St. Pölten / Austria: Kremsergasse Electric Tramway Censorship Stamp (Vintage PC 1915)

beautiful vintage color tinted printed postcard showing a lively historical street scene in st poelten (st pölten), lower austria. the front depicts the busy kremsergasse looking down towards the grand main railway station building (bahnhof) in the background. the scene is filled with great local details, capturing an early electric tram car (strassenbahn) on its tracks, local pedestrian traffic in period clothing, historic storefronts like the apotheke (pharmacy) and reiss, and an ornate bicycle shop sign for a. libert on the right facade. the top center features the printed caption st poelten kremsergasse m bahnhof.
the back of the postcard is formatted with a divided back layout as an austrian korrespondenzkarte. it features a green 5-heller kaiserliche königliche österreichische post stamp. the card is cancelled with a double-ring st poelten postmark dated 14 may 1915. it also features a striking red rectangular wartime censorship stamp reading wien 1 / ueberprueft.
it is addressed in elegant german handwriting to wohlgeb frau josefine steinek at spittastrasse 4 in stuttgart, germany. the left side contains a long, dense personal message handwritten in german script. the bottom center contains the publisher copyright notice nachdruck strengstens verboten. 

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1915

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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