R* (1918) Registered Mail / Petrograd to Farum (Denmark)

Description: A premium, historically significant registered commercial cover sent from Petrograd during the chaotic early months of the Russian Revolution, traversing international wartime boundaries under strict double censorship to Scandinavia.

• Stamps: Franked with a strip of three attached 20 Kopek (20k) Imperial Russian definitive stamps, a classical provisional use of Romanov stock under the newly established RSFSR postal authority.
• Cancellations: Tied by original Petrograd circular town datestamps cleanly marking the departure date of March 27, 1918.

• Registration Label: Features an authentic, original Russian “R” registration paper label on the front.
• Double Censorship Labels: Sealed with both Russian Revolutionary censorship tape and British Military wartime censorship tape, a scarce combination documenting interception by Allied networks during the blockade.
• Front Cachet: A faint, illegible rectangular violet cachet is present on the front.
• Reverse Cachets: The back features two distinct violet stamps where the individual Russian censor’s identification number remains fully legible.

• Addressee / Recipient: Officially addressed to the photographer M. Westergaard in Farum, Denmark.
• Transit Speed: Departed Petrograd on March 27, 1918, and successfully reached its destination with a clean circular arrival backstamp at Farum, Denmark on April 5, 1918 (an exceptional 9-day transit given the geopolitical collapse of the region).