File:1807 St. Petersburg to Riga entire reverse.jpg
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[edit]Description1807 St. Petersburg to Riga entire reverse.jpg |
English: Reverse of an 1807 entire sent from St. Petersburg to Riga bearing straight line ST.PETERSBOURG handstamp, backside manuscript '16K'. On November 14 1783, the postal rates in the Russian Empire were made uniform by decree. The rates were valid until 1830. Letters weighing 1 lot, (12.7974g / 0.451 oz), were charged per 100 versts distance (the verst was 1.0668 km / 0.6629 mile):
This letter was assessed at 16 kopeks, which equals 6+5x2=600 versts or 640km / 398 miles.
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Author | Russia Post |
References
[edit]- ↑ Dobin, Manfred (2004) From the history of the Saint-Petersburg post, St. Petersburg: Standard Kollektion, p. 70
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