Russia Used in Finland: 1909 3 kopek stamp, Facit #R20 (VF), on 3 August 1911 picture post card [clover flowers] from TERIJOKI [Lost Territory, now in Russia] with bilingual Russian-text cancellation. Written in Russian, sent to Russia, with receiver (23 July; "received before it was sent" due to the different calendars in use). Very neat and attractive.
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Facit #R24b 4-block [Russian 1909 Dark Blue 10 kopek Arms] (VF) on 10 March 1918 registered cover from KUOPIO (bilingual with Russian text), to Sweden. Addressed to "An den Deutschen Hulfsverein in Stockholm" -- a German benevolent society, related to war relief, etc. Appears to have been written by a Russian because the address is "upside down" in the Russian custom. Finnish censor tape applied at Torneå. This 10 March cover is very significant because the Finnish-design (1918) "Vasa Issue" Saarinen Lion stamps became valid on mail to foreign countries (and the Russian stamps were forbidden) on 12 March from the Northern (Vasa) region and 25 April Southern (Helsinki) region. Kuopio is slightly north (and quite a bit east) of Vasa and I believe it was in the Northern region. Thus 11 March -- the next day -- was the last day of validity for these stamps on foreign mail. Covers from this tumultuous era of Finnish postal history are very scarce and very much sought after.
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Facit #RM11 [Russian 1913 Romanov Dynasty: 3 kopek Alexander III] (VF) on 29? June 1913 picture post card (view of logging scene at Muolajärvi / Wihola) canceled at PERKJÄRVI (bilingual with Russian text) and with very faint rural letter carrier numeral cancel, to Russia. Located in Karelia, part of the Lost Territories. Scarce cancellation and scarce usage of a so-called Russian Co-Runners (stamps not sold by post offices in Finland, but carried into Finland by private people).
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