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Lot# 7265 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 7265 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x+19x+21x
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    Russia 1872 (Aug 5): Cover from St. Petersburg to Paris, bearing 1866 1 kop. black & yellow, 3 kop. black & green and 10 kop. brown & blue, all perf. 14½ : 15 on horizontally laid paper, three fresh and fine examples, tied by light "S. PETERBURG" despatch cds with framed Russian "NEDOSTATOCHNO FRANKIROVANO" handstamp in black and German "Unzureichend frankirt" handstamp in red, both meaning "insufficiently franked". Front struck in addition by French "ALLEMAGNE 20 AOUT 72 ERQ. PARIS" entry cds in blue. Reverse with St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg - Warsaw train station despatch as well as German "AUS RUSSLAND über BÜR XI EDKBRG PORTO" railway cds's. Franked for the first weight rate with 4 kop. or 4 sgr. noted in red crayon, reweighed and taxed upon arrival as a third rate cover between 20 and 30 gr. with three times 110 c. with the franking neglected. Attractive and interesting.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF