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LATVIA UNDER THE RUSSIAN CZARS




On anther part of the site (www.jkaptein.nl):
Beer on tsaristic postal stationeries, with also a beer ordering in St. Petersburg with a Latvian connection



KOKNESE
Koknese is the present Latvian name. In the tsaristic one-ring postmark you see КОКНГУЗЕНЪ (KOKENGUZEN), more a transcription of the German name Kokenhusen. In Polish the place was called Kokenhuza.

Original print size of this image: 14,129 x 9,253 cm (is something more as the postal item)

The other side of the postcard let see some nice places.





SALDUS

Original print size of this image: 14,205 x 9,253 cm (is something more as the postal item) 		Saldus is the Latvian name. In the postmark below (resized 50%) you see that the Russian name more a transscription is of the German name Frauenburg:
ФРУЕНБУРГЪ (FRAUENBURG).




In the postmark we see also КУРЛ Г. (KURL G.), short for КУРЛЯНДСКАЯ (KURLYANDSKAYA) ГУБЕРНIЯ (GUBERNIYA), Courland Government.

Detail of the map above: the German name is used: Frauenburg



Other places in tsaristic Latvia