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"1911 (16 Nov) Red band cover sent from Urga (Type 6 datestamp) to Kalgan (Type 5 datestamp, 29.12.1911). Cancellation and dispatch double-ring postmarks of the Russian post office in Urga (on the back side), serial ""a"", used in 1908-1916"

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"1911 (16 Nov) Red band cover sent from Urga (Type 6 datestamp) to Kalgan (Type 5 datestamp, 29.12.1911). Cancellation and dispatch double-ring postmarks of the Russian post office in Urga (on the back side), serial ""a"", used in 1908-1916."
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Auction 42
February 3 - 14, 2025
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The Empire and Zemstvo, offices abroad, Civil War and Czechoslovak Legion, Soviet varieties and chronology, Russian post in Mongolia, charity letter sheets, Ukraine and DP camps. Germany and colonies, occupations, Sudetenland, Third Reich propaganda, world locals and 19th-century classics complete the sale.

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