Lot no. 6607

1922 (November), Second surcharge issue 200000 on 10r. horizontal pair with cds. "БАКУ 23 12 22" on cover with adjacent two-line censor mark "Cauc(asian) War Censor No. 1" addressed to "Fighting Army, 103rd artillery, Doctor Jospeh Jemeljanovich Pirverntjanz" with arrival mark.  Military mail did not require franking, it was post free but registration was an extra and 400.000 r. is the correct rate for the period depicted in R.J. Ceresa, "Postage stamps of Russia, 1917-23", Vol. IV, Pts. 13/16, SectionC, page 614