Lot 1021
1885 (7 Feb.) envelope to Charlottenburg (20.4) via Kiachta (3.3) and Moscow (15.4), bearing Russia horizontally laid paper 7kop blue, cancelled by "Pekin" double oval d.s. (Tchilinghirian type 3, fig. 465) with posthorn, the envelope has a few light surface scratches well clear of the stamp, Very Fine and a great rarity.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE COVERS RECORDED WITH THIS CANCELLATION.
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