The Dr. Nikitin Collection of Zemstvo
November 28, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2053 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO GRIAZOVETS 1885 (24 April) registered combination cover (opened for display), sent from Svyatogorye village, Griazovets district to Moscow, franked on back with uncancelled local 4k and Imperial 14 kopecks, tied by state post office departure cds, Moscow (27 April) arrival alongside, light toning, otherwise fine, with 2001 Philatelic Foundation Certificate  | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2054 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO GRIAZOVETS 1899 (10 June) 7k Imperial stationery entire envelope (opened for display) 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 an irregular "block of three" 1k locals (rate in effect was actually 4 kopecks), tied by straight line "Avnegskom" handstamps, sent from Avnegsk volost, with St. Petersburg arrival (18 June) alongside, fine cover, one of two underpaid dispatches recorded, ex-Faberge | Price Realized $850.00 |
