By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
lot # 5285 - varieties / plate flaw / specials
1899, Envelope from a German sea-soldier bearing a German 10 Pf. stamp sent with cds "TSINTAU 1/2 99" to Weingarten, Germany with b/s arrival 11.3.99. The single franking of 10 Pf. was the FIRST DAY of a special rate for soldier-letters since 1.2.1899, the usual postal rate for letters to Germany was 20 Pf. until the 1th May of 1899, then the postal rate was reduced for all letters.
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