1897 Envelope from the French Companie des Messageries Maritime (logo on backflap), evidently from Batum, sent to Constantinople with 10k tied by blue „LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXIX“ 10 9 97 cds, with Austrian Constantinople arrival bs, minor soiling, fine LXIX was the number allocated to S.S. Vesta between the years 1891 to 1901. She was a vessel of 1820 tons built in 1869 and operated mainly on the slow line Trieste-Constantinople-Batum and back. Withdrawn from service in 1907.