U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO BUZULUK 1883 (5 Nov) combination cover from some village in Buzuluk district (Samara province) to Breslau, Germany (today Wroclaw, Poland), franked with local 3k black, cancelled by oval "Buzulukskoy Zemskoy Pochty" datestamp, conveyed via the state post where vertical pair of Imperial 7k carmine and gray (horizontally laid paper) were added, tied by cds (8 Nov), additional strike and Breslau (25 Nov) arrival pmk (12 days difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars is noted), minor tears and cover adhesions on front, otherwise fine, with 2012 Dr.Greis certificate ("this cover is genuine in every aspect and is a very great rarity-early Buzuluk Zemstvo cover, only example with a stamp from the series S8-S10, and one of only two known Buzuluk Zemstvo covers sent abroad-rarity scale RRRR - 1-3 items known"). Stated to be the only recorded Buzuluk cover to Germany  Catalog #10 | Unsold |
