[Hugh]

Here's an interesting feldpost card from 1916 with censor marks from Frankfurt am Main.

   

It appears to be addressed to:

Fräulein
Kätha Krieg
Frankf. a/M. Preungesheim
Kreuz-Stras. 11

It was sent by a solider named Christian Weil. As far as I can tell, he wrote:

Aus dem Felde d. 6.3.16
Werter Fräulein Krieg!
Ihre Karte mit
besten Dank erhalten.
Mir geht es zur Zeit noch gut,
was ich auch bei Ihnen hoffe.
Die besten Grüße sendet
Christian Weil

That is,

From the field, March 6, 1916
Dear Miss Krieg,
I received your card with many thanks.
I am still doing well at the moment,
and I hope the same is true for you.
Best regards,
Christian Weil

Based on the feldpost CDS, the card was mailed at the FPO for the 21st Reserve Division. In March 1916 this division occupied the Massiges Sector a location in the Champagne-Marne region of France. The purple S.B. hand-stamp [soldatenbrief] suggests that he Christian was a member of the division's medical company (e.g. aid posts, stretcher parties, triage / evacuations).

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Double-ring Feldpost CDS
K.D.Feldpostexped./ der /21 Reserve Div.
-7.3.16. 4-5N

Hand-stamp, purple ink
S.B. / RES.SAN.Kp. [Reserve-Sanitäts-Kompanie]

Over and to the right of the CDS are two red hand-stamps. The first, is a largely obscured triangular hand-stamp with a sunburst (partially visible) and an eagle (only visible in theory) It would appear to be a control cachet of a Postüberwachungsstelle [military censorship office]. Given the destination of the car, it was probably applied at the military censor office in Frankfurt am Main before the card was given to the civil mail system for delivery. The other stamp, with the  IIA (with two horizontal lines under the 'A') is probably the section or desk code. 

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The feldpost card is a repurposed picture post card. The hand-tinted image on the other side shows a young woman reading a letter. The text reads:

Ein deutscher Gruß / A German Greeting
In der Heimat, in der Heimat, Giebt’s ein Wiedersehn  / In the homeland, in the homeland, there’ll be a reunion, we’ll meet again]

The second line comes from the refrain of a popular soldiers' song.

The diamond shaped logo or monogram on the lower left reads PFB. This is the mark of the postcard publishing firm of Paul Finkenrath, Berlin. On the lower right is the number 358616, the serial number of the card.

   

Cheers, Hugh