Russia - Bessarabia

Covers and stamps / Russia / European Transits / Pre stamp

1865 entire to Bordeaux bearing indistinct boxed "Taganrog/9" (inverted) (Dobin type 1.05) superimposed by Paris and Bordeaux cds. Reverse also bears straight line "Novoselitsy" (Bessarabia) 'Otpr' (dispatched) in blue-green (Dobin type 1.02) and boxed MYSLOWITZ/ KANDRZIN. Obverse bears red boxed 'AUS RUSSLAND' and rated '14' decimes on arrival