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Image and Description of Lot #887 of Auction #97

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IMPERIAL RUSSIA

Octagonal Traveling Post Office (TPO) Markings

 

Lot # 887   |    cover

1886- 1900, 8 covers or postcards, each one with octagonal "Postal Section of the Coach No..." date stamps, Serial No. from 1 to 7 at the bottom of each marking, TPO No. from 3 to 147 (two items have no numbers), occasional flaws, still F/VF and scarce unit. These cancellations were used for correspondences delivered not in usual mail cars, but in special sections of fast or express coaches, Est. $200-$250 .

 

 

 

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