cover 1893 cover (opened out for display) from Mount Athos to Pesachino (Kharkov Province) via Odessa, bearing on reverse ROPIT 10K. cancelled by "R.O.P.I.T./APHON" c.d.s. (3.9.93, Type 3) in purple-black, and on front Zemstvo Kharkov 5K. cancelled by oval d.s. (15.9) in violet; also showing manuscript endorsement by the Secretary of the Rural Post on reverse to the effect that the addressee, who is the wife of a non-commissioned officer, resides in Kharkov Volost and is not in Pesachino on the date of receipt of this cover. A splendid item of exhibition standard. Photo

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cover 1893 cover (opened out for display) from Mount Athos to Pesachino (Kharkov Province) via Odessa, bearing on reverse ROPIT 10K. cancelled by "R.O.P.I.T./APHON" c.d.s. (3.9.93, Type 3) in purple-black, and on front Zemstvo Kharkov 5K. cancelled by oval d.s. (15.9) in violet; also showing manuscript endorsement by the Secretary of the Rural Post on reverse to the effect that the addressee, who is the wife of a non-commissioned officer, resides in Kharkov Volost and is not in Pesachino on the date of receipt of this cover. A splendid item of exhibition standard. Photo