Heinrich Köhler 383rd Auction – Day 3 Single Lots: German Empire 1872 – 1945 German Reichspost – Shield Issues – The Michael Rehme Collection (part II)

2 ½ Groschen reddish-brown with Travelling Post Office en route cancellation "HAMBURG 26.11 II VAMDRUP" on folded letter to Christiansand, Norway in perfect condition, decorative single franking from known correspondence with photo finding Krug BPP (2017) The sender was the Hambuger Bank C. H. Donner, which had been doing business in Altona since 1816 and had its headquarters in Hamburg since 1871. The merchant and shipowner Conrad Hinrich Donner founded the trading house "Hamburger Banco" in 1798, his grandson Conrad Hinrich III Donner was co-founder of the "Commerz- und Disconto-Bank" in Hamburg in 1870, which later became Commerzbank AG