Postal History – BalkanPhila

1958 GB Reply Card to Zhokhov Island Russia Return to Sender

Kemal Giray — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:35:44 +0000

Russia – USSR: 1958 (15 February). QEII 2 1/2 reply card with additional three 1/2d addressed to Zhokhov Island, undelivered and returned to sender with ‘RETOUR / Adresse inexacte’ label. Philatelic ut scarce.

1899 Georgia Tbilisi 1k Newspaper Wrapper

Kemal Giray — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:45:40 +0000

Georgia: 1899 (3 May). 1k. Newspaper Wrapper used locally struck by Tbilisi datestamp.

1995 Abkhazia Provisional to Russian Peacekeeping Force Gudauta

Kemal Giray — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:26:11 +0000

Georgia: 1995 Abkhazia provisional cover addressed to Russian Peacekeeping Force in Gudauta.

1939 Latvia Authoritarian Government set to Rome

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:05:39 +0000

Latvia: 1939 (16 Mai) cover to Rome franked Fifth Anniv of Authoritarian Government set of eight tied Latvija Riga DZ.P.K. cds; small fault at right of envelope.

1937 Latvia Riga Registered to London

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:58:41 +0000

Latvia: 1937 (17.9.) registered airmail cover to London franked Pres. u/lmanis 3s., 5s., 10s. (2) and 50s (2) each tied Riga Lidpasts aircraft illustrated cancels, red registration handstamp at base, some slight damage to reverse of envelope.

1939 Latvia Riga Canadian Pacific illustrated to England

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:49:03 +0000

Latvia: 1939 ‘CANADIAN PACIFIC’ illustrated envelope sent airmail to European Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, England franked at 50s rate with Riga Gaisa-Pasts cds, censor tape applied at left and on reverse, central horizontal crease and small tone on reverse.

1933 Latvia Registered Airmail with Pioneers of Aviation set to Lorch

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:47:17 +0000

Latvia: 1933 (3.V.) registered airmail cover bearing Pioneers of Aviation imperf set of five together with triangular 15s, tied Riga cds, black registration handstamp, red Berlin and Stuttgart air cachet below this, reverse with Berlin transits and Lorch arrival cds. Scarce stamps on cover, albeit a Sieger airmail item.

1931 Latvia Airmail to Luzern via Berlin

Kemal Giray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:43:43 +0000

Latvia: 1931 (30.7.) airmail cover to Luzern, Switzerland franked triangular 15s pair and a 25s tied Liepaja cds, red Berlin air cachet bottom right and two Berlin transits on reverse.

1993 Georgia Tbilisi Yalta Crimea postcard to E Berlin

Kemal Giray — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:26:44 +0000

Georgia: 1993 Yalta, Crimea postcard used from Tbilisi to East Berlin.

1985 Georgia Tbilisi Communist Party Building 1985 to DDR

Kemal Giray — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:17:59 +0000

Georgia: 1985 Communist Party Building, Tbilisi postcard to East Germany.