Lot 30838 – 1905 (Apr 21) Registered cover (opened for display) from Urga to Austria, franked with 3k+7k Russian War Orphans stamps

1905 (Apr 21) Registered cover (opened for display) from Urga to Austria, franked at the front with 10k and back with 3k & 7k Russian War Orphans stamps to pay correct 20k foreign single registered letter rate, on reverse Katerniky arrival cds. In addition, cover back only, from the same correspondence, showing 5k (2) franking with Ugra departure 26.4. cds and Katerinky arrival cds – making the complete set of four stamps. The only reported examples of the first Russia commemorative stamps used in Mongolia.

Note: Illustrated at Mongolia – W.C.Hellrigl page  51. 

Provenance: Ex A. Cronin (Cherrystone 2009, lot 2133 – sold for U$ 11,500)