Postmarks

• POST OF RUSSIA * 16 10 02 15 MOSCOW G-265
• MOSCOW [illegible] 14100215

Text on the envelope

• Sample for writing index digits:
  • 0123456789
• © "Marka" Publishing Center of the Ministry of Communications of Russia, 2002.
• 1. 01-8105. 04.12.2001.
• Artist A. Kernosov
• Manufactured at the Moscow Goznak Printing House
• Forgery of state postage stamps is prosecuted by law

Bleed-through text from the reverse side/enclosure

• To the Ministry [illegible]
• ...FSB [illegible]
• ...explosions of residential buildings...
• ...in Moscow...
• ...in September 1999.