Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3421 RUSSIA 1922 (16 Feb) registered postal money order (transfer of 565,600r at a fee of 2% of the funds equaling 11,312r, rounded to 11,400r) from Tashkent to Kazalinsk (Kazakhstan), franked with 3,50r imperf. (used as 1,000r), 10r perf. (used as 10,000r) on front, used in combination with current RSFSR definitives, strip of 4x100r pelure paper, with arrival (26.2) on back, some adhesions and filing folds away from the stamps. At the time, postage stamps were in short supply in Russian Turkestan and the postal district authorized the use of Imperial arms stamps (often referred to as Turkestan Provisionals) at inflated values. An interesting example of obscure Turkestan district revaluations, great RSFSR specialist item  Catalog #181a | Unsold |
