
CHINA / AUSTRIA MARITIME: 1902 (21 7) postcard to India franked CIP 2c with Shanghai dispatch, Tuticorin transit (10 AU), Bombay arrival (14 AU), hs 'T' with ms '2 cts), v.fine LLOYD AUSTRIACO/PIROSCAFO/TIRUL in blue-green alongside applied en route by Austrian steamship. Tirul was built in 1901. Rare, if not unique usage.