Lot 1288

1864 98/20 Sep.) envelope from Reval, Estonia to Nyon (27.9) via Riga, Latvia (11/23.9), bearing 1858 20k and 1864 1k (2) & 5k cancelled Reval c.d.s., red boxed "Aus Russland Franco", manuscript "fo" (Franco), blue manuscript "2", Eydkuhnen-Bromberg straightline postmark (25.9) on reverse, Fine. Inland postage was 10k with the remaining 17k, or 5sgr, divided as 2sgr to Prussia, 3kr to Baden, and 10rp to Switzerland. This is the earliest recorded cover to a foreign destination bearing Russian stamps. Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Realized $1,500 |