The Dr. Nikitin Collection of Zemstvo
November 28, 2012

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Lot #2105
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO PERM
1897 (10 July) registered combination cover from a remote village in Perm district to an official in a village in Viatka region, redirected to Kumeny, franked on back with diagonal half of local 5k dark blue, tied by violet "Zemskaya Pochta Permskago Uyezda" cds. When In 1897, rate for registered mail was reduced from 5 to 2 kopecks (in effect until 1917), bisects of earlier 5k stamps were used, in this case in combination with pair of Imperial 7k, tied by Perm (11 July) cds, arriving "Poldien" (mid-day) in Vyatka (15 and 17 July), and in Kumeny, with appropriate cds. Cover was roughly opened with some damage restored on back, otherwise fine example of this rarity, one of only three known
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Price Realized
$10,000.00

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