philatelic help?

[William Ryan]

Yalta used to be in the Tavricheskaia guberniya (TAVRG?). I don't know 
when this changed its name. What date is the stamp?
Will Ryan


Anne Fisher wrote:
> Dear SEELANGers,
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> I have been asked to help decipher some cancelled Soviet stamps, but 
> can't. To me the cancellation stamps look like they say "YALTATAVRG" 
> and "CHECHERSKMOGIL" or "CHECHERSKMOGUL". The names of the two towns 
> Yalta and Chechersk are clear enough, but what do the continuations mean?
>
> Thank you for any leads, and I'd be happy to forward the scans 
> themselves to any interested philatelists,
>
> Annie
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