The Dr. Nikitin Collection of Zemstvo
November 28, 2012

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Lot #2075
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO KREMENCHUG
1882 (27 Aug) combination cover (opened for display), franked with local imperf. 3k orange, top sheet margin single cancelled and dated by manuscript "Pirogi" (Kremenchug Zemstvo adhesives were cancelled in manuscript until 1897, when postmarks were introduced), sent from Pirogi village in Kremenchug district to Tciglerovka village of Konstantinograd (today Krasnohrad, Kharkov Oblast), sent via the Imperial Post, where two 7k carmine and gray (horizontally laid paper) were added, tied by Kremenchug departure cds, repeated on front, arriving in Konstantinograd of 31 August. A fine cover; of eight known Kremenchug dispatches, this is the only recorded double weight mailing, ex-Dr.Greis collection
Envelope
Catalog #4
Price Realized
$7,000.00

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