Thursday, February 28, 2019

Mourning cover from Schloss Hohenburg, Lenggries, mourning the death of G.D. Marie Adélaïde


Mourning the Death of  G.D. Marie Adélaïde
in 1924









Grand Duchess Marie Adélaïde died age 29 on 24 January 1924 at Schloss Hohenburg, the Nassau-Weilbourg family residence, near Lenggries, Bavaria.

The 10pf. cover seen here was posted during the period of mourning at Lenggries on 5 March 1924 and bears the Schloss Hohenburg P.B. imprint on the reverse flap.

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