This website is dedicated to postal history regarding mail from foreign legations in Russia and Russian legations abroad.
My collection includes items on this topic from the territory of the Russian Empire in it's borders of 1914, including Finland and the russian parts of Poland.
Some parts of this website are still under construction. They will be online soon.
I would appreciate any help to complete the lists of legations. The lists of Germany and the USA (missing Finland...) should be pretty complete.
11.05.2009 Russia at Den Hague 
22.05.2009 Switzerland at St. Petersburg
22.05.2009 Sweden at Moscow
15.06.2009 Russia at Algiers
15.06.2009 Russia at Cairo
15.06.2009 Russia at Tokyo
A short typology of diplomatic related mail:
1. Privat:
1.1 Privat mail from members of the legation staff. Mailed through the host countrys mail system. Example
1.2 Privat mail to members of the legation staff. Example
1.3 Privat mail to travelling citizens of the home country, to be picked up at a legation. Example
2.Trivial:
2.1 Official letters of trivial consulary business like copys of birth certificates or mariage papers. Mailed through the host countrys mail system. Example
2.2 Official letters of trivial administrative business like sanitary reports or beer orders. Mailed through the host countrys mail system. Example
4.Direct Courier:
4.1 Official letter of secret business. Transported directly by a courier without geting mailed anywhere on the way. Example
