Germany - Braunschweig - 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.

The Philatelie-Shop in Braunschweig can be found in the Post Office Building in the city center. It was built in 1878-1881 under the direction of August Kind (1824-1904), the chief of the building department of the Reichspost under Heinrich von Stephan. The address for postmark requests is: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Strasse 3, 38100 Braunschweig, Germany. Opening hours: Mo-Fr 9.00-18.30 h., Sat 9.30-13.00 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: 23 May 2017

Date received: 26 May 2017

Number of days: 15

Envelope in collection: 111