Paquebot Mail: 1969 (July 1) Baltic Steamship Company 'Baltika' multicolored picture postcard to England franked with two USSR 4k Lenin House singles tied by Danish 'Paquebot Kobenhavn' duplex (Dovey/Morris #552), One stamp overlapping the card's top edge, and minor tone spot at bottom

Russia & Soviet Union / Covers & Postcards

Launched in 1940 as the Vyacheslav Molotov, and renamed Baltika in 1955, the ship supposedly transported Soviet Union Premier Khrushchev to the United Nations in New York in 1960, and continued in service until 1987

Estimate $60

Catalog: Scott 3583

Condition: Used.

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