SPECIMEN Letter from Russian Philatelic Society Exhibition in China FDC 'Exposition de la Societe Russe en Chine' bearing $5000 claret perf and imperf SG1001 and SG1001a tied by Shanghai commemorative postmark, both stamps bear handstamp 'SPECIMEN 20.03.1

Russia & Soviet Union / Covers & Postcards

Letter from 'Exposition de la Societe Russe en Chine' bearing $5000 claret perf and imperf SG1001 and SG1001a tied by comm chop for exh at Shanghai Both stamps bear canc 'SPECIMEN 20.03.1948

Condition: Used.

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Auction 45

June 16 - 27, 2025

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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Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

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Russian Empire, Wenden, Charity Letter Sheets

Lots 1193 - 1360

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Russian Offices Abroad: China, Mongolia, Levant, Crete

Lots 1361 - 1711

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Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

Lots 1712 - 2331

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RSFSR, Soviet Union, and Tannu Tuva Rare Stamps

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The Soviet Union: Chronology

Lots 2561 - 2985

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Ukraine: Tridents of 1918

Lots 2986 - 3497

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Ukraine & Displaced Persons Camps in Europe

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Germany: Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

Lots 3997 - 4563

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Germany: WWI Occupations, German States, Territories, Revenues

Lots 4564 - 5066

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Germany: WWII Occupations, Legions, Field Post, Propaganda

Lots 5067 - 5650

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