1928 GREAT BRITAIN Registered Envelope Liverpool To Berlin Das Programm Theatrical Journal King George V 41/2d + 1d Interwar Transnational Rail Mail
Exceptional piece of British Interwar international postal history and extraordinary global entertainment/circus archival provenance from January 1928. This official British registered postal stationery envelope with a linen-backed paper structure represents a spectacular, historically significant artifact linking the major industrial port of Liverpool directly with the leading German trade publication for variety, cabaret, and circus arts in Berlin during the Weimar Republic era.
The front side features a beautifully preserved layout pre-printed with a round, combined 4½d carmine-pink King George V registration fee and international postage stamp, explicitly inscribed "REGISTRATION THREE PENCE / POSTAGE THREE HALFPENCE". To cover the full international weight tariff, the envelope is supplemented with a standard adhesive King George V 1d red definitive stamp. Both stamps are postally tied by a crisp strike of the circular postmark from the Lancashire trade hub: "LIVERPOOL / 12.JA / 28" (January 12, 1928). The left margin retains its original, exceptionally clean blue registration label: "R LIVERPOOL 30 No. 22" with a bold blue "F" size designation block. The address is neatly typewritten via a purple ribbon to the prominent theatrical trade journal: "Das Programm, Artistisches fachblatt G.m.b.H., Zimmer Strasse 7/8, BERLIN SW:68".
The reverse side displays the final processing backstamp confirming a swift transnational transit sequence across Europe. It features a bold, perfectly struck black circular arrival date stamp from the German capital's main distribution district: "BERLIN SW * 68 * 14.1.28. 9-10V" (Received on January 14, 1928, between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM), documenting a clean and secure two-day delivery into the Berlin SW68 postal zone directly to the Das Programm editorial archive files.
Type: Original Antique Linen-Backed Postal Stationery Registered Envelope / Interwar British-German Show-Business Archive (Ganzsache Einschreibe-Umschlag).
Publisher: Royal Post Office / British Postal Authority (Great Britain & Ireland).
Subject: Liverpool Lancashire Postal History, King George V 4 1/2d Combined Stamp, Das Programm Berlin Zimmerstraße, Weimar Republic Interwar Transit, Berlin SW68 Arrival Backstamp, Typewritten Address Mail, Variety Theatre & Circus Ephemera.
Status: Postally Used (Internationally traveled under registered status from England to Germany under full regulatory UPU rates).
Condition: Fine / Excellent vintage investment-grade condition. Phenomenal structural integrity of the durable cloth-lined paper stock, sharp clean edges, completely immaculate and unblemished faces on both sides, brilliant original red ink density on the printed stamp imprint, and exceptionally crisp, bold black ink contrast on both the Liverpool dispatch and Berlin arrival cancellations.
Size: Standard commercial registered format.
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