Lot 60183 – Russo-Turkish War & Russian Post Offices

Varna: 1879 Cover with full letter inside sent from a soldier in Varna to Helsinki, Finland, dated 5 May 1879 internally, showing fine strike of Cyrillic “ПОЛЕВОЕ ПОЧТ.ОТДБЛЕНIЕ 4.(1) 4. / 6. ЯНВ 1879” (FIELD POST SECTION 4.(1) 4./ 6. JANUARY 1879) handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig.61/4), reverse with transit and arrival cds, signed Nakri