Via Di Svizzera

Hallo bayern klassisch,

Mund wieder geschlossen.........besser kann mans nicht erklären, danke für Deine Geduld

Viele Grüsse
Christian

Hallo bayernjäger,

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Viele Grüsse
Christian

Hallo Bayernjäger, ich kann Dir bei Bedarf den Aufsatz Via di Svizzera Van der Linden aus Postgeschichte 1996 zukommen lassen, evtl. per E-mail. Gruß remstal

Hello,

I don't know if there is some example among all the letter that makes our theory fall but here in Italy we suspect that the mark VIA DI SVIZZERA was not put on the letter in Milano but in Camerlata, at the terminal of the railway road.

Francesco

Hello Francesco,

interesting - when was this railway - route opened?

Hello Ralph,

the railway arrived in Camerlata in december 1849. Here is a print of the station taken from the book "Binari per Como". Only on 1872 the railway arrived in the city center,

Francesco

Hello Francesco,

thanks für the picture - but I can´t see it, as it is to small.

So you think that the D.A.a.L. - handstamp was used in Camerlata too? As both handstamps usually show the same colour and the Milano arrival - handstamp ist missing very often. Shouldn´t Milano stamp the letters from Germany with their handstamp, when the letters arrived via Switzerland?

Now it should be better.

Francesco

Ralph,

maybe you are right: in the examples shown in this thread D.A.a £. e VIA DI SVIZZERA have the same color. Online I was finding some more letter and here also usually they have the some color. Only the one form Ravensburg to Ancona looks different from FRANCA put in Milano.

In the archive in Milan we didn't find any information about this mark, only about VIA DEGLI STATI SARDI and VIA DI CHIASSO and others. It can be that the document went lost. Maybe one day I'll ask you to comment it.

Francesco

Hello Francesco,

I agree with your opinion about the letter of Wurttemberg, but I have seen different shades of red from Milano, when there was a "Franco" - handstamp among other red handstamps.

I will look tomorrow for an example, so that you can see, what I talk about.

Hello Francesco,

I show a letter from Milan to Munich, dated Febr. 1823, showing 2 different colours, as FRANCA is light-orange, but MILANO is dark orange.

A question about the letter from Milan to Munich, dated March 1852 - there are no transit - marks on the reverse side; was there a possibility to send via Svizzerland to Bavaria, as we have a few letters from Bavaria to Milan in closed bags via Svizzerland, showing only 9 Kr. stamps without any manual taxes.

Ciao Ralph,

thanks for the scans. The letter on the left can't be 1823, easier 1843 because the mark FRANCA and the date mark too weren't yet in use in 1823. Anyway that is a prepaied letter and I think there shoud be a 12 on the back. 6 on the front is the swiss transit?

The other one is a unpaied letter sent via INNSBRUCK (???) a the fee is 9 +3=12 (???)

Then, when I have some time,I'll add aomething about the different color of mark. Anyway you're right: it's normal that they are different.

Francesco

Ciao Francesco,

#52 You are right - the letter has full content and is dated 23. Feb. 1841.