Swiss German Industrial Manufacturing Trade Correspondence

OVERVIEW

Offered is an original 1880 Switzerland 10-centime postal stationery card mailed from the Zurich Railway Branch to Gottingen, Germany.

Addressed to Gustav Lappe and Co, a Gottingen sewing machine manufacturer, this piece is a premier example of Swiss and German industrial correspondence.

Featuring a sharp sender cachet for the E. Blum Technisches Bureau in Zurich and exceptional period calligraphy on the reverse, it serves as a highly functional artifact of cross-border industrial exchange during the Second Industrial Revolution.

FRANKING & POSTAL HISTORY

As a postal stationery issue, the 10-centime franking is represented by a printed indicium featuring the Swiss cross and numeral 10 within an oval, positively identified as Scott P10.

No adhesive stamp was required for this international postal transmission.

The card is canceled by a single, clear double-ring circular date stamp reading:

ZURICH FIL BHF

denoting the Station Branch, dated December 3, 1880.

The presence of this specific railway branch cancel indicates a highly precise postal dispatch period along the established Swiss and German railway networks.

CONTEXT & COLLECTOR APPEAL

This item is a direct, preserved record of engineering and industrial supply correspondence from the late nineteenth century.

The auxiliary oval sender cachet explicitly identifies the origin as a technical and engineering office, while the destination anchors it in the precision machinery trade. The reverse features a stunning, fully intact manuscript message written in classic 19th-century German cursive.

Dated "Zürich 3 Dezb 80" and signed by Blum, it captures the European manufacturing supply chain in motion.

This combination of pristine commercial calligraphy, technical cachets, and an industrial manufacturing destination provides exceptional crossover appeal for both postal historians and thematic machinery collectors.

ITEM SPECIFICS

Country: Switzerland

Year: 1880

Type: Postal Stationery Card

Topic: Industrial Revolution Sewing Machine Factory Trade Mail

Theme: Machinery and Technical Manufacturing History

Subject: E Blum to Gustav Lappe Sewing Machine Factory

Era: Second Industrial Revolution Late 19th Century

Region: Zurich Switzerland to Gottingen Germany

Stamp Color: Red

Stamp Denomination: 10c

Paper Type: Postal Cardstock

Gum: Not Applicable

Cancellation Type: Circular Date Stamp

Cancellation Date: 3 December 1880

Scott Number: P10

Custom SKU: SWISS-1880-P10-ZURICH-GOTTINGEN

CONDITION

This original card is in authentic postally used condition.

The Zurich Fil Bhf circular date stamp and the sender oval cachet are both cleanly struck. The reverse manuscript message is remarkably preserved, with bold, highly legible ink and no smudging.

Observed condition includes light corner wear, edge handling, and noticeable age toning with scattered spotting consistent with 1880 postal stationery.

There is no major structural damage or repairs observed.

Please review photographs carefully to determine exact condition.

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