Visit of Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne Kaiserswerth Hospital BFPS_1374

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Cover Issued by Dusseldorf Station Philatelic Society

2500 covers issued

This is the first occasion  where a member of the Royal Family’s name has appeared on a special handstamp postmark.

Kaiserswerth is where Florence Nightingale did her early training and wrote her treatise on nursing.

At the time of the visit one of the covers at her request  was given to Princess Anne as well as another for her mothers (Queen) collection.