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1922 (29 Nov) GEORGIA Registered international mail, Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia. Tiflis (Tbilisi) – Constantinople. Franked with six 5000 rub stamps and one 3000 rub semi-postal stamp (overprinted on a Georgian stamp), canceled by the postmark of the Tiflis railway station. The letter transited Batumi, postmarked July 25, 1923

Russia & Soviet Union / Civil War
Catalog: Scott 29 A7, B2 SP2
Condition: Used.
Cover Charity Postal History
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