1917, Official request to a Siberian village with dramatic text on the right “in view of the extreme need for the provisional government to know about the haverst of grain in the Irkutsk region”, formular profusely answered on reverse, clear departure cds. “ALYATSKOE IRK. -5 8 17” and late arrival “IRKUTSK -8 9 17”, vertical archival fold and minor aging, still fine and scarce
