Vienna to USA: cancelled 16 March, Washington arrival backstamp 30 March. Franked with 165 Gr. Foreign registration fee 70 Gr + 60 Gr postage for 20 gram + 35 Gr for next 20 gram makes 165 Gr.
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Vienna to USA: cancelled 16 March, Washington arrival backstamp 30 March. Franked with 165 Gr. Foreign registration fee 70 Gr + 60 Gr postage for 20 gram + 35 Gr for next 20 gram makes 165 Gr.
Vienna to USA: cancelled 21 March, arrival backstamp 1 April. Franked with 130 Gr. Foreign registration fee 70 Gr + 60 Gr postage for 20 gram makes 130 Gr.
On the reverse is the handwritten note 'Sent to me 3/21/38 after Germany occupied Austria', and three seals with blue on white printing 'The best is always the cheapest'..
Vienna-to-Vienna letter, but Austria had abolished local rate in 1925 so inland rate applied: cancelled 2 April, receipt cachet 'Poststelle des Beauftragten der Führers Gauleiter Bürckel 3 APR 1938' (ie the post-receiving office of the Führer's delegate, Gauleiter Bürckel). It was sent by the Stenographische Gesellschaft Wien. Franked with 64Gr. Inland registration fee 40 Gr + 24 Gr for 20 gram makes 64 Gr.
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©Andy Taylor. Last updated 25 Aug 2002