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English: Russian 1932 postage meter, rectangle with straight-line border, type B1.
The large circular marks are no postal cancellations or censor marks. The text says "УСМО * Московская расчетная контора * За счет соглашения № 4852" and translates as "USMO * Moscow accounting office * On account of agreement number 4852". УСМО = Управление Cвязи Московской Области = Moscow Oblast' Directorate of Communications. An 'Oblast' is the equivalent of a province. УСМО had a factory in Moscow which was evacuated to Shadrinsk in the Cheliabinsk Oblast' in November 1941 because of the war. It is still there. A smaller factory was re-established in Moscow in 1942.
The word "расчетная" in the circular mark relates to "postage-on-account" mail originating from a number of Soviet institutions and enterprises in the 1920's and 1930's. The procedure followed is described in an article in the Post Rider, the journal of the Canadian Society of Russian Philately.[1]
The cover shows an unusual use of this service, combining both a meter frank (15k being the international ordinary letter rate) and the use of the "on account" mark. It is conceivable that the meter frank was applied by an automated machine located on the enterprise's grounds and then the circular cancel applied by a supervisor to validate its use. The meter-franking machine would be periodically checked by the post-office to assess the total sum owed by the enterprise.
Русский: Ранний франкотип СССР номиналом в 15 копеек на служебном конверте со штампами «УСМО [Управление связи Московской области]. Московская расчётная контора. За счёт соглашения № __», который был отправлен из Москвы в Гамбург (1932). Штамп организации-отправителя: «Госзавод № 1 „Стеол“ Треста „ТЭЖЭ“»
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  1. ↑ Post-Rider, Canadian Society of Russian Philately, Issue: 38, June 1996 - 'Postage on Account Mail'
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