Peterspost

The company Peterspost is delivering correspondence in Russia and other countries. The Peterspost headquarters is in Espoo (Finland), the Russian headquarters is in St. Petersburg. There are post offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Helsinki. Delivering mail is done by the Peterspost postal workers and couriers and partners like national postal companies.

Mail to Russia can be sent to the post office in Espoo where it will be forwarded to the Russian addressee. For this Peterspost issues stamps in Russian rubles and euros. All stamps are issued in souvenir sheets and small sheets which makes building a complete collection an expensive affair.

Peterspost had a stand at the Briefmarken-Messe in Essen in May 2017 where I bought a stamp for a letter to Europe. I left my envelope in a special postbox. It was postmarked four days later in St. Petersburg and the next day the stamp was cancelled in Helsinki. Also a Finnish personal first class stamp was added, so it is not clear what paid for the transport to the Netherlands.

The website of Peterspost (in Russian): peterspost.ru. There is also a webshop to buy stamps in English: peterstamps.com.

Date sent: 11 May 2017

Date postmark: 16 May 2017

Date received: 18 May 2017

Number of days: 7

Envelope in collection: 82