Auction 8 Jewish, Zionist & Israeli History in Collectibles
By Historama
Oct 30, 2019
Israel

Numismatics, philatelics, militaria, Judaica, means of payment & ephemera related to Jewish and Israeli history, and the Zionist movement.

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LOT 80796:

3/1899 Russian registered mail from CHITA to JERUSALEM Rabbi, with rare postal markings


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$ 120
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30/10/2019 at Historama

3/1899 Russian registered mail from CHITA to JERUSALEM Rabbi, with rare postal markings
Incoming mail: 18(?) MAR 1899 registered commercial cover on "Pomus Brothers Trade House" stationary from CHITA to Rabbi Zalman-Chaim Rivlin (director of Talmud Torah HaGadol 'Etz Haim') in JERUSALEM, franked 20 Kop. on last day of UPU-2 overseas rate,with manuscript "zakaznoe" ('registered') & dotted 'R' cachet (for overseas registered mail) + bearing 1899 temporary registry-label (before UPU labels introduced); backstamped 18 APR 1899 ODESSA & 21 APR 1899 CONSTANTINOPLE transits, where dispatched 27 APR 1899; backstamped 4 MAY 1899 arrival using rare blue JAFFA postmark #614, predates Bale's earliest year (1900) of use. Scarce origin mail & well documented; est. value $850+