Auction Detail
Spring 2022
Privately Printed France/ Russia Commemorative Postal and Letter Cards, Wrappers Group,39 assorted mint and used souvenir items commemorating visits of the Russian Fleet to Cronstadt (1891) and Toulon (1893) and including a wrapper with a black border memoriam to the death of Tsar Alexander III (who helped forge the French-Russian alliance during his reign), also includes some larger cards (147x120mm) with French indicia issued as souvenirs of the Russian Fleet at Toulon (also 1893), mostly mint but including some used with added French franking (generally "Sage" issues), usual mixed condition with some faults but an overall fine lot of these unusual souvenirs
H&G DB1, 1939 2.25fr Red brown and blue, large-sized envelope prepared for UPU Congress members, postmarked Alger and addressed to "Madame James H. Knox, Delegation de Etats Unis d'Amerique, Buenos Aires", light toning and some edge wear, still fine and very rare, these envelopes were created to mail special presentation booklets which were prepared for each delegate of the UPU's 11th Congress, the only examples available to collectors are those obtained from the few delegates who disposed of them
