DescriptionRussian Post Office Alexandria 1863 6k.jpg
English: Russian Post Office in Alexandria, Russian Empire, 1863, 6 kopecks, indigo. A superb used example cancelled by three strikes of the dotted '785' numeral handstamp in blue. Exceptional and extremely rare, one of just two, perhaps three examples recorded thus (Mi. 1). Sold for CHF2,800.00 in 2015.
Русский: Почтовая марка для бандеролей. Русское почтовое отделение в Александрии, 1863, 6 коп. Надпись: "Бандерольное отправление на Восток. – 6 коп. с лота".
The Russian Federation (early Soviet Russia, RSFSR) is the historical heir but not legal successor of the Russian Empire, and the Russian Empire was not party to the Berne Convention (it was not country of Union for the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works), so according to article 5 of the Convention this work has no country of origin except:
in the case of cinematographic work the maker of which has his headquarters or his habitual residence in a country of the Union, the country of origin shall be that country,
in the case of architecture erected in a country of the Union or other artistic works incorporated in a building or other structure located in a country of the Union, the country of origin shall be that country,
in the case of other works if the author is a national of a country of the Union¹, the country of origin shall be that country.
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