of similar covers seen on Leaf 06.

On black-bordered mourning stationery, cancelled at what appears to be Freiberg. Addressed to Hersfeld.

Cancelled at Cassel in 1911, addressed to Lehrer P. Ziegler and family. A routine single-rate letter.

Cancelled at Freiberg, sent to Frau Professor Ruschel at Girgehof. Standard low-value domestic postage.

A combination franking cancelled at Berlin, likely from the inflationary 1920s when values were regularly surcharged. Addressed to Lehrer P. Ziegler, Hersfeld.

Cancelled at Hersfeld, a straightforward low-value domestic letter. Addressed to "Herrn Lehrer Ziegler und Familie".

A small-format eagle/shield design from the Reichspost's Krone/Adler era, cancelled at Cassel in 1886 — the earliest date recorded in this album. Addressed to a building contractor at Dörnberg.

Cancelled at Dornberg in 1898, addressed "frei" to Herr Lehrer P. Ziegler in Hersfeld. One of the album's several near-identical Dornberg-Hersfeld covers.

Cancelled at Hersfeld in 1915, wartime domestic mail. Addressed to Fräulein Elisabeth Ziegler, sent "hier" (locally).

On black-bordered mourning stationery, addressed to Fräulein Elisabeth Ziegler in Hersfeld. Standard letter-rate franking.

Cancelled at Frankfurt with a propaganda slogan machine cancel bearing a swastika, dated 1935. Sent to a Dr. jur. at Frankfurt am Main.

A brown Nazi-era commemorative issue marking the 1923 Feldherrnhalle putsch anniversary, cancelled at Hersfeld with a swastika slogan strike. Addressed to Rektor a.D. R. Ziegler.

Cancelled with a swastika propaganda slogan at a Landgericht (district court) town. Addressed to a wedding couple ("Hochzeitspaar") named Schmitt-Mattes.

A worker/miner design typical of the runaway-inflation issues of 1923, totalling 300 marks and cancelled at Eschwege. Addressed to a "stud. phil." (philosophy student) via Marburg.

Cancelled at Cassel, addressed to Herr Dr. jur. Schmidt at Dörnberg. A conventional pre-inflation franking.

Cancelled at Fulda in 1927, part of a Weimar-era commemorative set. Addressed within the local Fulda district.

Part of the same Weimar commemorative series, sent to Fräulein Käthe Schmitt at Laubenheim. A crisp single-circle cancel confirms origin and date.

Cancelled at Dresden, addressed to Frau Olga Reuschel at Sirgehof in Böhmerwald (Bohemian Forest) — the only cross-border destination noted in the album. A single-weight international letter rate.

A companion cover to the same Böhmerwald address, made up from two 5-pfennig stamps rather than one 10-pfennig value. Cancel again reads Dresden.

Cancelled at Cassel, addressed to Lehrer P. Ziegler in Hersfeld. Domestic use of the same low-value pair.

Three 5-pfennig stamps making up 15 pfennig, addressed to Lehrer P. Ziegler in Hersfeld/Fulda. Illustrates how senders often reached for whatever low-value stamps were on hand.

Cancelled at Cassel in 1913, addressed to the "altes Bezirkskommando" (old district military command) in Hersfeld. Pre-war military-administrative mail.

Cancelled at Hersfeld, addressed to Löwenburg near Kassel, marked "frei" for prepaid postage. A modest single franking.

Cancelled at Hersfeld in 1925, addressed to Rektor i.R. Ziegler at Bad Hersfeld. A retired headmaster's routine correspondence.

Cancelled at Einhardt, addressed to Fräulein Olly Klinger in Dresden. Two stamps made up the 10-pfennig letter rate.

A compact numeral-design stamp with a heavily worn cancel, among the oldest-style issues in the album. The cover carries extensive pencilled accounting notes on its reverse.

Cancelled at Cassel in December 1920, addressed simply "to Herrn Ziegler in Hersfeld über Fulda". Post-war domestic mail on the cusp of the inflation era.

On black-bordered mourning stationery, cancelled at Hersfeld in 1934. Addressed simply to "Frau Ziegler, Hersfeld".

Struck with an anti-rheumatism spa advertising slogan for "Bad Hersfeld" mineral springs. A standard single-rate letter.

Cancelled at Cassel on 31.12.1910 (New Year's Eve), addressed to Lehrer P. Ziegler and family in Hersfeld. Faint accounting figures pencilled above the address.

Cancelled at Cassel-Wilhelmshöhe in 1930, addressed to Dr. Ziegler in Hersfeld. A higher single-value franking than most covers on this leaf.

Cancelled at Hersfeld in 1910, closing out the leaf's run of small-denomination local mail. Addressed to Herrn Rektor Ziegler and family.

Cancelled at Dresden, addressed to Herrn Professor Dr. Karl Reuschel in Wiesbaden. Matches the correspondent seen on Leaf 02.

Also cancelled at Dresden, sent to Fräulein Olga Klinger at a parsonage ("Pfarrhaus") near Ehrenburg. Same denomination and colour as its neighbours on this leaf.

The lowest denomination on this leaf, addressed simply to "Ziegler, Hersfeld". Cancel reads a location ending "-werd".

A third Dresden-cancelled example, addressed to Fräulein Olga Klinger, this time in Hannover. Completes a set of near-identical red Germania frankings that close the album.