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November 12-13, 2008

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Lot #2792
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1854 outer FL from St. Petersburg to Bucharest, addressed "To The Danube Army Headquarters", with circular SPB July 6 datestamp and red wax seal, v.f. and scarce example of military mail during the so called "Undeclared War" with the Ottoman Empire (1853-4). In 1853 Russian troops entered the Principalities of Moldavia and Valakhia, a move that eventually led to the Crimean War. International pressure forced the Danube Army to evacuate the area in October of 1854
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