Ended on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2:30 AM.

Estland: 1921 (5. August), Russia Postcard with 20K franking from TANGAROG (in 1921 part of the Ukra

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Start of the sale:
Monday, September 16, 2019 at 2:05 PM
Item n°838061902
Sale ends:
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 2:30 AM
Lot:
#12304
Catalog:
45. Christoph Gärtner Auction - 15. October 2019 - Single lots Overseas & Europe

1921 (5. August), Russia Postcard with 20K franking from TANGAROG (in 1921 part of the Ukraine / Soviet Union) addressed to GENOVA, ITALY and sent via the help of the INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, NARWA, ESTONIA with "NARWA 8.9.1921" transit cds, from there the postcard was SENT VIA THE NARVA RED CROSS DIPLOMATIC MAIL POUCH TO BERLIN where it was franked with Deutsches Reich 80Pfg Germania cancelled by cds "BERLIN 15.9.21" and further on to its final destination GENOVA, ITALIA.
Narwa, Estonia was a main repatriation route for WW I P.O.W’s from the former Central Powers being held in the Russian Empire. The sender expresses his serious concerns for not having received any letter from his father in Italy in over a year and asks for reply to be sent via the Red Cross in Narwa. AN EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIA - GERMANY MIXED FRANKING WHICH TRAVELLED THROUGH THE ESTONIAN RED CROSS COURRIER POST. A MAJOR RARITY OF ESTONIAN POSTAL HISTORY!

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
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Estland: 1921 (5. August), Russia Postcard with 20K franking from TANGAROG (in 1921 part of the Ukra

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