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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp

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Linus
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13 Nov 2020
01:10:13pm
Scanned below is an unknown stamp I pulled from my St. Paul mixture box. I think it is a revenue stamp from.... Russia? Am I right?

In the second scan, I turned it sideways to read the cancellation. Anyone know what it says?

Thanks in advance,

Linus

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capn_ed
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13 Nov 2020
01:25:54pm
re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp

According to the online translator I poked those Cyrillic characters into, the top line says "revenue stamp" in Russian. It looks stylistically similar to the example Russian (pre-Soviet) postage stamp from the back of my Scott catalog, with the Imperial eagle. The last 3 characters on the bottom text are an abbreviation for kopeck.

Hope that helps. I'm sure someone else will give you a better answer soon.

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Linus
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13 Nov 2020
01:29:41pm
re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp

Yes, the eagle in the center was the reason I thought it was from Russia.

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nigelc
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13 Nov 2020
01:51:49pm
re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp

Hi Linus,

Yes, it's an 1887 Russian general revenue stamp.

The top line of the cancellation reads "KONTORA" = office

The third line looks like "S. PETERBURG" = St Petersburg

I can't make out the second line which may be the name of a business or some official function.

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Linus
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13 Nov 2020
02:08:03pm
re: Seeking ID Knowledge For This Stamp

Thanks for confirming it for me.

Linus

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