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Lot# 6621 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 6621 Russia

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    Catalogue# : SPB 2
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    St. Petersburg City Post 1864 (Aug 19): Cover within St. Petersburg, bearing 1863 (Aug) City Post stamp 5 kop. black & blue, a fine and fresh example, tied by part strike of neat "KONTORA LYUBAVICH" merchant's cachet in black as well as by a central strike of "S. PETERBURG / 4th city P.O." despatch cds in red. Reverse with another information strike of the despatching office. A most attractive usage from the first period of 1863-1864, when the city post stamps could be used only locally within St. Petersburg or Moscow. Cert. Mikulski (1998).rnProvenance: Collection Agathon Fabergé, Corinphila sale 105 (Sept 1998), lot 8169, the cover with his handwritten annotations.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF