Lot 30481 – Dankov: 1883 Envelope from a village in Dankov district, addressed to a shop in Moscow, franked on back with local 3k black and green with Imperial 7k

Dankov: 1883 Envelope from a village in Dankov district, addressed to a shop in Moscow, franked on back with local 3k black and green, cancelled by pen cross, with Imperial 7k carmine and gray (horizontally laid paper) added alongside, tied by both departure and arrival (18 Dec) cds, returned to sender with manuscript explanation “Undelivered as the shop could not be found – 27 February” and signed by the postman, fine, ex Kirchner (a similar cover is illustrated in Faberge’s “Imperial Russia Zemstvo Post” on page 94, this one sent to the same address in February 1884 and also returned to sender, with similar notation).