Lot no. 540

January 1918 Kerensky stationery card addressed tri-lingually to Helsinki uprated to 8 kop, the RSFSR foreign postcard rate at 31 1 18 when this card was cancelled in Odessa. However, the Ukrainian National Republic tariff of 10 kop for a postcard had been introduced on 28 January and so Postage Due of 4 kopeks was raised in Odessa. An unusual example of transition from Soviet to Ukrainian tariffs, with a long message on the back