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1880 (23 Aug) Ust-Sysolsk Zemstvo (Vologda Province), Money arrival notification (Official summons) from Ust-Sysolsk Imperial Post Office to to Vorontsov Volost (Ust-Sysolsk district) "Volost Administration", for money transfer of 10r from Persia to Ust-Sysolsk, franked with 3k with top margin (Ust-Sysolsk), canceled by handwritten cross pen lines postmark (РГ2)

Russia & Soviet Union / Zemstvo

On reverse, an illiterate peasant Efrem Ivanov Ershov authorizes the Zemstvo Post Manager Neon Ivanovich Sharapov to receive a 10-ruble money package sent to his name from Perm. Due to Ershov's illiteracy, peasant Pavel Plekhov signed on his behalf. The authorization was officially certified on August 28, 1880, by the Vorontsovskoe Volost Administration, signed by Volost Elder Shishkin and Clerk Popov, with red wax and black seals "УСТЬСЫС. У. СТАРШИНА ВОРОНЦОВСК. ВОЛОСТИ"
 

Catalog: Schmidt 9 typ. 2
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George Werbizky's Zemstvo Collection
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Outstanding selection of rare Zemstvo stamps and postal history, assembled over decades, including the World's finest collection of postmarks. Catalog numbers are based on the Schmidt Handbook. Catalog values are taken from Stamps of the Zemstvo Posts of Russia 1866–1919 by Gurevich, Poltorak, and Strebulaev (the Large Zemstvo Catalogue), as well as the Solovyev Catalogue. The auction is currently being prepared, with new lots added weekly.

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