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In the second scan, I turned it sideways to read the cancellation. Anyone know what it says?
Thanks in advance,
Linus
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According to the online translator I poked those Cyrillic characters into, the top line says "revenue stamp" in Russian. It looks stylistically similar to the example Russian (pre-Soviet) postage stamp from the back of my Scott catalog, with the Imperial eagle. The last 3 characters on the bottom text are an abbreviation for kopeck.
Hope that helps. I'm sure someone else will give you a better answer soon.
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Yes, the eagle in the center was the reason I thought it was from Russia.
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Hi Linus,
Yes, it's an 1887 Russian general revenue stamp.
The top line of the cancellation reads "KONTORA" = office
The third line looks like "S. PETERBURG" = St Petersburg
I can't make out the second line which may be the name of a business or some official function.
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Thanks for confirming it for me.
Linus
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Scanned below is an unknown stamp I pulled from my St. Paul mixture box. I think it is a revenue stamp from.... Russia? Am I right?
In the second scan, I turned it sideways to read the cancellation. Anyone know what it says?
Thanks in advance,
Linus
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re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp
According to the online translator I poked those Cyrillic characters into, the top line says "revenue stamp" in Russian. It looks stylistically similar to the example Russian (pre-Soviet) postage stamp from the back of my Scott catalog, with the Imperial eagle. The last 3 characters on the bottom text are an abbreviation for kopeck.
Hope that helps. I'm sure someone else will give you a better answer soon.
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re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp
Yes, the eagle in the center was the reason I thought it was from Russia.
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re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp
Hi Linus,
Yes, it's an 1887 Russian general revenue stamp.
The top line of the cancellation reads "KONTORA" = office
The third line looks like "S. PETERBURG" = St Petersburg
I can't make out the second line which may be the name of a business or some official function.
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re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp
Thanks for confirming it for me.
Linus
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