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"P(ORT)-ALEXANDROV(SK).NA SAKHAL(IN) 24 9 12 ** b”, clear strike on 1907 7 k. postal stationery envelope to Vladivostok, handstamp repeated alongside and on reverse, a further strike  four days later on mail departure and arrival cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 5 10 12”, vertical archival fold and slight horizontal bend at top, still fine. The Sakhalin Island on the Northern Pacific shore and Strait of Tatar was placed under Russian rule by the Treaty of St Petersburg in 1875, mail from the main post office at Port Alexandrovsk is extremely scarce

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"DZHALIA-ABAD FERG(HANA) 28 11 21”, on money order card for the sum of 100,000 roubles with 250 roubles (x8) sent to a prisoner at Syzran´s county jail, together with "P-T KONT. PETRO. VEYMARN. 24 11 21”  and "NIKOLAEVSKA SIMB. 30 11 21” to registered money order cards, all franked with 1921 RSFSR definitives, small fault to very fine. A scarce trio showing the usage of the definitives on money transfer forms

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"P(ostal) S(tation). in H(amlet) KRINKACH 14 AOU. 1881”, cds. on 1 k. black/yellow and 2 k. black/red  pair and single, franking an envelope to Novodvor, then re-addressed to "PETRIVITCH RODNIENSK 21 AOU. 1881”, one 2 k. trivial corner crease, very fine, also cds. "P.S. in VILLAGE KEMLI 4 NOV. 1880” on 5 k. violet postal stationery envelope with additional 2 k, black/red and 7 k. grey/carmine to St Petersburg with reverse arrival, light archival fold, still fine. A most unusual duo of those scarce postal station circular datestamps

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"KHOLM” straighline on 10 k. brown/blue to reverse of an envelope to St Petersburg, alongsisde departure cds "KOLM 10 MAY 1869” and arrival cds "S. PETERBURG 12 MAY 1869”, very fine. A most unusual usage of a prehilatelic handstamp as an obliterator, signed Mikulski 

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"MOGILNICA WAR(SAWA). 20 OCTOBER 1877” two-line cancellation on 1866 1 k. black/yellow, 3 k. black/green vertical pair and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose as additional franking to registered 8 k. grey postal stationery envelope with arrival cds. "KOVEL 23 OCT. 1877” alongside, very fine and very scarce, certificate Mikulski (1994)

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"SMOLNECHNOGORSK STANTS 22 JULY 1871” two-line repeated twice on 10 k. brown/blue (2) to double weight step envelope to "KROVELETS 28 JULY 1871”, on the reverse endorsement "Comtesse d´Alsoufieff” and the scarce two-line station mark repeated with departure day corrected "23”, fine and most unusual

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"ST. TSARSKOE SELO ZHELEZNOY DOROGI …”, superb on 8 k. grey/deep carmine rose to envelope to Vyborg, Finland, with reverse transit cds "S. PETERBURG 21 JUNE 1876” and arrival framed "ANK 4/7” on front, cover opened on three sides for display, fine. A rare usage of the special railway station postmark on the Tsarskoe-St Petersburg line

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"1179” LAPI, dotted Triangular, two very fine strikes on 7 k. grey/carmine-rose bloc of four paying the quadruple weight step rate to a large envelope to the Nobility Trustees in St Petersburg, with its reverse matching departure two-line "LAPI LOMZHI GUB 23 AUGUST 1875” and arrival cds "S. PETERBURG 24 AOU. 1875”. The envelope with a light diagonal crease at lower right affecting one adhesive and one archival fold at left, still fine. A rare postmark, part of an obliterator group assigned in November 1870 to Polish stations (Nr. 993-1208)

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"12th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDICINE MOSCOW 8 AUG. 1897” on reverse of a 3 k. postal stationery reply card, the indicium used with "MOSCOW 8 VIII 1897 CITY POST" and locally addressed to "Poste restante (manège)”, very fine and extremely rare, also a printed envelope with heading in French "XII CONGRÈS INTERMATIONAL DE MÉDECINE Moscou 19-26 Aout 1897.” sent registered with cds. "MOSCOW 18 VII 1897” to Rotterdam with arrival cds., fine. A unique duo

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"FIELD POST ON MANEUVERS / FIELD POST OFFICE N°2 / SOUTHERN  CORPS.”, three-line framed violet handstamp tying a 4 k. and repeated alongside to postcard to Viborg, Finland with arrival multilingual cds. "VIBORG 13 VIII. 00”, some minor toning not distracting, fine and extremely scarce 

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"FIELD POST OFFICE ON MANEUVERS 7 VIII 1898”, superb violet oval handstamp on 7 k. blue repeated both alongside and on front with rare boxed bluish-green "Head Field Post Office", to reverse of envelope to St Petersburg with arrival cds., very fine. A delighful, most attractive and rare temporary field post office cover

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"LYUBUTSKI-LAGER KALUG. -9 7 13” LYUBUTSKI MILITARY CAMP special cds. tying a 7 k. to reverse of envelope to St Peterburg, a further departure strike on front, reverse arrival cds., fine mail from this temporary office probably operating only during Summer months. Very rare

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"MURAVIEVSKI LAGER 20 VI 1907” CAMP MURAVIEV on postal money transfer order for the sum of 262 roubles and 15 kopek with the camp label alongside, reverse arrival "KOVNO 21 VI 1907”, 5 k. couple of short perfs. of no importance, very fine and very rare, one of only a few postal money order from this temporary post and telegraph office which was opened during Summer only

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"ORANI-LAGER -7 7 13” ORANI CAMP cds. on 3 k., repeated alongside, to postcard to St Petersburg, minor aging, still fine and scarce. Camp Orani was located in the Vilnius region and was home to some infantry regiments

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"SERGIEVSKI POLIGON 11. 8. 11” SERGIEVSKI ARTILLERY POLIGON cds., super as receiving mark on postcard with travelling post office "RIGA 39 TAPS 10. 8. 11” addressed to the Artillery School, very fine and very scarce, this artillery facility in the St Petersburg province had a civilian temporary post office opened from 1st May to 15 September

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"S. PETERBURG * TEMPO. P.(ost) TEL.(egraph). OTDEL. 21 V 1908” TEMPORARY CONGRESS OF NAVIGATION special cds. on 4 k. to postcard to Liège, Belgium with arrival cds., very fine. The event was held at the St Petersburg conservatory as an exchange forum concerning maritime issues and marine fauna, no specific, a very rare temporary postmark

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"VILNA TEMP(ERORY) P. O. V LAGER 16 May 1892” VILNA MILITARY CAMP special cds. on 20 k. registered postal stationery envelope to Roma with reverse arrival cds. "ROMA 6 -92”, minor imperfections no detracting, still fine. Extremely rare and the earliest date of usage recorded for this camp

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"VOROBEVY GORY POCHTOBOE OTDELENYE 29 VI 16” superb strike on 5 k. to postal card to Italy with arrival cds. VILLA D´OGNA -5.8.16", very fine, also "MOSCOVSKI POCHTAMT VOROBEVY GORSKOE POCHT. OTD: -9 VIII. 10” on 4 k. to postcard to England, fine. A unique duo with two different cds. types from "Sparrow´s Hill” Temporary Office located at the Krynkin ´s restaurant, and opened from May until end of August

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" VR (TEMPORARY) KURTENGOF LIF(LAND) 11 8 09” superb strike of the seasonal postmark as arrival mark on postcard from Switzerland (from the known "technician Andreyev in the house of Yan Kippe" correspondence), very fine and very rare, also the standard cancel "KURTENGOF LIGL. 28 6 14” on 7 k. postal stationery card. A delighful duo, Kurtengof was a resort on the Riga-Orel railway line

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"AMUR STEAMSHIP AND TRADING COMPANY / STRYETINSK AGENCY” violet cachet on reverse of a registered envelope addressed to the company´s agency in Chita, with Romanov 14 k. used with cds "STRYETINSK 8 8 14” and registration label alongside, fine and scarce

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