Lot 574
The “Free Post” was discontinued in the Tariff of 15 August 1921
Foreign Mail from its resumption in June 1920 until end 1921
The RSFSR re-introduced foreign mail services in June 1920. There were a limited number of routes out initially available. Alexander Epstein identifies the earliest routes as going out of Archangel / Murmansk to the Arctic Norwegian port of Vardø, out of Odessa by Italian ship; and via Tallinn. Throughout this period, postcards are usually franked at the letter rate.
Tariff of 7 June 1920
This provided for Free Post on unregistered cards and letters
June 1920 Ordinary letter, private correspondence from Undol Vladimir to Lithuania with post-Independence ANYKSCIAI 13 IX 20 receiver on reverse, Moscow Three Triangle censor on the front. Correctly unfranked and sent as a Free Post item. Rare
