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Lot# 1886 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 1886 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 45+46
    Shipmail on the White Sea 1904 (July 22): Picture postcard depicting a shot blue whale, directed to Hamburg, bearing 1889 1 kop. orange in a vertical pair and 2 kop. green, tied by neat "2e VREMPAROKHOD BYLMORSKOE POCHT. OTD.” Shipmail cds, an information strike and HAMBURG arrival (Aug 10) cds alongside. An extremely rare usage known between 1897 and 1906, Mandrovskij and coworkers - Russian Shipmail (2011) value it at $ 6’000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold