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1928 letter from Syzran. Please decipher destination.
A 1928 registered cover from Syzran with an interesting registration label. Unfortunately there is a ...
10/17/2018 at 09:50
by: vasia
The St Petersburg Local RR Post rides again?
Another unnumbered TPO from my collection: [b]VASKELOVO-LENINGRAD[/b] (mentioned in the 1928 list).
...
3/9/2017 at 09:46
by: vasia
The St Petersburg Local RR Post rides again?
You might be interested in 2 older articles that mention the Soviet unnumbered mailcoaches:

David ...
3/8/2017 at 12:04
by: vasia
OMSK 1923 - OTDEL JIVOY SVYAZI - BRANCH of LIVE CONNECTION
We agree, Alexander

the "amazing" goes to the fact that for a 5k deficit on the part of the sende ...
2/4/2017 at 11:56
by: vasia
OMSK 1923 - OTDEL JIVOY SVYAZI - BRANCH of LIVE CONNECTION
Fascinating postcard, Averkiev!

i wonder if the postmark in question had something to do with the ...
1/26/2017 at 10:43
by: vasia
A Moscow temporary office(?)
The 1916 "СПИСОКЪ" lists Petro ...
9/10/2016 at 00:45
by: vasia
1058 roubles franking from 1923
Here is a table of the ruble exchange rates for late 1923 (from the POCHTA journal #26):



[fi ...
8/13/2016 at 07:51
by: vasia
Irinovskaya narrow gauge railway 1923
Below is an interesting addition to my collection:

[URL=http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/ko ...
12/9/2012 at 04:26
by: vasia
Scott 84, Cronin Retouch
The article above is in Rossica Journal #98/99 (1980), p. 90, but the "Cronin retouch" must have bee ...
10/27/2012 at 01:37
by: vasia
Insurance rates
Randy,

here is the information on these rates provided by Ross Marshall and Alexander Epstein in ...
8/31/2012 at 07:18
by: vasia
Declared value rates to France 1917
According to A. Epstein in the Post-Rider No43, pages 35-38, the declared value / money letter fee t ...
7/26/2012 at 13:50
by: vasia
Meaning of this handstamp?
Jeff,

note also that the handstamp you show in your first scan has a spelling error: "aves" inste ...
4/2/2012 at 03:58
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
verny,

would you please post your mailing address through U2U or at my e-mail so that I can send ...
3/16/2012 at 13:43
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
[file]6733[/file]

1916 (March 29th) stampless postcard from the front through Petrograd (16/4) to ...
2/27/2012 at 06:00
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
[file]6729[/file]

[file]6731[/file]

1915 (November) Stampless cover from Petrograd to Nottingh ...
2/22/2012 at 12:40
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
I will show some pieces of correspondence from the Belgian armored car division that I have archived ...
2/8/2012 at 11:19
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
verny,

I have left you a U2U message here on the Samovar with my e-mail address. You can contact ...
2/7/2012 at 01:37
by: vasia
Belgian armoured car unit in Russia WW1
[b]verny[/b],

you brought back old memories with your posting. :)

There are four articles / so ...
2/5/2012 at 13:08
by: vasia
1918 Romania-occupied Bessarabia
This is a recent addition to my collection:

[file]6669[/file]

[file]6671[/file]

22/4/1918 ...
1/18/2012 at 05:57
by: vasia
Revalued Arms type stamps
Hi Randy,

Lyapin's catalogue also mentions the revaluation of the 200R and 300R stamps and prices ...
3/26/2011 at 14:22
by: vasia
Revalued Arms type stamps
Randy,

that was a typo and it was corrected in the errata to the catalogue published in Rossica J ...
3/26/2011 at 13:14
by: vasia
Revalued Arms type stamps
Randy,

according to a variety of sources (Lobachevski, Zagorskiy, etc), the use of imperial Arms ...
3/24/2011 at 02:21
by: vasia
1923 postage deficiency?
Thank you, Alexander!

I thought there was something there when I purchased this cover. For comple ...
2/4/2011 at 06:41
by: vasia
1923 postage deficiency?
Below is a cover (Brender correspondence) from КАЛЮ&#105 ...
2/2/2011 at 09:36
by: vasia
USSR Gold Definitive 2nd and 3rd issue imperforate overlap
cec71,

thank you for the clarification. I just looked through the 2009 Lyapin and can draw the fo ...
12/30/2010 at 11:33
by: vasia
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