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  • Lot# : 1721 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x+21x+22x
    1866: Arms definitives 1 kop. yellow & black, 10 kop. brown & blue, and 20 kop. blue & orange, all on hor. laid paper, perf 14½ : 15, tied by "ST. TROSTENETS 13 MAI 1877" cds's to registered envelope (one backflap missing) with handwritten "ZAKAZNOJE" and "2L" alongside, sent to the railway station Boromlya in the Kharkov gubernia with arrival cds of the next day on reverse. The 31 kop. franking pays twice the postage of 8 kop., 10 kop. registration surcharge, and 5 kop. for the sender's receipt. A fine and rare registered cover from one horse carriage station P.O. to another.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold