1942 Ostland Luftfeldpost cover Riga, Latvia – München, SS-Polizei-Infanterie-Regiment 1

Mute machine postmark of July 15, 1941, from Riga. Violet unit cachet FP 19661/Krankentransport-Abteilung 592 of medial transport unit. Sender’s address contains field post number FP 26665/13. Kompanie SS-Polizei-Infanterie-Regiment 1. The letter has been likely posted from German military hospital in Riga.

Postal items sent with Luftfeldpost stamps from Latvia and Estonia are very scarce. Harry v. Hofmann in his Estland/Ostland handbook prices such items as ‘ – -‘ .

Possible exchange for Estonian postal item(s).