File:Russia 1915-02-07 registered cover Petrograd-Riga reverse.jpg

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Russia 1915-02-07 registered cover Petrograd-Riga reverse

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English: Russia 1915-02-07 reverse of a registered cover sent from Petrograd to Riga. Registered, second weight category (2 lot - 25 grams) porto 14 kopecks for letter and 7 kopecks for registration, correct franking of 21 kopecks. Franked with the complete November 1914 set, with different perforations (A 11.5, B 12.5 and C 13.5). Cover bears postmarks using both the new 'Petrograd' and old 'St. Petersburg'. St Petersburg was officially renamed Petrograd on 18 August 1914 (Julian), or 31 August 1914 (Gregorian).

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  • February 7, 1915 Julian (Petrograd used the Julian calendar until 1918). Letter posted at Petrograd suburban post office number 37. This office was located at the Nab. Obvodnogo Kanala 177.
The post office applied the 'PETROGRAD b 37 b / -7 2. 15 7 8.' postmark.
  • Registration label no. 503 was affixed, and the cover was sent to the Petrograd main post office.
  • February 8. Receipt of the cover by the Petrograd main post office.
The post office applied 'St. PETERSBURG E 1 EXP E / -8.2.15' postmark.
Dobin: 02-01.22 E-E. Postmark of the office for accepting and dispatching ordinary correspondence, used between 1914 and 1915.[1]
  • February 9, receipt in Riga.
Two Riga arrival backstamps 'RIGA 2 / -9 2 15-3' and 'RIGA 2 / -9 2 15-4' applied.
  • Catalogue stamps: Mi. 99B, 100A, 101A, 102IIC (plate error short ring finger)
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Russia 1915-02-07 registered cover Petrograd-Riga

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  1. ↑ Dobin, Manfred (2004) From the history of the Saint-Petersburg post, St. Petersburg: Standard Kollektion, p. 128

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