385. Auktion

“ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY POST. DIRECTOR 21.DEC.1902", very fine strike on reverse of an uprated British 1 d. postal stationery envelope from “PADDINGTON DE 31 02” to the “Minister of Foreign Affairs to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias”, very fine, together with superb strike of the earlier type cds. “ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY DIRECTOR 15 FEV. 1889” on reverse of large part envelope, also a fair strike of the Special Office postmark of the MInistry of Forein Matters on large franked envelope (faulty), a scarce trio of mail from those special offices

“ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY 28 DEC. 1877 *”, lovely strike on reverse of a small envelope from “FUERTH 5 1 (1877), sent unfranked to ”Alexander II Russia St Petersburg", no charge levelled upon receipt due to the royal nature of the recipient, very fine. A very scarce special office postmark, opinion Citerne BPP (2024)

“TABRIZ RUSS(IAN) CONSULATE 20 8 16 *”, two clear strikes tying a 20 kopek Romanov franking on a registered envelope to Iorev Lifland, Russia, departure cds. repeated on front alongside the scarce registered label from the consulate, censor marks and reverse arrival cds., back flap roughly opened as well as transportation traces, still fine and scarce