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249685 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #667 [1982 1.10 mk Gardening] Used with VF centering, along with four examples of a 4 kop Russian definitive stamp on a piece of picture post card, all canceled with a RUSSIAN 11 August 1982 cancellation (I cannot read Cyrillic text well enough to read the town name). This is the only example of a Finnish-Russian combination franking that I have seen after the Russification era that ended in 1918. It is very likely that this was a tourist post card that a Finnish tourist pre-franked and brought along on a trip through Finland and into Russia, but when the tourist wanted to mail a card from Russia, the tourist had to add Russian postage to send the card -- of course the Finnish postage had no franking value in Russia. However, universally internationally, in such cases, the mailing post office normally "marks out" or "boxes out" the invalid postage and does not cancel the invalid postage. In this case, it appears that either a Russian postal worker did not know the regulations or ignored the regulations. While this is in the "curiosity" category, if I have not seen anything like it (Finnish-Russian after 1918) in 51 years, it is very special. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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400595 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #810-1 [1990 Post Office Incorporation, set/2, HOLOGRAM of World] Used VF set of sheets (issued as set of miniature sheets of 20 stamps each) with very neat TURKU / ÅBO 24 February 2020 cancellations. These are NOT canceled to order. These were used as the postage for a large box of books sent to the U.S.; the stamps were placed in a plastic bag attached to the box and are in perfect condition. HOLOGRAMS is a very popular topical subject and this set of stamps is always in demand. However, USED sheets are "never" seen! This issue is now 35 years old! Priced at LESS than the sets of stamps they contain! REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
39.00 |