On 12 August 1891 the item was found in a yellow letter box at 1:45pm, as handwritten on the top. It was taken to Weissgarber Post Office, which accepted letters and telegrams but had no pneumatic facilities. There it was cancelled at '2pm' , and sent by messenger to Landstrasse Hauptstrasse which did. They applied the blue '9' for Leopoldstadt (pre-renumbering) which is at Taborstrasse and cancelled it at '2-3pm'. It arrived at Taborstrasse, also at '2-3pm', and was delivered to the 4th floor at the 3rd door of the Nordbahn Offices.