1920, From Tiflis to St. Louis, USA, commercial express envelope
addressed to Brown Shoe Company, franked with 2 rubles total using
40
1920, From Tiflis to St. Louis, USA, commercial express envelope
addressed to Brown Shoe Company, franked with 2 rubles total using
40 kopeck orange, 60 kopeck red-brown, and pair of 50 kopeck green
stamps from the 1919–20 second Arms issue of the Georgian republic,
all cancelled with circular TIFLIS 6.3.20 postmarks, red handstamp
заказное indicating registered mail, backstamped with NEW YORK N.Y.
FOREIGN MAR 29, typed address in English and Russian, likely routed
via Batumi and Constantinople, rare express mail to North America
from short-lived Georgian republic prior to Soviet annexation, XF!
Estimate 800€.
