Los-Nr. 6503

SHIPMAIL: "R.P.D. General" violet straight-line with adjacent cds. "K.D. Feldpost -4.7.18" in cover endorsed "Schiffsarzt S.M. Hilfsbeischiff 'General'" to Berlin, fine, a very scarce cover with only two known copies, this cover being described in Crüsemann "Deutsche Marine-Schiffspost" Volume II, 4th edition, page 406 and depicted on page 411 At the beginning of May 1918, the steamer "General" was put back into service when the Caucasus delegation had to be transported across the Black Sea. Therefore the equipment of the navy ship mail was returned to the station yacht "Loreley".