1903 Reims Panorama Cathedral View France Postcard UDB

About This Postcard

This antique postcard features a panoramic cityscape of Reims, France, with the iconic Reims Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Reims) dominating the skyline. The photograph captures the city's dense urban architecture at the turn of the century, including the Grand Théâtre in the mid-ground. Of particular interest to postal historians is the rare front-facing New York transit postmark, which overlaps the original photograph, documenting its transatlantic journey.

Details

Era: Undivided Back (1903)
City: Reims
State: Marne
Region: Grand Est
Country: France
Topic: City Panoramas, Gothic Cathedrals, Reims Cathedral, Transatlantic Mail, Urban History.
Condition: Postally Used (1903)
Address Side: Undivided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Not Stated
Publisher: Not Stated
Printer: Likely French Phototype
Print Type: Phototypie / Collotype

Additional Information

This card features extensive postal history, beginning with a French postmark from August 1903 and a 5-centime "Sower" stamp. It traveled to New York, receiving a "NEW YORK N.Y. AUG 28 11:30 PM 1903" transit mark on the front, before arriving at its final destination in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 2, 1903. The card is addressed to Madame Herman Beckman. The message on the front includes a specific address: "30 Boulevard Lundy," which is a prestigious historic street in Reims. The undivided back features the standard French regulation text regarding the address-only side.

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