Postal stationery

Covers are pre-paid philatelic documents with stamp impression, for example postcards, envelopes, wrappers, letter cards, but also telephone Billets and postal orders. In addition, the following types are less frequent: folding letters ( if sent by airmail = Aerogramme ), telegram leaves and pack of cards. A whole thing is a postage stamp of a postage stamp and therefore a fee receipt for the use of the postal services.

For the buyer, the advantage lies in the combination of postcard / envelope and matching postage in one product. In franked use no more stamps are required; for a postage increase or for additional services such as Writing is complemented by stamps of the missing amount.

Another advantage is often in the lower price of the whole thing against the single purchase of a postcard or envelope and stamps. Many postal administrations ( Germany until 2003) give the whole thing from the price of the printed franking.

In philately postal stationery are a popular collector's item, especially real spilled postal stationery from daily life. They tell more about yourself than a canceled stamp. Among other things, the sending location, date, sender, addressee, seen in earlier decades also partly arrival stamp.

Unlike postal stationery entires have no value character impression. Philatelic documents with stamp impression will continue called whole thing if they were provided for postage supplement with an additional postage.

History

There were several precursors of the issues. As the first all- thing in the world is now the " Mulready envelope ". It was sold from May 1, 1840 in England, the first day of validity was May 6 Due to complaints about the cover design by the artist William Mulready (1786-1863) was withdrawn shortly afterwards. First postal stationery were mostly completely redesigned envelopes that had nothing in common in an envelope with the usual impression of a normal published today stamp.

The German term whole thing comes from the Berlin stamp dealer and examiners Julius Schlesinger ( 1858-1920 ).

For the 10th June 1998, the German Post AG adopted the "plus letter " as a new product. It involves issues. These are only named by the post office this time different.

Types of postal stationery

Display postal stationery

It is launched by private ads expeditions envelopes, folded letters, letter cards and postcards with a large number of small companies listings and value stamp impression on private orders. These were taken in payment in the private market under the price of the temple of the advertisements from companies concern value. Especially with postcards and letters cards only remained a small writing surface. There are postcard books with different individual commercials each card and on interleaves (left perforated vertically).

Outside of this specification are subsequently printed in the same way official postal stationery ( see section " Zudrucke "). Official or private issues with advertising texts of the sender (for example offer a company, order form, invitation, etc. ) are also no ads postal stationery.

Envelopes

In addition to the official, there are also private envelopes and folded letters ( = letterhead that is collapsed by projecting rubberized jaws were taped ) and postal order envelopes.

Wrapper

Called wrapper, even wrapper newspaper ( StrbZtg ), the shipment of newspapers as a mailpiece. The wrappers, which hold the newspaper, often have imprinted stamps and apply in this case as a whole thing. Printed sheets with and without dividing lines were cut into strips, each of which had a value temple. This served the newspaper and magazine distribution. Today, most wrappers come in the form of labels used, from which address information and the number of post- marketing piece to Porto confirmation shows. These are applied directly to the magazine or - usually in the case of foreign shipments or to prevent the loss of a shipment through theft - in an envelope. On 1 July 2011, the wrapper newspaper was charged sales tax. For this reason, a franking with stamps or a Plusbrief Custom is no longer allowed. As a substitute, therefore, a product brand wrapper paper for domestic shipments was introduced on 1 July 2011.

Cardletter

Letter cards, falsely known as folding letters, were a simplified form of a letter, consisting of an even, in some countries, twice broken, collapsible dual card, the edges of which were partially rubberized and rings pierced, glued together when closing the card letter and torn at opening. Letter cards were used for the transmission of shorter messages which could not be written on a postcard due to lack of space or should be read by anyone other than the recipient; they were subject to the rules and fees for ordinary letters. Letter cards were of the Hungarian Dr. Karl Kohn, called Károly Akin, invented in 1871. They were first, from 1 May 1879 used in France at the Paris pneumatic post, 1882 in Belgium and 1886 in Austria. In the following years they came in most other European and several American states used. The German Empire created the post card letter as a new shipment subject on 1 November 1897. Among the post offices in the kingdom postal territory until the World War forms were pre-printed stamps ( 10 Pf ) sold at par. In June 1922, the German Reich Postal abolished the letter cards due to low sales again.

Postcard

• See postcard perforated Postcard
• Reply card
• World Postcard
• Picture postcard

Postal order

Postal orders as postal stationery issued in Germany to 1922 ( after 1922 only as a form). They usually had a two - or three-part form. In the Kingdom of Württemberg, there was also money order Envelopes and postal order service envelopes, could be inserted in the messages.

Special postal stationery

They appear mainly as a special (post ) cards or special envelopes. As such, they bear the following characteristics: The issue was made for any occasion. For a special whole thing is therefore not relevant that a special stamp must be imprinted; rather can also find the same valid time stamps use. In contrast, normal as well as picture postcards are also no special postal stationery if this point by additional print on special occasions. Insofar as the picture postcard image with ostensive texts on special occasions, this fact does not change the assignment as a picture postcard.

Although the official Sonderganzsache can also arise at the suggestion of interested parties, but is issued by the relevant postal authority supreme, sold over post office counters as well as the mind places for collectors and published in the Official Journal post. Only when these three conditions are all met, are official special issues.

It should be noted that the balance of power led to exceptions for the period 1933 to 1945, or during the existence of the German Democratic Republic.

Major collectors

• Carl Lindenberg (1850-1928), lawyer
• Franz Kalckhoff (1860-1955), Chemist
• Family Petschek