1923 Armenia Erivan Iğdır Turkey Registered Label to USA
Code: B26737
Armenia: 1923 (15 September). Registered cover to United States franked with 200,000 on 4000r Transcaucasian Roubles in violet tied by Erivan datestamp, also repeated on front and 11 October New York arrival cds’s. One stamp fallen. Registration label of IGDIR (Turkey) was prepared to be used by Armenians but they never fully controlled the area. So this label was taken when they withdrew from the region and re-used by crossing out the name. Despite a missing stamp, this is a very rare, probably unique usage of the Iğdır registration label.
