U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1917 (30 Oct) registered picture postcard (beautiful illustration of St. Stephan's Cathedral) from Perm to Cleveland, Ohio, USA, franked with Imperial Arms 3k, 5k and 2x10k/7k, paying the correct 28k rate for a registered foreign postcard (8k postage plus 20k for registration), sent during the first week after the Russian Revolution on October 25, 1917, message in Polish "Hope that better times will come soon", arriving via New York in Cleveland on February 13, 1918. A very scarce Registered foreign picture postcard sent immediately after the Russian Revolution
Estimate: $500