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1. The letter was mailed registered from Sofia, Bulgaria, 19. June 1933
(19.VI.933) with destination Tampico, Mexico. The letter contained printed matter
("Imprime"). "Sofia No. 1" is the post office in the region "Hallite" in Sofia.
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2. The letter was probably sent by train to Vienna or London, but there
are no markings on the letter before it reached New York, Registry Division,
28 June (6.28.1933).
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3. This is a control stamp of New Laredo city, crossover point for mail
from USA to Mexico. No numbers or dates have been filled in, so it is
difficult to tell whether this stamp was applied going into or out of Mexico.
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4. Then, 7 July the letter reached Tampico, Mexico. "Bultos postales" means "Bulk mail" and might
refer to the contents of the letter as printed matter. |
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5. "Primer aviso 7 Jul 1933" signifies the "First notice" sent to the recipient of the registered letter. |
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6. These two number markings are reference numbers in the reg-mail register, applied along the route.
The blue mark looks like the Mexican cancels, but the black might be Bulgarian...
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7. The recipient did not claim the letter, however, and it finally had to be returned to the sender.
Two cancels states the fact: "No reclamado" means "Not claimed" and "REZAGOS" also translates to "Unclaimed"
or "Left behind".
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8. 8 August 1933 the return travel has started, and the cover receives another cancel with "Bulk mail,
Tampico".... |
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9. This is the second registration cancel on the letter. Probably, a registered letter had to be sent
registered on the return as well. This time with a Mexican cancel with the words "Rezagos" again, and
"Certificados No. 12". The cancel seems not to be applied in Tampico, though: "Mexico D.F." means "Mexico City".
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10. At that time, international correspondence was not flown directly into Bulgaria. Probably, the mail
was flown to London or Vienna, then transported by train to Sofia. Thus, this arrival cancel of 10 September
(10.IX.33) is applied at "Sofia Gare", or the Sofia Railway Station. |
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11. The same day the cover was transported to the main post office of Sofia to receive another arrival
cancel (10.IX.33).... |
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12. An interesting detail, though, is that the sender's address is given in Varna, Bulgaria. Even
though the letter was mailed from Sofia, it had to be returned to Varna... |
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13. 11 September (11.IX.33) the journey continued domestically from Sofia, this time with a
cancel "Sofia No 5" from the post office in the region Poduene in Sofia...
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14. ... before finally arriving in Varna 12 September (12.IX.933), nearly 3 months after the
journey started .... |
