City Post Stamp in St.Petersburg and Moscow

Issued to pay local postage in Saint-Petersburg and Moscow. It is known to have been used in other cities.

Postage stamp was withdrawn from circulation in August 1865, and up to 1884 it was.. Дивитись далі » possible to pay for long-distance domestic and overseas shipment of mail.

In 1909, 111900 unsold copies of this postage stamp had been destroyed with the transfer to the Post and Telegraph Museum deposited 7600 stamps, which in 1911 were sold to the Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs dealer stamps in Berlin F Kozak.

Країна:	Російська імперія
Тип:	Поштові марки
Серія:	City Post Stamp in St.Petersburg and Moscow
Номінал:	5 k
Рік:	1863
Матеріал:	White coated - Мелованная
Розмір:	18.1 x 24.3 mm
Перфорація:	frame 12¼ x 12½
Тираж:	500,000