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By: Cherrystone Auctions
lot # 1087 - Russia
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021 10:00 to Wednesday Oct 13, 2021 16:00 America/New_York
1916 (19 Feb) cover franked with 10k dark blue, addressed to Petrograd, Shlisselburg Fortress, with oval Prison Censor cachet, v.f. (During Imperial times the fortress was used as a notorious political prison. Among its famous prisoners were Ivan VI, who was murdered in the fortress in 1764, and Lenin's brother, Aleksandr Ulyanov, who was hanged there as well)
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