19th CENTURY INTERNAL & FOREIGN MAIL; Range with 1803 EL (in French, red wax seal featuring a Crown on rear) to St Petersburg with script-type "MOCKBA" h.s. on front, 1813 E to Pernau with Florentine paper seal on rear with curved "SANCT.PETERSBOURG" h.s. on front, 1867 E's to Amsterdam each franked 10k + 5k + 3k tied by St Petersburg cds with "Franco" h.s. and German Railway Paid cds on front or ex Odessa with framed "AUS RUSSLAND/FRANCO" and oval Red Cyrillic "PAID" mark on front and rear with Berlin-Breslau Railway and Amsterdam arrival cds, 1869 E to Trieste franked 10k + 3k + 1k tied by oval "S.P.B" h.s. and with St Petersburg cds below and oval Russian "PAID" mark on front, 1870 E to Konisberg franked 10k + 3k + 1k tied by St Petersburg oval "S.P.B" cancels and with "AUS RUSSLAND/FRANCO - TOUT" h.s. on front and rear with Eydtkuhnen and Konigsberg d.s, 1870 env. to Nice franked 10k (3) + 3k + 1k tied by Odessa with additional strike and unframed "P.D." h.s. on front, rear with Russian and French transit cds, 1872 EL/env. to Marseilles franked pair 10k + 5k + 3k tied by Odessa cds and with "A/P.D." & oval Russian "PAID" h.s. or 10k (2) + 3k + 1k also tied by Odessa cds and with German "AUS RUSSLAND....." framed d.s., framed "PD" and Russian framed "FOREIGN PAID" marks on front. (9 covers) (Image)
Opening GBP 340.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Mar-09-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 753
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19th CENTURY FOREIGN MAIL GROUP; Range with 1856 unpaid EL to Madrid with St Petersburg d.s. on rear and framed "Prusse" and "4R" h.s. on front, 1862 part-paid env. to Switzerland 'via Warsaw, Leipzig & Basel' with framed "AUS RUSSLAND" and "FRANCO" h.s. on front, 1863 EL to Reims with framed "Aus Russland", "Porto" and "P.33" h.s. on front, 1872 EL to Italy franked scarce 20k tied by Odessa cds, 1873 env. to Switzerland franked 1k (5) + 3k (5) with German transit d.s., 1874 unsealed wrapper to Palermo franked 3k tied by Odessa cds, 1875 EL to Copenhagen franked 10k tied by Riga cds, 1880 env. to Basel franked 2k tied by Servosk, 1890 unusual env. to Tabriz (Persia) franked 10k pair tied by Erivan (Armenia) cds, 1893 env. to Alexandria franked 2k (5) tied by St Petersburg cds. (10 covers) Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER BY POST, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)
