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401872 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Russia Used in Finland: Facit #R3IP2 [1899 3 kopek, With Corner Circles, Vertically Laid Paper] (VF) on 18 July 1907 picture post card (lithographed photo of river near Imatra) from WIBORG (tri-lingual postmark) to Russia, with 7 July 1907 ST. PETERSBURG machine transit postmark. In 1907 Russia was still using the Julian calendar which was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar in use in Finland and the rest of Europe. (In 1918, Russia switched to the Gregorian calendar: on February 14, 1918; by decree, in Russia, the day after January 31, 1918, became February 14, 1918. In this time period, Russian stamps were required on Finnish mail to other countries, including to Russia. LOST TERRITORY USE: During the WWII-era, control of the Finnish city of Wiborg (Swedish spelling) / Viipuri (Finnish spelling) / Vyborg (anglicized Russian spelling) went back and forth between the Finnish and Russian forces, and at the end of hostilities it became the Russian city of Vyborg. The town of Imatra, near the river pictured on the card is still in Russia, but the town center is only 7 km from the Russian border. A very fresh and attractive example of both Russian stamps used in Finland and Lost Territory mail from the Karelian region, with clear postmarks. ACTUAL item. |
24.00 |
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246326 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
20.00 |