Lot 20511 – 1899 Postcard of the « Carlo Alberto » during the Sun Man Bay quarrel

1899 (Nov 26) Postcard from Amoy to Venice, franked by Umberto 10c tied by « R. NAVE C. ALBERTO » cds, repeated alongside, faintly tied in addition by arrival ds; during the Sun Man Bay quarrel, the « Carlo Alberto » and the « Liguria » replaced the « Marco Polo », « Stromboli », « Etna » and « Piemonte », which were withdrawn in August and November 1899, and the « Carlo Alberto » became the new flagship of the small fleet of three ships (together with the « Elba »). An extremely rare mail, with no additional examples so far recorded from this ship during the incident of San Mun Bay.