Postcard from a Moscow Doctor to a friend in Revel, modern-day Tallinn, dated 10 April 1891.
The size is standard 5 ½" x 3 ½", with a pre-printed 3-kopek postal stamp and the Russian Imperial double-headed eagle on the obverse. The postcard shows a stamped return address of G. Vitt, a doctor of medicine. Note that there were no house numbers in Russia at that time; correspondence was addressed to the street name and the name of the owner of the building. Interestingly and uncommonly, the obverse has not two but three consecutively dated cancels: Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Revel. Apparently, St. Petersburg's post office not only served as a relay point on this postal route but
The size is standard 5 ½" x 3 ½", with a pre-printed 3-kopek postal stamp and the Russian Imperial double-headed eagle on the obverse. The postcard shows a stamped return address of G. Vitt, a doctor of medicine. Note that there were no house numbers in Russia at that time; correspondence was addressed to the street name and the name of the owner of the building. Interestingly and uncommonly, the obverse has not two but three consecutively dated cancels: Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Revel. Apparently, St. Petersburg's post office not only served as a relay point on this postal route but had to stamp the correspondence passing through.
The message is in German and Dr. Vitt's handwriting is too flowing to be easily deciphered. We only glimpsed the overall friendly tone and mention of a Dr. Schlocker from Kursk.
The postcard is in excellent condition. The paper is mostly clean, with just a few small faint stains that do not obscure any printed or handwritten text. The postal cancels are reasonably clear and quite legible.
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