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Special Rate to Other Germanic Countries

Single franked overweight letter, treated as domestic mail, to the neighboring Germanic country of Austria.

Mailed at Berlin N24 on September 22, 1896 to Karlsbad, in the Austria-Hungary Empire.
   
   Early postal agreements (predating the UPU) permitted mail to the Austria-Hungary Empire to be treated as domestic mail.

 
 Forwarding address was added and the envelope dropped in a postal box. Hand stamp states that the item was found in a postal box (after delivery in Austria)