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1908 (21 Dec) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan, double-rate letter bearing on the reverse pair of 1889 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp in violet. Violet strikes of this datestamp are very rare. Ex Tolman collection

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1908 (21 Dec) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan, double-rate letter bearing on the reverse pair of 1889 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 4 datestamp in violet. Violet strikes of this datestamp are very rare. Ex Tolman collection.

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Rare Stamps and Postal History
Auction 48
December 16 - 27, 2025
United States United States , Black Mountain , NC

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RSFSR & Soviet Union: Rare Stamps, Chronology, Complete Sheets
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Lots 6074 - 6596
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1916 (15 March) Red band censored cover from Urga to Peking, bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 10k, cancelled with the Urga Type 7a datestamp. Peking Russian P.O. datestamp on the front. Peking Chinese P.O. datestamp on the back
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1903 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1889-92 3k pair & single tied by URGA Type 4 datestamp
1903 Red band cover franked on reverse with Russia 1889-92 3k pair & single tied by URGA Type 4 datestamp
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1912 (9 Jan) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 6 datestamp. On the front is the rare Type 5 delivery datestamp of the Russian P.O. of Kalgan, dated 19 January
1912 (9 Jan) Red band cover from Urga to Kalgan bearing on the reverse 1909 issue 7 kop., cancelled with the Urga Type 6 datestamp. On the front is the rare Type 5 delivery datestamp of the Russian P.O. of Kalgan, dated 19 January
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1912 (3 Aug) Registered cover front only from Urga (Type 6 datestamp) to Sweden, franked with block of four 10k and two 3k, using domestic registered label instead of international and handwritten 'Ourga' by postman, label UNDESCRIBED in Hellrigl
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1900 RUSSIAN PO IN CHINA. Private letter sent from RPO in Shanghai, 07.12.1900 to Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Franked overprinted 'КИТАЙ' stamps for 20kop stamps in accordance with current rate. Transit postmark of Hong Kong and delivery postmark of Frankfurt. Scarce as sea mail
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1906 (6 July) Commercial Mail red band cover from Urga (Type 4) to Kalgan with a 7k stamp tied by above postmark
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