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HMS Vanadis Mediterranean voyage 1869–70 1869 Paid letter Sweden - Kiel - Vienna - Alexandria - Port Said, Egypt. Place Date *=cancel 63 öre, F7 x2 + F12 + F14, paid letter -10g. PKXP Nr3*, 2.11 Railroad postal to Egypt group 1-5 via NGU & Austria Upsala-Stockholm compartment Apr. 1, 1869 - Sep. 30, 1873. Stockholm change of train Falköping change of train Notation in red crayon “3½” (Silver- PKXP Nr2*, 4.11 Railroad postal groschen, Sgr.), which was Sweden's Falköping-Malmö compartment credit to the North German Union (NGU) and in blue crayon “f 1½” (Sgr.), via Helsingborg - HelsingörKorsör - to show the transit fee beyond NGU Flensburg was paid. Kiel-Hamburg* Railroad postal compartment Vienna Train to port uu uu Alexandria*, Egypt 19.11 Port Said* , Egypt 21.11 uu Sweden got 13½ öre, NGU 1½ Sgr, and Egypt 1½ uu Sgr. Most likely kept Sweden the 18 öre (2 Sgr) not uu credited to NGU on the cover as they should have uu done, because the special postage of 45 öre to the Austrian Post Office in Port Said was suspended uu October 7, 1869 and therefore the rate was cor- Mail route rectly 63 öre with credit of 5½ Sgr to NGU. HMS Vanadis Duration: 1869-1870 Main area: Mediterranean