The Dr. Nikitin Collection of Zemstvo
November 28, 2012

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2003
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV
1898 (Apr) cover franked with local 5k light red (1898 issue), tied by undated "Vyksunskaya Volost" post station postmark, used in the Ardatov district, with arrival (3 Apr) district post Nizhniy Novgorod Gov. cds on back, filing folds, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2004
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV
1899 (4 Apr) cover from Mont Athos (a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece, home to at least 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople), franked on back with Russian Levant 10k pale red and green, tied by "Ropit Afon" cds, addressed to Kremenki village of Ardatov district, with local 3k dark blue added on arrival at the Zemstvo Head Post Office (23 Apr), bearing postmaster's notation "addressee refused to accept the letter" (a common occurrence at the time, as postage due was a novel phenomenon). A remarkable incoming letter from Greece/Turkey to Ardatov, unique combination, with 2006 Dr.Greis certificate
Envelope
Price Realized
$19,000.00

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