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132a, 149 Pair [1926 50 p M-17 Saarinen Lion perf 14.25 x 14.75; 1927 3 mk M-17 Saarinen Lion perf 14.25 x 14.75] (F-VF, VF) on March 1928 registered parcel card. UNUSUAL SENDING / RECEIVING PAIRING: Karelian Lost Territories "VIIPURI 2" [Viborg/Wiborg] (posthorn at bottom) to Arctic / Lapland ROVANIEMI (posthorn at bottom) receiver cancellation on reverse. The watermark is visible (at extreme oblique angle) on the #132a. The watermark is not visible on the #149 pair, however, the perforation 14.25 x 14.75 does not exist unwatermarked and while the swastika watermark (Scott 137) does exist on this perforation, it can usually be detected, thus I believe it to be 149 (the posthorn watermark is extremely difficult to see on cover). Registered parcel cards are scarce! While parcel cards from/within EITHER the Lost Territories or Lapland are not unusual, cards going from one to the other are unusual and add "spice" to a collection. |
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