Keywords: St Petersburg 1846 Dob0102306.jpg en Russia stampless folded letter to France 'St PETERSBURG DEN 7 IAN 1846 ' boxed cancel manuscript 'porto' Black 'C R p P ' French 'PRUSSE GIVET 30 JANV 46' c d s Bordeaux 1 FEVR 46 receiving Details January 7 1846 Julian unpaid letter posted at St Petersburg Sender wrote 'Porto' at top left Not restated at post office The postmark 'St PETERSBURG DEN 7 IAN 1848' was applied Dobin 1 02 type 3 06 Reception expedition of foreign correspondence used 1844-1853 Rarity 4 <ref> cite book Manfred Dobin Postmarks of Russian Empire Pre adhesive period St Petersburg Standard Kollektion 1993 9785853870222 </ref> Kiryushkin Robinson Figure 32 Transit 'C R p P ' handstamp applied at Aachen railway center on mail clearing out of Russia acronym for 'Correspondance Russe par Prusse' Van de Linden 841 January 30 red 'PRUSSE 3 GIVET 30 JANV 46' French entry mark at Givet 3's show the postmark was struck at Paris Rate was also assessed and marked by the French with '28' 28 decimes 2 Francs 80 centimes for third weight rate letter backside indicated by '3' manuscript 15 to 22 5 grams This was to be collected from recipient Noël 1009<ref> cite book Gilbert Noël Catalogue des oblitérations des chiffres-taxe carrés de France 1859-1878 1956 Paris E H de Beaufond </ref> February 1 'BORDEAUX 1 FEVR 46 32 ' arrival backstamp 1846 Scan of original Postal authorities Sources reflist PD-old-100 Stampless covers of Russia Marque d'entrée en France Postmarks of Saint Petersburg Entry and transit postmarks of Germany 1846 postmarks |