1901, steamer CREFELD, picture postcard "Colombo, Mount Lavinia hotel. ", dated 1.9.01 (is seeming the 1.10.01) to Leipzig, the NDL steamer "CREFELD" kicked as aid hospital ship at the 15.9.01 from Shanghai from the homeward journey at, the franchise for army postal service ended at the 1.9.01, insofar franked with 5 Pfg and perfect centric neat cancelled with ship mail single circle postmark "Kais. German ship mail / steamer Crefeld" to Leipzig, forwarding at the face with all postmarks, very rare, this ship cancel was only approximate two months in use, from a large Crefeld homeland history collection