Agram

As a collector of old postal items, you sometimes come across stamp impressions of place names you have never heard of or that mean nothing to you. For instance, I came across the name Agram on a letter from 1848. Where is that village or town located? The print was printed on the back of the letter. And the front? No, that didn't make me much wiser either. So, I decided to take a look on the internet. Agram was quickly found there, the old name for Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The name Agram was used during the Austro-Hungarian period, until 1867 when Zagreb began to flourish again. Then the place from which the letter was sent. Neutra. This is the German name for Nitra, or Nyitra in Hungarian. The distance from Nitra to Zagreb is approximately 200 kilometers. The letter was sent on October 19, 1848, and arrived in Zagreb on October 26, 1848. And the contents of the letter? No, that doesn't give me any leads! I did find a small dry stamp in the upper left corner. With the letters BATH or RATH with a small crown above it. Who can read the text of this letter? And does anyone recognize the dry stamp? Or the monogram in the wax seal? What was the reason the letter took so long to arrive? Because of the war between Austria and Hungary? The Serbs and Croats were rebelling against Hungary at the time, supported by the Emperor of Austria. In September 1848, the 40.000-strong army of Josip Jelači od Bužima had invaded Hungary and thereby liberated part of Croatia. A statue of Jelači stands in Zagreb. Yet another letter with a historical background? I bought the letter because of the beautiful ornamental AGRAM stamp, but I did not expect there to be so much mystery surrounding it.