The Dr. Nikitin Collection of Zemstvo
November 28, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2139 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO STAVROPOL 1897 (10 Sep) combination 7k Imperial stationery entire envelope with pre-printed address of the Department of Rural Economics and Agrarian Statistics - Ministry of Agriculture and State Property in St. Petersburg, franked on back with local 3k orange red, tied by oval "Stavr. Zemstvo Samarsk.G." datestamp, with corresponding "Staraya Maina" Samara province cds, repeated on front, with arrival (20 Sep) pmk, fine and scarce cover  | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #2140 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO STAVROPOL 1914 (2 May) combination picture postcard from a village in Stavropol (also referred to as Stavropol-on-Volga) district to Rostov-on-Don, franked with 3k green (Ardatov type), tied by a decorative "Stavr. Zemstvo Samarsk. Gub," with Imperial 3k red added alongside, tied by Stavropol cds, with Rostov (7 May) arrival pmk below, minor card creases, otherwise fine. Stated to be the only known example of this particular post office stamp (in 1964, the city was renamed Tolyatti - after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party) Catalog #7 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
