362 / März 2016

1858, 10 k. siena/light blue with one-line "Treppenhof." and handwritten date "d. 27.4.63" on folded letter to Riga, a tear on the front has been stabilzed with hinges, otherwise in good condition, very attractive and to our knowledge the only cover with this cancellation!

1858, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue and 20k. blue/yellow orange together with 1864 1k. black/yellow as vertical pair and 5k. black/reddish-violet, tied by square postmark "1" with adjecent red cds. "WARSAWA 27 5" to cover to Paris, 5k. small tear at bottom, otherwise fine and very scarce and attractive 4-colour franking

1858, Coat of arms 30k. red/green as vertical strip of five, tied by numeral "1" and pen stroke to large part of cover to Warsaw, third stamp with fold and some folds not affecting the stamps, despite small faults a very attractive and scarce franking, signed Calves and certificate Mikulski

1866, 3 k. black/green and 20 k. blue/orange tied by cds. to registered cover to Lyskowo, there undeliverable and returned, fine and attractive

1866, 3k. with burelage of 5k. with additional franking tied by oval "S.P.B." to folded lettersheet to Berlin, fine    

1866, 3 k. with burelage of 5 k. plus additional franking, tieby cds. "Riga 21 31 APR"  to folded letter to Berlin, remains of small adhesive arrow to the left of the 3 k., otherwise good condition

1866, 3 k. with 5 k. burelage with additional franking tied by cds. "MITAU 2 SEP 1870" to folded lettersheet to Leipzig, fine

1866, 10 k. brown/blue tied by ring cancellation "D.B" to folded lettersheet to Warsaw, endorsed "Lowic 1/9" at upper left, fine

1904, Coat of arms 10k. with inverted burelage, tied by cds. "MOCBA 25.1.08" to cover to Luzern, stamp with shortend perfs at top, cover folded once vertically, otherwise fine, scarce, certificate Leupold

1910, Coat of arms 1rbl., imperforated pair with shifted double frame, mint never hinged, fine

1910, Coat of arms 1rbl., imperforated vertical pair with shifted double center, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Leupold

1921, 1r. orange as block of six with additional franking, tied by cds. "MOSCOW 10.1.24" to front and reverse of registered local letter, very scarce franking, opened out for display, fine

1922, 100.000 on 250r. on ordinary paper, the basic stamp in typography, mint never hinged, slight gum bend, fine, certificate Leupold VÖB

SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS: 1922, Hunger aid in the southeast 2000-6000r. red and green with additional franking, tied by cds. "НОВОЧЕРКАССКЪ -8.7.22" to front and reverse of correctly franked registered cover to Braunschweig, reverse with transit- censor and arrival mark, the stamps where invalid but accepted by the postal authorities, as had been done with the other covers known from this town. The sender of this cover has later been sentenced to death because of stamp dealing with other countries, two punchholes at left affecting one stamp of additional franking, otherwise fine, a very rare and interesting cover, detailed certificate Mikulski

Application for the investigation of a money order from 11.16.1916 from Riga to Helsinki, franked by vertical pair of Romanov 10 over 7 k. brown, with confirmation of the receipt of money, very rare

RETURN RECEIPT: 1881, 7 k. gray/carmine with "WENDEN 27 JUL 1880" cancellation on return receipt for a registered letter to Tapolowsk, usual folds, otherwise good condition

RETURN RECEIPT: 1881, 7 k. gray/carmine with "WENDEN 12 FEB 1881" cancellation in acknowledgment of receipt for a registered letter to Kiev, which was delivered there 18.2, many flaws, rare

"And. Larsson" blue straightline cancel on Russia 1889 10 k. blue on cover to Hamburg, with addtional Germania 10 pfg. with cds. "STETTIN 5.12.05", reverse with arrival mark, fine

"PARATSKII ZAVOD KAZ -9 8 13" clear cds. on frankied cover to St. Petersburg, scarce cancellation, fine

SOUTH-RUSSIA: 1916, picture postcard endorsed "on active service", from Vladikavkas to London with arrival mark "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP...". The card has been written in "Vladikavkas Caucasus July 1/16" by a member of the "Russian Armoured Car Division squad 2", very scarce and interesting. Included a copy of an article by P.T. Ashford

BELOSÖRSK: 1914, 10k. on 3k. as tête-bêche pair, mint never hinged, scarce, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 111S)

KRASNYI: 1912, 3k. multi-coloured, imperforated with right sheet margin, unused, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 26I)

PEREJASLAW: 1912, 3k. ultramarine, imperforated, without gum, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 27I)

PEREJASLAW: 1912, 4k. green, imperforated, without gum, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 28I)

PEREJASLAW: 1914, 5k. violet, horizontal pair with left sheet margin, right stamp with plate flaw "missing dot after 5k", mint never hinged, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 29T,29)

PSKOW: 1907, 10k. multi-coloured, block of four containing different types, mint never hinged, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 39)

SOLOTONOSCHA: 1890, 2k. black/green/yellow, block of seven with "tete-beche" pairs, mint never hinged, scarce and attractive, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 4)

USTJSSYSSOLSK: 1915, 2k. green, perf. 12,5, used with light blue straigt-line, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 46)

TICHWIN: 1881, 5k. black on pink carton paper, unused without gum, scarce and attractive, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 19)

REPRINTS: 2-4 k., two values in different shades, plus four forgeries, good condition, some signed by Hofmann BPP

1866, Green Oval, green/red 2 k. without complete border and very close margin on bottom, pen cancellation on a short note to the Ronneburg Pastorate, back flap missing and small tears, but otherwise in perfect condition, a very rare cover

1871, Green Oval, 2 k. red/green without green border, with pen cancellation and cds., in combination with Russian 1866 10 k. sienna/light blue on cover to Fellin, a major void in the letter on the left side, also some tears and folds, not a common letter

1884, 2 K. gray-black/red/green with pen cancel on cover, slightly mottled, otherwise without faults

2 k. gray-black/red/green as additional franking on a 4 k. Russian postal stationery card to Kleinhüningen/Switzerland, then forwarded to Bad Cleve, minimal foxing, otherwise without fault, very rare  

1884/94, Wenden coat of arms 2 k. tied by cds. "STOCKMANSDORF" to Russia postal stationery 3k. to Riga, few folds, otherwise fine

1884/94, Wenden coat of arms 2  k. tied by manuscript to Russia postal stationery envelope 7k. to Dorpat, slight toning at right, otherwise fine