Tannu Tuva Collectors' Society, Inc.

Tannu Tuva Collectors' Society, Inc.
APS Affiliate #235

COVERS of TUVA

Tuva's postally-used envelopes are highly-sought by philatelists.
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Stamps of Soviet Russia on a cover from the Tannu-Tuvan Trade & Commerce Bank at Kizil to Moscow.

1933 cover to Harbin, Manchuria. The OKTE stamps were fundraisers for the
Home Defence, and if you add them to your letter, you do not have to wait in a queue.

1933 cover with some provisional surcharges and two OKTE stamps.

Earliest-known cover with Tuva's first issue. The cover to Sweden is cancelled Krasnyi Yenis "a", 14.12.26 (December 12, 1926)
on a 30 mungo stamp of the first issue. Other early covers known bearing this set are dated February 1927, by which time
the postmark had been re-engraved with the new town name of Kizil.

Cover from Kizil to Zurich with full set of the 1934 imperf Registered set. Click the cover to see an actual-size photo.
To see the reverse with a Zurich arrival datestamp, click here.

1943 cover with the rare 1943 issue.
Cover bearing two of the 1943 issue to Moscow.

Late 1920s cover to Moscow, with 28 kopeks pictorial stamp.
Late 1920s cover to Moscow, franked with the correct 28 kopeks rate, from a government department in Kizil.

1935 Postal Stationery envelope (Mirr S1) used in 1937 from Kyzyl to Moscow.