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This letter was sent by air mail to Catania in Sicily; it is addressed from Martin, Hamburg 37, Hansastrasse 82 to Some-title Martin, S S Barcelona Something, Catania, Sicily.. The cover carries franking of 50pf (25pf for surface mail to Europe, 20 extra for air, and the 5 for the tram). It has two lines of black roller cancel HAMBURG 1 / Straßenbahn / 20.10.32 1020. There is a violet boxed cachet Mit Luftpost befördert Leipzig *2 (the * is indecipherable) as well as a blue air mail label and a handwritten red-underlined Mit Flugpost at the top. It was flown from Leipzig to Brindisi: on the rear are LEIPZIG C2 / 20.10.32.4 -5N / * ? ?; *POST AEREA* / date and time / ???ROVIA; and BRIN.. / 21.10.32 / (10). It arrived in Catania, and shows CATANIA / 9-10 / 23 . X / ? / DIS?? with an Italian slogan. However, when it arrived the ship had sailed, as the letter is readdressed to somewhere in Palermo.
©Andy Taylor. Last updated 6 Aug 2000.