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1911 (5 Jun) Bugulma Zemstvo (Samara Province), Postcard from Samara to Bugulma district, franked with 3k (Russian Empire), canceled by black circular Samara postmark. Received by the imperial post June 6, 1911 in Bugulma, transit postmark, transferred to the zemstvo post on June 7 1911, grey oval due cachet "БУГУЛЬМИНСКАЯ / ЗЕМСКАЯ ПОЧТА / ДОПЛАТИТЬ 2 к."

Russia & Soviet Union / Zemstvo

PAID IN 2011 FOR SIMULAR PC $4,000

Condition: Used.
Cover Postal History Picture Postcard (PPC)
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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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