1914, from Cavtat (Ragusa Vecchia, Croatia) to Seattle, USA,
franked with 25 Heller blue Franz Joseph issue, tied by circular
date stamp
1914, from Cavtat (Ragusa Vecchia, Croatia) to Seattle, USA,
franked with 25 Heller blue Franz Joseph issue, tied by circular
date stamp CAVTAT 14.VI.14 RAGUSAVECCHIA (Dalmatian coastal town,
then Austro-Hungarian Empire), reverse shows US arrival cancel
CHICAGO ILL JUN 22 1914, addressed to 46 Avenue South in Seattle,
standard transatlantic single-letter rate, early and rare usage
from Dalmatia to the United States shortly before the outbreak of
World War I, mailed only two weeks before the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, postal item from the final
days of peace in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ex Kugel, VF-XF!
Estimate 400€.
