Germany - Nürnberg - Museum for Communication

On this blog there are already two entries about Museums for Communication, both in Germany. The first was the Museum in Berlin, the second the Museum in Frankfurt am Main. There is a third branch in the city of Nürnberg at the Lessingstraße 6.

All postmarks can be obtained through the Sonderstempelstelle or by posting mail in the letterbox in the museum shop.

The postmark has the words Museum für Kommunikation, the place 90443 Nürnberg Mittelfr. and an image of an historical post horn in front of the skyline of the old city of Nürnberg. The postmark has been in use since 1 January 2005.

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. Although the Sonderstempelstelle must have received my envelope after 11 May, they still gave me a postmark with the date 11 May 2017, making it a first day cover.

Website of the Museum für Kommunikation in Nürnberg (in German): mfk-nuernberg.de.

Date sent: 11 May 2017

Date postmark: 11 May 2017

Date received: 27 May 2017

Number of days: 16

Envelope in collection: 119

Germany - Frankfurt am Main - Museum for Communication

A few entries back on this blog I showed the special postmark for the Museum for Communication in Berlin. The Museum has two other branches, in Frankfurt am Main and Nürnberg. Both postmarks can be obtained through the Sonderstempelstelle or by posting mail in the letterbox in the museum shop at Schaumainkai 53 (Museumsufer).

The postmark has the words Museum für Kommunikation, the place 60313 Frankfurt am Main and an image of an historical telephone in front of the skyline of Frankfurt. The postmark has been in use since 7 February 2006.

For this postmark I used the normal 90 cent definitive from the flower series.

Website of the Museum für Kommunikation in Frankfurt (in German): mfk-frankfurt.de.

Date sent: 20 April 2017

Date postmark: 10 May 2017

Date received: 12 May 2017

Number of days: 22

Envelope in collection: 37

Germany - Berlin - Museum for Communication

During my visit to Berlin in February 2017 I visited the Museum für Kommunikation in the Leipziger Straße 16. It is an enormous building with a wonderful collection of stamps, letterboxes, communication devices and a large exhibition on the history of writing and communication.

In the museum shop on the ground floor there is a letterbox where you can post a card or letter to be stamped with the special museum postmark. The museum website does not mention this postmark, so most people discover the mailbox when they visit the shop. Some time ago I discovered in an old edition of the German postmark news (on the website of Deutsche Post) that you can also order that postmark and some others directly from the Sonderstempelstelle in Berlin. And of course I did that immediately.

The postmark has the words Museum für Kommunikation, the place 10117 Berlin and an image of the Brandenburger Tor and in front of it a signal mast from the Prussian semaphore system (1832-1849).

For this postmark I used the normal 90 cent definitive from the flower series.

Website of the Museum für Kommunikation in Berlin (in German): mfk-berlin.de.

Date sent: 20 April 2017

Date postmark: 27 April 2017

Date received: 3 May 2017

Number of days: 13

Envelope in collection: 26