U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1539 RUSSIA Postal Stationery 1848 20k dull blue, entire envelope (108:138mm) with imprint on backflap, Eagle with narrow tail, cancelled by pen, sent from "Lenkoran" (a small seaside city in Azerbaijan, near the southern border with Iran) to St.Petersburg, bearing a double-line "Lenkoran Odpra. 12 May, 1857" departure datestamp on front, also "Polucheno 1857/31 May Pold" (received in the afternoon of 31 May) arrival on back, with intact wax seal, fine, with Mikulski cert. "sie ist eine Russland-seltenheit und noch dazu in einer sehr guten und schonen erhaltung" (a great Russian rarity in very nice condition). Probably unique usage of the 1848 stationery entire from Azerbaijan  | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
