Public auction #37

1873, Incoming mail: stampless envelope (only small part of backflap missing) sent from "ST.PETERSBURG 7 FEBR. 1873" via Trieste (oval Triest transit postmark), manuscript "Durch Deutschland" to "Monsigneur Procopie, Patriarche des Grecs-Ortodoxe" JERUSALEM with austrian arrival cds "GERUSALEMME 10/2" and blue POSTAGE DUE ratings on front (a final postage-due of 35 Soldi). A very rare cover from Russia to the Holy Land (Palestine) with postage due.