Speyer (DE)

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Speyer (known as Spire in French and formerly as Spires in English) is a town (50,284 inhabitants end 2015) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Located beside the river Rhine, founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities. It belonged to the Bavarian Palatinate in the 1816-1945 period.

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Allied Occupied Germany

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Germany era

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Bavaria State era

Until 31 March 1920.

A Bavarian Royal post office k.b. Oberpostamt opened in 1816.

SPEYER used numerals 325 and 493 (after 1856) within a mill wheel (Mühlrad).

SPEYER 3, Antiqua circle on a 1867 issue.
SPEYER 5 OCT Vor., circle on a 1881 issue.
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Cards and Covers

Postal card sent from SPEYER to Lahr, Germany by the Carl Sommer company

Meter cancels (all periods)

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