Chile: PPC "Valparaiso", 2* 2c & 1+5c Columbus tied VALPARAISO 16.10.1900, sent to Austrian Marine-Akademie in Fiume , arrival 26 NOV 1900. Addressed to known Franz Pitzinger, K.u.K. Schiffbau-Ingenieur. He had significant design responsibilities for the Erzherzog Karl-class battleships and the Radetzky-class battleships. He led the design of the Ersatz Monarch-class battleships. In 1914 he was promoted to Naval Constructor General.
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Pre-WW1: Japanese Reg cover, 3+10Sn Chrysanthemum tied TOKIO on 2 MAY 1904, sent from Austrian Embassy in Tokio, sent via General Consulate in China to Commando of Austrian War ship S.M.S. KAISERIN ELISABETH, arrival SHANGHAI I.J.P.O. 10 MAY on back. Great item with faults More pictures: a