Germany - Help With Place Names Pls!

The 1897 cancel on this German stamp clearly reads 'SESNITZ.' However, I can find no place with this name in Germany. Nor does it appear to have been the name of a location in Alsace-Lorraine or east Prussia, regions which now belong to France and Poland respectively. The closest name I can find is Sassnitz, a resort on Ruegen Island. It's possible that at one time this place was called Sesnitz, rather than Sassnitz. However, all the cancels I can find online for this location show the placename spelt the same as it is today, so I've ruled it out as a possibility. Does anyone know where Sesnitz is?

Try 'Segnitz'

Horrors, you're right!

It doesn't look remotely like a 'G' to me, but there you go!

Thanks, tony.

Next up: a four letter name beginning with 'LAM.'



This one really has me stumped. There is a place called Lam in Bavaria but (1) Bavaria had its own stamps at this time and (2) this is clearly a name with four letters.

Lahr in Baden-Württemberg ?

Puzzler, I think it has to be. The letters at the bottom would then read (BADEN), which seems entirely possible.

Thank you for the suggestion.