Original Kurrent Business Letter Discussing Commercial Quotations
OVERVIEW
Offered is an attractive and historically authentic Kingdom of Bavaria postal stationery card mailed from the celebrated spa town of Kissingen to Munnerstadt.
The card bears the imprinted 2 Kreuzer green postal stationery indicium, properly canceled by a clear Kissingen circular datestamp. Unlike many surviving postal cards containing routine greetings, this example preserves a genuine commercial communication.
The handwritten message concerns ongoing business negotiations, references a report to follow, and discusses competing quotations of 85 and 80, making the card an excellent example of everyday commercial correspondence during the early years of the German Empire.
FRANKING & POSTAL HISTORY
The card is an official Kingdom of Bavaria postal stationery issue, cataloged within the Michel Ganzsachen P2 or P3 and Scott UX1 or UX2 families, featuring the printed 2 Kreuzer green indicium depicting the Bavarian arms supported by heraldic lions.
As official postal stationery, the printed 2 Kreuzer indicium prepaid the applicable domestic postcard postage directly on the buff card stock.
The indicium is cleanly tied by a Kissingen circular datestamp dated March 27, 1874. Additional manuscript writing on the front routes the item to its addressee, providing a complete and attractive postal history record of internal Lower Franconian transit during the early Imperial German postal period.
CONTEXT & COLLECTOR APPEAL
Commercial postal cards with intact manuscript messages are increasingly appreciated because they document real economic activity rather than purely philatelic usage.
Addressed to Herrn Franck in Munnerstadt, the reverse contains an original handwritten business message in German Kurrent script. The writer advises that a more complete report will follow tomorrow, acknowledges correspondence, and discusses competing quotations of 85 and 80, suggesting an active commercial negotiation.
Rather than a social greeting, the correspondence reflects actual commercial activity, illustrating ordinary nineteenth-century business practices.
This gives the card strong crossover appeal for collectors of German States postal history, Bavarian regional transit, and nineteenth-century commercial ephemera.
ITEM SPECIFICS
Country: Kingdom of Bavaria
Year: 1874
Type: Postal Stationery Card
Topic: Kingdom of Bavaria Commercial Postal History
Theme: Regional Transit and Kurrent Script
Subject: 2 Kreuzer Green Arms Indicium
Era: German States Bavaria 1874
Occasion: Commercial Business Correspondence
Region: Kissingen to Munnerstadt Bavaria
Language: German Kurrent Script
Indicium Color: Green
Denomination: 2 Kreuzer
Currency: South German Gulden Kreuzer
Printing Method: Typography
Cover Stock/Paper Type: Buff Card Stock
Gum: Without Gum Postal Stationery
Cancellation Type/Date: Kissingen Circular Datestamp CDS March 27 1874
Catalog Numbers: Michel Ganzsachen P2 or P3 Scott UX1 or UX2
SkU: BAVARIA-1874-KISSINGEN-MUNNERSTADT-2KR
CONDITION
This original 1874 postal card is in sound used condition.
It exhibits typical age-related toning, minor edge wear, and light surface smudging consistent with nineteenth-century postal handling.
The 2 Kreuzer green imprinted indicium, the Kissingen circular datestamp, and the handwritten Kurrent script on both sides remain bold and fully legible.
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