USSR 1925 TPO "40" Kingissep-Leningrad Railway Line - St. 51 / Mi 254IA

SOVIET RAILWAY: TPO "40" KINGISSEP-LENINGRAD LINE

Kingissep-Leningrad TPO "44" 1925 (7 March) - International envelope to New York (USA), posted at a Travelling PO wagon on the Kingissep-Leningrad railway line. Franked with 1924 Small Head Definitive 20k paying the correct rate (Tariff of 16 October 1923), tied by the very scarce oval postmark "KINGISSEP 40 LENINGRAD a. -7 3. 25". Transit Leningrad on reverse (7 & 8 march). Fine / Very Fine.

Soviet mail sent via railway Travelling Post Offices are uncommon.

Michel 254 IA (typo, perf 14¼:14¾, unwatermarked)

Standard 51

Note: Kingissep was a small locality along the Luga river, about 20km east of Narva. Originally called Yamburg, it was renamed in 1922 after the Estonian communist Viktor Kingissep (1888-1922). The city had about 4,500 inhabitants in 1925.

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