24th January 1933
'Zurück' between Reichs
Cover sent from Berlin to New Jersey, USA and subsequently returned (zurück). Ref: 24.01.1933
The story of the cover?
24th January 1933 (3 - 4 p.m.)
The envelope is posted to Georg Kemling (?) at 257 Union Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.A., from the 'Versorgungsamt IV, Berlin' (Pension Office IV, situated on General-Pape-Straße, Berlin-Schöneberg).
3rd February 1933 (2 p.m.)
The envelope arrives at the post office in Clifton, N.J. The addressee cannot be located and the alternative address of 57 Highland Avenue in Passiac is written on the cover.
4th February 1933
The envelope is hand stamped by the Passiac post office and sent out for delivery. Once again the recipient cannot be located and the Highland Avenue address is struck through. The envelope is returned to the Passiac post office awaiting to be claimed.
Possibly on or about the 19th February 1933 (?)
The Passiac post office hand-stamp the envelope with 'Returned to sender, unclaimed from Passiac N.J.' above a hand-script annotation stating, 'Removed - 19 [initials?]'
29th April 1933
About this date the envelope is hand-stamped with 'Zurück'. Written in green ink are the words '29/4 Zurück' (and another word in green ink that hasn't been translated).
2nd May 1933
The envelope is returned to the sender, Pension Office IV, in Berlin-Schönberg. Upon receipt the envelope is hand-stamp with a receipt acknowledgement.
Interestingly this cover was sent from Germany during the last days of the Weimar Republic (which ended with the advent of the Enabling Act of 23rd March 1933) and was returned to sender at the beginning of the 3rd Reich.
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