Dzialoszyn-Berlin, 187?

    Hello
    I would like to show you a simple postcard, from Dzialoszyn (Kingdom of Poland, Kalish goubernia) to Berlin. The postcard has been posted the 24 september 187?, and delivered to Berlin the 8 october... At least, that's what i think. The rectangular postmark has not been filled with the year, and the year isn't either in the delivery postmark. There are no handwritten adnotation, so i think it has been shipped after the UPU. The rate for a postcard was then 4k for the inland like for international postcards, and so there's a bit overfranking of 1k more.
    Can someone tell me more about the delivery postmark, which is unusual for me (i'm more used to se the "AUSG. etc." ones). In particular, is it really a delivery postmark or something else? From-up to when was it in use?
    I posted also the back of the postcard (this time without any "side"), perhaps the year could be written there...
    Bye
    Roberto

    Front
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    Back
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    These marks are common for Berlin. Our Berlin experts will tell you more for shure.

    Nice station postmark!

    Ich mag verdammen, was du sagst, aber ich werde mein Leben dafür einsetzen, dass du es sagen darfst.

    Voltaire

    Hi there

    You are right about it being a delivery mark. However I cannot tell you its period of use. Others most certainly have the literature, but whether they read English is another question.

    The message itself appears to be written in shorthand.

    kind regards

    Nigel

    Sammeln wie es einem Spaß macht

    English is the second language spoken in the world, or at least that's what i've read, but from the philatelic point of view, at least for my collection area, the most interesting information can be found in german... pity i can't read...

    This kind of postmarks was in use in postal stations... (?) What's a postal station? it's not a railway station, it's simply an office located on a postal trakt, i.e. on ways throught which the post was delivered, am i correct? But so, isn't any post office a postal station?...

    Thank's Lacplesis and Nigel for your help.

    As far as I understand it, the station (Stantsiya in russian) on the CT. postmarks IS railway related. The enlish term used by Robinson is "semi-postal railway station offices".
    I guess that means a ticket counter in a railway station that also accepts mail.

    Somewhat difficult to explain in english but a Vokzal is a true railway station and a Stantsiya is a small stop point along the railway.
    In German we would say "Bahnhof" and "Haltestelle"

    Ich mag verdammen, was du sagst, aber ich werde mein Leben dafür einsetzen, dass du es sagen darfst.

    Voltaire

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von Lacplesis (2. April 2008 um 21:58)