CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 7

Austrian Shipmail, ship's handstamp of the Hungarian-Croatian Shipping Company 1908c: Picture postcard with a Spalato harbour motif, directed to Klosterneuburg, bearing 1908 5 h. green, tied on the vessel by clear oval "COMANDO PIROSCAFO 'VERTES' " handstamp in pink (Tchilinghirian unknown). rnNote: Ship's handstamp of the vessel 'Vèrtes' of the Hungarian-Croatian shipping company, administered from Budapest and based in Fiume. The 'Vertès' came into service in 1908, handstamps of this type are known from six different vessels, see Del Bianco, vol. I on pp. 117-129.rnReference: A similar handstamp on piece from the vessel 'MAGYAR' is depicted in Del Bianco - Il Lloyd austriaco e gli annuli marittimi dell' Austria-Ungheria, opposite of  page 241.rnProvenance: DF sale (Oct 1995), lot 31840.