Germany - Dortmund - 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 Dortmund can be found in the Postbank Building just opposite the central station (Hauptbahnhof) The address for postmark requests is: Kurfürstenstraße 2, 44147 Dortmund, Germany. Opening hours: Mo-Fr 9.00-18.30 h., Sat 9.30-13.30 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. I had to wait 41 days for the envelope to arrive back to me. There was only one bad postmark on the envelope, but inside there was a second print on the card.

Date sent: 11 May 2017

Date postmark: 19 June 2017

Date received: 21 June 2017

Number of days: 41

Envelope in collection: 182