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1860 (23 Jan) stampless money letter sent from Zakataly to Colonel Baron Moritz Wrangel in Baku, postmarked in Zakataly "23.1.50" (corrected to "1860") and Baku (6.2.60). This is the earliest known mail from Zakataly. The letter contained banknotes worth 270 rubles. Postage was 2 rubles (20k for weight, 70k for the 1% insurance fee, and 3k for receipt) (today, Zaqatala is a city in northwest Azerbaijan) (Image)
Est.$500
Opening US$ 575.00
Sold...US$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-11-2020, 13:37:08 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 1120
Lot No: 2961
Symbol: e
1897 (9 July) stampless cover sent by the senior "microscopist" at the Caucasian Sericulture Station in Zakataly to its office in Shusha, with Zakataly (7.7.97), Nukha (7.7 and 9.7), and Shusha (11.7) postmarks, complete paper seal of the Caucasian Sericulture Station which was established in Tiflis in 1887 to promote the silk industry in the Caucasus (today Zaqatala is a city in northwest Azerbaijan) (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Nov-11-2020, 13:37:23 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 1120
Lot No: 2962
Symbol: e
1915 (25 June) registered cover franked on back with strip of 3x10k dark blue, sent from Astara to Tsarskoye Selo, then forwarded to Petrograd. Postmarked in Astara (25.6.15 and 27.6) and Tsarskoye Selo and Petrograd (2.7). Sent by the treasurer of the Astara Hunting Society to the Tsar's Chancellery for the Acceptance of Petitions, which was not located in Tsarskoye Selo but rather in the Mariinskii Palace in Petrograd. The postal clerk in Tsarskoye Selo, apparently not knowing to which palace to forward the cover, wrote on back, "P(alace) Petrograd wherever it is located." (Astara, also known as Azerbaijani Astara, is a city in and the capital of the Astara Rayon of Azerbaijan. Astara is a short walk across the border from Astara, Iran)
