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1882 (15 May) Ust-Sysolsk Zemstvo (Vologda Province), Money arrival notification (Official summons) from Ust-Sysolsk Imperial Post Office to Ust-Kulomskoe Volost (Ust-Sysolsk district) "Volost Administration", for money transfer of 1r from Kungur to Ust-Sysolsk, franked with 2k with top left corner (Ust-Sysolsk), canceled by handwritten cross pen lines postmark (РГ2)

Russia & Soviet Union / Zemstvo

On reverse, a handwritten authorization instructs to deliver the money under receipt ("подъ расписку") a clerk of the Zemstvo Board. The authorization was officially certified on May 23, 1882, by the Ust-Kulomskoe Volost Administration, signed by Volost Elder and Clerk, with red wax seal applied

Catalog: Schmidt 10 pos 2
Condition: Used.
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George Werbizky's Zemstvo Collection
Auction 57
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United States United States , Black Mountain , NC

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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