ROSSIJA, VERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT IN ST.-PETERSBURG

ST-PETERSBURG. Action de 250 Rbls. brown, black, buff. No 16828. Central fold. Large format, with text in Russian, French and German. Very fine large vignette of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, with a winter street scene - troika sledges, horse-trams, etc. Founded 1881. The company undertook fire, life and marine insurance business on an international level (Russia, Bulgarian, Egypt, Persian, Turkey, former Yugoslavia). By far Russia's biggest insurance company with an annual premium revenue over 130 million roubles. Taken-over by state-owned Gosstrachafter the Revolution. Share issued in 1912 (date on the back). Magnificent share and extremely rare.

Condition: VF-EF