Lot 446
Russia, 1898, ½d Wrapper From G.B. to Riga, With Censor Mark, mailed from Leeds, MR 15 98, backstamped Riga ? Mar 1898, h.s. in black on front "Dts Riga" which means "Passed by Censor-Riga", Russian censorship of foreign printed matter in peace time, Very Fine, , 12 examples of this marking are known in this period, but none with this year date .
Estimate $100-150.
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