Germany DDR Leipzig 1952 Airmail Commercial Cover to Durham USA Mi#283 Mi#338

Item Specifics

Country

Germany DDR

Catalog Number

Mi283

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Analyze Images: The image shows the front of an envelope sent via airmail. It has two postage stamps from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany - DDR). A postmark from Leipzig dated March 21, 1952, cancels the stamps. A blue "MIT LUFTPOST / PAR AVION" sticker indicates airmail service. The sender is identified as the publishing house Johann Ambrosius Barth in Leipzig. The recipient is Professor Dr. F. London at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. The envelope is marked "Drucksache" (Printed Matter) and handwritten "Korrekturen" (Proofs/Corrections). Translate Text to English: Drucksache: Printed Matter Korrekturen (handwritten): Corrections / Proofs MIT LUFTPOST: With Airmail PAR AVION: By Airplane (French, standard international airmail term) Herrn Professor Dr. F. London: Mr. Professor Dr. F. London JOHANN AMBROSIUS BARTH: Name of the publishing house. VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNGEN: Publishing Houses / Publishing Bookstores LEIPZIG C 1: Leipzig (City), C 1 (Central postal district) Salomonstraße 18 B: Salomon Street 18 B DEUTSCHE POST: German Post DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK: German Democratic Republic (East Germany) LEIPZIGER MESSE 1951: Leipzig Trade Fair 1951 (on the stamp) G.W.FR. HEGEL: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher pictured on the stamp) Verify Addresses: Sender: Johann Ambrosius Barth was a prominent scientific publisher located in Leipzig. Salomonstraße 18b was indeed their address. This address is historically correct for 1952. Recipient: Professor Dr. F. London refers to Fritz London, a famous physicist who was a professor at Duke University in Durham, NC, from 1939 until his death in 1954. The address Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, is correct for him during this period. Brief Summary: This is an airmail envelope sent on March 21, 1952, from the publisher Johann Ambrosius Barth in Leipzig, East Germany, to the physicist Professor Fritz London at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. It contained printed matter, specifically proofs or corrections ("Korrekturen"), likely related to a publication. Postal Route and Distance: Origin: Leipzig C1, German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Destination: Durham, North Carolina, USA. Date: Postmarked March 21, 1952. Route: As an airmail item from East Germany to the USA during the Cold War, it would likely have been routed from Leipzig via a major East German airport (like Berlin-Schönefeld), then transferred to an international carrier in Western Europe (e.g., Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, or London) for a transatlantic flight to a US gateway city (likely New York), and then transported via the US domestic mail system to Durham, NC. Distance: The great-circle (straight line) distance between Leipzig, Germany, and Durham, NC, USA is approximately 4,300 miles (or about 6,920 kilometers). The actual postal route would have been longer.

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