U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 2-3, 2021

Our February 2-3, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,400 lot sale features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Western Ukraine, and many others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented. Also featured are large die proofs from the American Bank Note Company, issued for various South and Central American countries. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 130+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #914
RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia
1897 (21 Jan) registered money letter from Semipalatinsk to Horovice, Austria, canceled on departure in Semipalatinsk, with transit markings of Moscow (2.2 and 3.2), Granitsa (6.2 and 7.2), arriving Horovice (22.2). The (incorrect) postage initially assessed was 37 kopecks (20 kopecks for weight, 7 kopecks for insurance, and 10 kopecks for registration). The clerk changed the insurance fee to 3 kopecks, the correct rate for countries bordering Russia (today Semey, until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk and in 1917-20 as Alash-kala, is a city in East Kazakhstan Region, and in the Kazakhstan part of Siberia)
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Price Realized
$95.00

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