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I.A.3 1904 Parcel Agreement with Russia
Gaudan & Badjguiran (Houdan) Exchange offices. Colis postaux hand stamp
To the "independent" Khauat of B_!l_kh_ara in Central Asia. The only Persian parcel document recorded to Russia till 1925

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(1) A remp!ir par le bureau d'echande d'eutree du pays de desti:o.ation.

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~he lengthof1FieUPU-parcel doc. is 2 IOmm i e 7mm longer than seen from other provinces. The design
of the Lion and Sun is the typical one used by Khorasan postal administration
Rate: Total rates incl. a declared value of 420 franc = 3· Kran 16 ch. Weight: 496gr
Route: From Meched via Houdan EPO 27-8-08 and Ashgabad in Turkestan. Then to Kerki arriving 21.8 08(Julian)

Map of the Khanate of Bukhara and Khiva (Tchillingirian)

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