Lot 1297
1869 (10/22 Dec.) folded letter from St. Petersburg to Bern (25.10), bearing 1865 1k (4) and 1866 10k cancelled St. Petersburg-Warsaw railway c.d.s., boxed "Insufficiently Paid" handstamps in Russian and in German, manuscript "4 Sgr" "=50" (Rp.), "40" and "68", rcd "Aus Russland Porto" c.d.s. (23.12) on reverse, Very Fine. The 24k postage was a 3k underpayment of the 27k rate. The letter was assessed 90rp due with 50rp (4sgr) going to Russia, the remaining 40rp to Switzerland.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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| Realized $1,100 |
