Lot 20003 – 1894-1903 EMPIRE: Octagonal TPO Cancellations collection of the Moscow Region

Russia: 1894-1903, Octagonal TPO Cancellations of the Moscow Region: Attractive one frame exhibit on 16 pages neatly presented and knowledgeably written up. The is a study of the octagonal cancellations arranged by TPO number the by Serial number within each. In the Moscow region, only five TPO’s used these cancellers: TPO 14 sub-office, TPO 119, TPO 136 & 136, TPO 150. Examples are shown of mail cancelled on the TPO, where it is usual to see a strike on each stamp with one adjacent and, where mail was sorted in transit on the TPO when a single strike is usual. Both inland and foreign mail, inwards and outwards, are included, noted also many examples are the earliest or latest dates recorded with many unrecorded strikes, an excellent basis for study and expansion (35 covers).