350 / September 2012

SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS: 1922, Hunger aid in the southeast 6000 r. green with triple print, unused, scarce, fine

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1895, Cover addressed to the Empress Dowager Alexia Feodorowna, franked with Denmark 1884 20 Ø blue

1898, Cover addressed to the Empress Dowager Alexia Feodorowna, franked with Denmark 1884 20 Ø blue

1920, "REFUGEE ORGANIZATION RUSSIAN POST"  as round violet seal on reverse of cover to Verona with Italy 5 and 20 c. postage due, fine

1864, 2 k. carmine/green., Sperati forgery as proof in block format with signature in the margin, fine

NORTH WEST ARMY: 1919, 5-50 k. each as horizontal pair tied by oval cds. "23.11.19" to cover to Tallin with arrival mark, fine

WEST ARMY: 1919, 70 on 15 k. with inverted and shifted overprint, mint, fine, certificate Hofmann BPP, additionally 1 r. on 25 k., two panes of 25 with gutters (seperated), mostly unmounted mint

1918, perforated: 25 (k) on 1 k. orange as horizontal strip of four and Imperial 10 on 7 k. two singles and a pair tied by cds. "YASENSKAYA 10.12.19" to reverse of registered cover to Pavlograd, scarce, fine   Provenance: Bob Taylor

1 r. imperforated and Imperial 10 k.  four values tied by cds. "YEKATERINODAR 7.10.19" to cover to Rostov Don, fine   Provenance: Bob Taylor

25 r. on 5 k. red as vertical strip of four tied by cds. "BRIYUKOOVETSNAYA 14 8 20" to front of parcel card to Kolomna with arrival mark, trophy use of the Kuban stamps under Soviet rule, fine

Imperforated: 1 r. on 3 k. red imperforated, part sheet of 40 containing 10 gutter pairs and the central gutter block togehter with 20 k. vertical pair and single tied by cds. "OLGINSKAYA 4-12 20" to front and reverse of complete undelivered parcel card, fine combination use of trophy Kuban stamps and revalued Imperial stamps, few tears and folds as usual

SOUTH RUSSIA: 1919, 10 k. as vertical pair tied by cds. to Ukraine overprinted postal stationary, scarce, fine Provenance: Bob Taylor

10 k. and Ukraine 20 k. overprints tied by cds. "KHERSON 19.10.19"  to commercial cover front to Kerch (Crimea), fine   Provenance: Bob Taylor

15 k. as horizontal pair and 70 k. tied by cds. of "1.3.20" to reverse of folded letter, 70k torn from opening, otherwise fine, scarce

35 k. imperforated  tied by cds. "Chernyi-Rykol 16 11 19"  to postal 3 K. postal stationay, forwarded to Grozny, nice intercity postal card rate usage, usual creases, otherwise fine Provenance: Bob Taylor

1 r. as horizontal pair and 10 k. as a block of 10 tied by cds. of "23.12.19" to front and reverse of Telegraph Form, probably used under Red Army occupation, several faults such as creases affecting the stamps, very scarce item   Provenance: Bob Taylor

1919, MARCH,  Registered philatelic cover from EKATERINODAR 22 3 19 locally addressed to Lt.Colonel Keyes, British Military Mission to Denikins Army, franked unoverprinted Imperial stamps

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SIBERIA: 1918, Gerhard and Hey cover from oval VLADIVOSTOK TSURUGA PAROKH 31 12 18 steamship cancel tying 15 kop imperf and 15 kop perf, Vladivostock boxed censor cachet in violet, addressed to London, scarce cancel and period

1899/1908, 1 kop. orange, 10 stamps to reverse of cover from "PEKING 5.1.03" (error for 04) cds. to La Fleche with arrival mark, sender was a French railway engineer at Tsingtao working on th Shanhsien line, fine franking of the 10 kop. foreign rate

2 kop. green, 10 stamps tied by "SHANGHAI RUSSIAN POST a 8.1." cds. to registered cover with register label "Changhai" via London to Manchester with arrival mark

3 kop. rose-red, block of ten, franked on reverse of cover from "PEKING 12.V." to London with arrival mark, cover with vertical folds and toned, otherwise fine triple-weight cover from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Co.

1910/18, August, Ordinary letter from SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 22 8 17 to KOBENHAVN  26 9 17, Russian censor tape and cachet, franked unoverprinted 10 kopeck Imperial Arms perforated

CANCELLATIOINS: "CHIFU-POCHTOVAYA KONTORA 22 VIII 03" (Tschilinghirian Fig. 503-1), 2 strikes on postcard with Kitai 2 kop. and 3 kop. to Germany with arrival marks

"KHARBIN-ZHELYEZNODOR. P.O. 19 09 IX" (Tschilinghirian Fig. 612), 2 good strikes on postcard with 5 kop. violet to Germany with arrival mark, fine and scarce

"MANCHZURIYA VOKZ 1.9.12" (Tschilinghirian Fig. 566), 3 strikes on postcard with 2 copies 2 kop. green to Germany, very scarce

1865, Steamer and Eagle 10 pa. brown/blue, unused without gum, Sperati forgery, fine, signed in pencil

10 pa. brown/blue, Sperati forgery, BPA signature

10 pa. brown/blue, Sperati forgery, proof in block format with signature in the margin, BPA signature

10 pa. brown/blue, Sperati forgery, proof in block format, without any signature, mounted on small cardboard

10 pa., 5 proofs, one with completed stage and without the center, each as block format with "REPRODUCTION INTERDITE"  and signature in the margin, two proofs showing just the center, printed on different paper, and another with the center missing, a very interesting group

1866, with vertical lines: 2 pia. blue/rose with large margins, tied by full strike of blue no. "782" of Alexandrette to small piece, very fine

Without  vertical lines: 10 pa. rose/blue from the upper right sheet corner with large margins all around, neatly cancelled by part of scarce oval "COMPAGNIE RUSSE / KERASSUNDE / DE NAVIG. & DE COMMERCE" (Tschilinghirian Type I), very fine, signed Mikulsi with certificate

BELEBEJ: 1904, 1 K. red/blue cpl. sheet of 10x6 stamps, unused, horizontal crease through 4th row, few pers seperated and small parts of sheet margin at upper right and lower left missing, otherwise fine, scarce (Chuchin.-Nr. 10)

2 K. red/blue cpl. sheet of 10x4 stamps, position 1-4 with inverted frame , unused, few pers seperated, otherwise fine, scarce (Chuchin.-Nr. 11, 11T)

IRBIT: 1880, 2 kop. on lilac, tied by oval cds. to rverse of small cover (Schmidt 2)