Polessk (RU)

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Polessk (Russian: Поле́сск, prior to 1946: Labiau), is a town ((7,581 inhabitants in 2010) and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of the oblast, at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River, shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon. Exonyms: Lithuanian: Labguva; Polish: Labiawa. Historically in the East province of Prussia, district of Königsberg.

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Historically in the East province of Prussia, district of Königsberg.

Postmarks in Russia

Postmarks in Empire of Germany

Postmarks in North German Confederation

Postmarks in East Prussia province

It used a postal code 779.

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2 Silbergroschen Stationery of Prussia, frame cancelled at LABIAU with extra 2& 3 Sgr to Koenigsberg in 1857ca.