U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1198
RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO OSA
1909 (9 Apr) registered combination cover (opened for display) from village Asoga in Osa district to Warszawa, franked on back with local 3k green, tied by oval "Osinskaya Zemskaya Pochta" datestamp, with registry label on front and Imperial 14k cancelled by Osa cds (13 Apr), with Warszawa arrival (21 Apr). Remarkably, the local rate is underpaid (3k instead of 6k, in effect from 1908 until 1911), one of only two such "errors in payment" recorded, some cover faults, otherwise fine, ex-Nikitin collection
Envelope
Catalog #34
Unsold

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