Need Help With Address

Hi,

I am not able to read the address information on this cover. Could any of you help me?

Thanks,

Larry

Hi Larry,

I can't read the address but the instruction at the top refers to the North German Lloyd liner "Kronprinzessin Cecilie":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kro...ssin_Cecilie

I wonder if the cover was addressed to Rostock in Germany? That's my best guess but I may be way off.

Is there an arrival postmark on the back of the cover?

I don't know much about foreign addresses, but would agree it's Germany. It's also interesting that it made it there on two cents. (I think overseas mail was higher, even back in the day of that cover).

As for the addressee, my guess is the name is "Wilhelm Schmidz, Esq." (possibly a variation on "Schimdt"?).

I can read one line, the one that reads "Cirkus Busch". Googling it brings up a wealth of info!

Peter

I think the adddress is:

Cirkus Busch
Bahnhof Borse

http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicp...Circus_Busch

edit: I see Peter beat me to it.

That's a very interesting destination - very nice.

I was guessing wrongly that the "Circus" was a street like the ones in London.

I see now that it was in Berlin. It's always easier to read an address when you know what is says!

What does the 'Bureau S' above the address mean?

It seems the detailed part of the address.

The word Bahnhof translate in Google to Railway Station, so railway Station Market perhaps? With the Bureau S part meaning a drawer or slot or locker to store incoming mail in perhaps?

Hi Puzzler,

I guess it's "Bureau d.", so Office of the Circus Busch.

The Circus had its own building at the station:

Thank you all. Much appreciated.

There was alas no receiver postmark on the other side, would have made reading this much easier. And, I would guess that the address was written by an individual using a very old fashioned German script since at first I thought that it was all in Cyrillic.

So, the cover appears to have been sent from NYC to Herr Schmidt with the Circus Borse in Berlin via the liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie at the rate of 2¢.

Nice cover?

best,

Larry

Larry, just to get it correct. The Circus is the "Cirkus Busch". The Busch family had a circus in many large German towns; this one was close to the "Borse" station. A "Borse" is a stock exchange. The Borse station was later named the "Marx-Engels Platz" station. After the fall of the regime in East Germany the station was again renamed and is now known as the "Hackescher Halt" after a market nearby.

Peter