Worldwide Stamps and Covers Soviet Union GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences
Sale No: 90
Lot No: 900
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GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1939, free-frank letter from Leningrad to the Nagaev Bay Department of Internal Affairs (northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, Magadan Obl.), apparently prisoner's enquiry, archival holes at left, still F/VF. During the Great Purge, the Nagaev Bay was used as a transit point for newly arrived prisoners by sea to be sent further along the stage to the camps of Magadan and Kolyma, Est. $150-$200 (Image)
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Sale No: 90
Lot No: 901
Symbol: C
Cat No: 617, 619
GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1942, registered cover from Lesozavodsk Labor Camp of Ussuri Obl. (now Primorsky Krai) to Molotov (now Perm), franked by two definitives, postmarked on arrival, VF, the Lesozavodsk Camp was a part of Dal'lag GULAG system, prisoners of this camp cutting down trees for the Ussuri Woodworking Plant, which was the biggest in the USSR, Est. $150-$200 (Image)
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Sale No: 90
Lot No: 902
Symbol: C
GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1945, free-frank triangle letter from a woman released from a prison and returned to Kirov Obl., addressed to a prisoner of Komi Autonomous Republic Labor Camp ''Vozhael'', which was a part of Ust'vymlag system specializing in logging, several censorship markings, insignificant wear, still F/VF and rare postal history item of the Stalin Repressions, Est. $250-$300 (Image)
