Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1121
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO CHISTOPOL
1912 (28 Feb) Imperial 3k stationery card franked with a local 2k brown, perf. 11 1/2 (actually the emergency issue of 1911, supplied by a local printer due to some shortage), sent from the volost of Bogorodsk with the Chistopol district, via the capital, with the 3k charge paying for destination of Kegel (4.3), some toning and minor flaws, otherwise fine, signed Roger Calves, with Dr.Greis cert. ("no mint examples of this emergency issue are known, but 9 used stamps (RR), three on covers and this one on postcard") A rarity, ex-Markovitch, Mehrtens, Bianchi collections (Schmidt 6)
Envelope
Catalog #4a
Price Realized
$1,200.00

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