U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 22-23, 2009
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 | Lot #1230 RUSSIA Ship Mail 1917 (Dec 30) cover with letter ("we are marooned in Hong Kong for the third week. no idea what is going on in Russiaďż˝.") addressed to Petrograd, from an officer aboard the naval cruiser "Oriol", caught by the revolutionary events in Russia while in Hong Kong, carried by hand to Vladivostok by a marine returning to Russia, posted as a free-frank, with red (faint) ship seal, oval Vladivostok railroad 12.1.18 departure pmk and backstamped 14.2 on arrival. An interesting revolutionary period document
| Price Realized $450.00
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