Lot 1260
1884 / 1899 ST PETERSBURG The extensive collection of early St Petersburg rubber cachets (Gummistempel) for registration comprising 21 covers, and in addition 17 fine covers and cards with the first pink (rose) R - labels for St Petersburg, these forming a very colourful group of both inland and foreign mail with destinations including Indo - China and Japan, overall a very attractive assembly with several items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 38 - 42 and 49 - 54
