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1914 (10 Apr) Cover from Urga to Chita bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 7k, canceled by Urga c.d.s. Type 7a in black, Chita arrival c.d.s. of 16 April 1914 alongside. additional dispatch c.d.s. on the obverse

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1914 (10 Apr) Cover from Urga to Chita bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 7k, canceled by Urga c.d.s. Type 7A in black, Chita arrival c.d.s. of 16 April 1914 alongside. additional dispatch c.d.s. on the obverse.
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Auction 45
June 16 - 27, 2025
United States United States , Black Mountain , NC

Zemstvo, the Empire with Wenden and charity letter sheets, offices abroad, Civil War, Soviet and Tannu Tuva rarities, Ukrainian tridents of 1918 and DP camps. Germany from the Empire to the Reich, WWI and WWII occupations, legions, field post, propaganda and the world complete the sale.

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