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1898 (Jun) Orgeev Zemstvo (Bessarabia Province), Cover from Gordinești (Orgeev District) to Orgeev District Zemstvo Board for Peasant Affairs in Orgeev, franked with two single 3k (Orgeev Zemstvo, left stamp typ. B "white dot"), canceled by blue circular "ШТЕМПЕЛЬ/ОРГѢЕВ. ЗЕМСК. ПОЧТЫ" postmark with six-pointed star and "16" in center (ШГ1, 16th branch)

Russia & Soviet Union / Zemstvo

Additional black circular "ОРГѢЕВЪ. ЗЕМСКАЯ ПОЧТОВ. КОНТ." (ШГ2 var. unrecorded, with year set in type within the postmark (instead of being handwritten) June 20, 1898 Orgeev zemstvo transit-arrival postmark. Extremely rare

Catalog: Schmidt 18 typ B, 18
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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