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Lot# 1197 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 1197 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 49x
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    1900 (Sept 23): Registered quintuple rate cover from the consulate of the United States in Batum to St. Petersburg bearing a strip of six Arms 7 kop. blue adhesives on horizontally laid paper, tied by "BATUM - ODESSA" type 2 Shipmail cds with matching provisional 1899 type "PAROKHOD ODESSA - BAT." registration label at left, in manuscript corrected for the opposite travelling direction. Reverse with BATUM-ODESSA despatch cds of the following day and ST. PETERSBURG arrival cds in pink and distribution cds of the 7th city P.O. (Sept 27). A very rare usage, only six registered items with this provisional label are known, from the collection of Dr. Casey with his write up.rnProvenance: Collection Harry von Hofmann, Köhler sale 358 (Sept. 2014), lot 1340; collection Dr. Raymond Casey, DF sale (Nov 2016), lot 10285.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF