File:Riga - Bordeaux 1848 Dob40119.jpg

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English: Russian Latvia stampless folded unpaid letter to France, RIGA 1848 cancel, handstamp 'AUS RUSSLAND', 'PRUSSE/3/VALENCIENNES 6 JUIN 48', manuscript '20' decimes rate. Reverse arrival backstamp 'Bordeaux'.

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  • May 17 (Julian) inside datelined 17/29 May reflecting the Julian and Gregorian dates. Unpaid letter posted at Riga. The weight was assessed, expressed as 20 decimes and manuscript '20' applied. Reverse restated by manuscript '7. Porto 10'. Large boxed 'RIGA 1848' postmark applied;
Dobin: resembling 40 type 1.19.[1] Postmark for official foreign mail, used from 1850-1858. This postmark is not catalogued in Dobin.
  • 'AUS RUSSLAND' applied. Based on the usual presence of these Berlin postmarks this 'AUS RUSSLAND' marking is regarded as a Berlin mark.
Vandervelde: Aus Russland type B4, found from 1844-January 1846 (mail coach period) and from early 1848 to October 1849 (railroad period).
  • June 6 (Gregorian). French entry mark, mail from Prussia (Prusse) entering France at Valenciennes. The small 3's show this mark was struck at Paris.
  • June 7 (32) Bordeaux arrival backstamp.
  • Recipient had to pay 20 decimes for the letter.
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Author European postal authorities

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  1. ↑ Dobin, Manfred (1993) Postmarks of Russian Empire (Pre adhesive period), St. Petersburg: Standard Kollektion, p. 290, 302
Russian Latvia 1848 stampless folded unpaid letter to France

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