1937-41, two covers from prisoners of Toropets (Kalinin Obl.) Correctional Facility No.12 and Tavda (Sverdlovsk Obl.) Labor Camp No.239/16, addressed to the Attorney General Vyshinsky and Minister of Internal Affairs Beria respectively, minor archival flaws, still F/VF, Est. $150- $200

100.00

1939, free-frank letter from Leningrad to the Nagaev Bay Department of Internal Affairs (northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, Magadan Obl.), apparently prisoner's enquiry, archival holes at left, still F/VF. During the Great Purge, the Nagaev Bay was used as a transit point for newly arrived prisoners by sea to be sent further along the stage to the camps of Magadan and Kolyma, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1942, registered cover from Lesozavodsk Labor Camp of Ussuri Obl. (now Primorsky Krai) to Molotov (now Perm), franked by two definitives, postmarked on arrival, VF, the Lesozavodsk Camp was a part of Dal'lag GULAG system, prisoners of this camp cutting down trees for the Ussuri Woodworking Plant, which was the biggest in the USSR, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1945, free-frank triangle letter from a woman released from a prison and returned to Kirov Obl., addressed to a prisoner of Komi Autonomous Republic Labor Camp "Vozhael", which was a part of Ust'vymlag system specializing in logging, several censorship markings, insignificant wear, still F/VF and rare postal history item of the Stalin Repressions, Est. $250-$300

150.00