U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 3-4, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1921 (21.10) registered cover (insured for 15,000r) franked with the first definitives (those were only available in Moscow, Petrograd and Kharkov) 1r orange, 2r red brown, 5r dull ultramarine, 20r blue pelure paper (2), 1000r carmine, used in combination with imperf. pair of Imperial 1r, paying the correct 1,050r rate (750r postage and 300r insurance, calculated at 2% of the value) from Kharkov to Rostov on Don, with virtually intact wax seals and arrival pmk on back, fine and important RSFSR postal history, stated to be one of only four such covers known  Catalog #177-80,186 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
