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Lot 20209 – 1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany

1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
Lot 20209 – 1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany
Romania » Romania Austrian Levant Post Offices » Steamer Post
Price realised
2’000 EUR
Estimate
1’200 – 1’500 EUR
Auction date
Wed 5 Jun 2019 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1909 SHIP MAIL ON THE RIVER DANUBE: Postcard to Germany franked Russia 3k posted on ship of the Black Sea & Danube Steam Shipping Company, delivered to the company’s agency in Galatz and cancelled 4 line datestamp in violet in cyrillic translated as AGENCY OF THE BLACK SEA & DANUBE STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY AT GALLATZ 11 6 09. Ships on this line based in Odessa had post-boxes for letters posted on board, though evidently this service was seldom used, this example being unique. The original of illustration in “Russia used Abroad” (1957, p.72, fig.59), ex Casey

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