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Facit #R2P2II Pair [1903 Russian 2 kop Vertically Laid Paper; Underprint Type II (1905)] (VF) Pair on 26 April 1908 business post card used within Finland from Backboda (mailed at the RASEBORG railway station) to Helsingfors. First canceled with a bold, SUPERB strike of Finnish Railway Station straight-line handstamp "RASEBORG". Then bears dated (26 April 1908) railway side cancellation, bi-lingual in Finnish / Russian text (the Finnish text is faint, the Russian text is clear). Finally with a 26 April 1908 Helsingfors tri-lingual receiving postmark. This style of straight-line, all capitalized, large-font cancellation was only used at railway stations, both for postal use and freight use. Postally used examples on full envelopes or cards is quite scarce and sought after. The post card itself is interesting; It is an order for a quantity of the first three volumes of a multi-volume world history series of books by Dr. Otto Sjögren. The standard text indicates that the purchaser is a "commissioner" (i.e. commission sales person, probably traveling a large sales territory) for this book series. This is an example of the classic door-to-door (or farm-to-farm) sales method that was prevalent at that time. The combination of a railway station cancellation on a card bearing Russian stamps is very unusual! ACTUAL item. |
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