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| Keywords: St Petersburg 1851 Dob0102306.jpg en Russia stampless folded letter to France 'St PETERSBURG DEN 9 IUN 1851 ' TA3' handstamp 5 LUG transit Letter sent by steamboat over Stettin Details June 9 1851 Julian paid letter posted at St Petersburg Sender wrote 'Frco' at bottom left Not restated at post office The postmark 'St PETERSBURG DEN 9 IUN 1851' 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 Letter was sent on sender's wish by steamboat over Stettin see manuscript 'Dampfschiff via Stettin' Just outside St Petersburg the letter was collected at Kronstadt and shipped by either the steamboat 'Preussische Adler' or 'Wladimir' to Stettin <ref> </ref> This journey took about 65-70 hours <ref> cite book Cornelius Neutsch Der Beitrag der Post zur Wirtschaftlichen und Gesellschaftlichen Integration in Deutschland während der Zeit des Deutschen Bundes 1995 Stuttgart Franz Steiner Verlag 130 </ref> Letters to southern France Nice were routed via Austria and Northern Italy Italian red '5 LUG' handstamp applied indicating receipt date of July 5 July luglio A transit 'TA3' handstamp was applied in Turin then Austria on mail to the Kingdom of Sardinia which would then have included Genoa This was short for Transit Autrichien T A 3 refers to the third price which is the rate for mail to Sardinia from a number of specific countries including Russia There were also similar T A 1 to T A 5 marks for mail from other countries <ref> cite book James Van der Linden Catalogue des Marques de Passage 1993 Soluphil </ref> Van der Linden TA3 1851 Scan of original Postal authorities Sources reflist PD-old-100 Stampless covers of Russia 1851 postmarks | ||||
