Germany - München - Philatelie-Shop

Deutsche Post has established special philately windows in 26 major post offices throughout the country. Each uses a datestamp with the letters 'ps' in it to distinguish it from normal datestamps. The letters ps stand for Philatelie-Shop. There was already one Philatelie-Shop with a different postmark, Erfurt with the letters 'dx'. A second one has turned up from München (Munich), with the single letter 'o'. There was no explanation given.

The Philatelie-Shop in München can be found in the Postbank building in the Alter Hof. This is the former city palace of the Bavarian dukes and kings dating back to the 12th century. There is an entrance from the Sparkassenstrasse. The address for postmark requests is: Alter Hof 6-7, 80331 München, Germany. Opening hours: Mo-Fr 9.00-18.30 h., Sat 9.30-12.30 h.

For the envelope I used the new definitive 90 cent stamp from the flower series, issued on 11 May 2017 that I bought at the Philatelie-Shop in Essen on the first day of issue. The priority label was added to the envelope by the German post.

Date sent: 11 May 2017

Date postmark: 13 May 2017

Date received: 23 May 2017

Number of days: 12

Envelope in collection: 99