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November 1918 Mail abroad from Russia stops before the formal suspension on 1 January 1919. This Registered commercial cover has one of the latest dates recorded for foreign mail in 1918, starting from PETROGRAD 11 11 18 – day of the Armistice between Germany and the Allied Powers – and arriving HAMBURG 23 11 18. Normal dual censorship, anomalously franked on reverse at 70 kop instead of 60 kop for no obvious reason, the two additional 5 kop stamps left uncancelled but tied by a censor mark
