365 / September 2017

1884, Coat of arms 3,50-7r. on vertical laid paper, unused, fine, certificate Eisold BPP (1998)

1889, 10 k. blue and 20 k. blue and red tied by cds. "MOSCOW 9.10.93" to registered cover with printed endorsement "Via Brindisi" via Bologna to Bombay with arrival mark, cover opened out for display, otherwise fine

1915, War aid 1-10k. imperforated, used with cds. of Petrograd, a very rare set of which only 500 where printed, fine

1922, Child support 1 k. from the upper right sheet corner, position 5, mint never hinged, fine, signed Sovjet Philatelic Association and certificate Hovest BPP (2000)

1923, Philately for labor 250 rbl. with silver surcharge, unused, fine

1923, Philately for labor 250 rbl. with silver surcharge, tied by cds. to piece, fine, signed Sovjet Philatelic Association and certificate Mikulski (1986)

1994, Wassilji Stassow 150 rbl. imperforated, vertical block of 6 with sheet margin at bottom, unmounted mint, fine

"SIMA No 50" white label imperforated on enevelope franked on reverse with vertical strip of three and single Coat of arms 35k. and single 7k. from "SIMA 4 VIII 1899" to Ursowo, slightly shortened at left, folded, one stamp of strip of three with missing corner, scarce

1912, Machine registration mark "MOCKBA 576.." in red on registered postal stationery 7k. blue with addiotnal franking to San Remo, fine

SOUTH-RUSSIA:  1919, cover from Captain Hickie sent from Ekaterinodar with censor cachet to England, fine

SOUTH-RUSSIA:  1919, cover from Captain Hickie sent from Ekaterinodar with postmark "ARMY POST OFFICE 10 JU 19" and censor cachet to England, fine

SOUTH-RUSSIA:  1919, cover from Michel Popoff, a Russian trainee with the British Aviation Mission, with cancel "ARMY POST OFFICE 30 JU 19" and censor mark "370", some tears and wrinkles and missing backflap, scarce

SOUTH-RUSSIA:  1919, cover from Captain Hickie, who arrived in Salonika during April 1919 en route to join the mission at Ekaterinodar, with cancel "ARMY POST OFFICE S.X.8 19 AP 19" and censor mark "245", fine

1919, Liberation of Riga 5-35k., each as complete sheet, mint never hinged, fine, compelte sheets are scarce

1921, 10 k. blue, horizontal strip of 3, tied by cds. "WLADIWOSTOK 7.11.21" to reverse to registered cover with two different register labels via London to Budapest with arrival mark, cover shortened at right, otherwise fine

1910/16, 25 k. green and violet and 2 k. green with black overprint and 1 k. orange with blue overprint, each tied by cds. "TIENTSIN 22.6.16" to reverse to registered cover "Service des prisonniers de guerre" via "CHANGCHUN I.J.P.O." to Dairen with arrival mark,  five complete wax seals on reverse, cover stronger folded and shortened at right

1879, 7 k. carmine/green tied by cds. "САМСУНЪ 1 ДЕК" to enevelope via Constantinople with ROPIT cancellation on reverse and Odessa to Marseille, fine, signed Holcombe with certificate (1994)

KOTELNICHUESKY: 1906, 5 k. blue tied by cds. without date in mix franking with horzontal pair Imperial 7 kop. blue tied by cds. "KOTELNICHUESKYI 3.2.11" to reverse to registered cover to Vyatka with arrival mark, fine

WRANGEL REFUGEE POST: Romanov 20000 on 5 rbl., paris print, tied by special cachet to cover to Constantinople, fine, a very rare cover with only 3 known (Scott 261A)

WRANGEL REFUGEE POST: 1921, 20000 on 7 rbl. as complete sheet with all sheet margins from the original Constantinople printing, mint never hinged, margins strenghended by hinges, one row with horizontal fold, slightly toned spots, otherwise fine, a very rare sheet

WRANGEL REFUGEE POST: Second Issue, Russian stamps surcharged, 10000 on 4 k. red, reconstruced sheet of inverted surcharges, Constantinople original printing, containing 83 stamps in two large and some smaller multiples, mostly mint never hinged, mostly fine (SG 101a)

1921, registered cover franked with Merson 1 fr., from the French Military post office "TRESOR ET POSTES 506" to a russian officer in Michaud (near Bizerta), the cover could not be delivered, reverse with transit marks of "SANITARY BRANCH" of the Army in Constantinopel, openend out for display and few paper folds at top, a very attractive and rare entire Provenance: ex Sredinsky collection (with accompanying page out of his collection) 

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October revolution 18 k. blue imperforated with sheet margin at top, slight cancelled, small thin at the upper margin, otherwise fine, rare

1933, Airmail 10 k. with green impression on reverse, used, fine

1938, Airmail 80 k. on postal stationery envelope 50 k. as registered cover from "MOSCOW 7.10.39" via Aleppo with French censor mark "L.1." and label to Sydney with arrival mark, folded

1950, 50th Anniversary of Iwan Ajwasoskij, 40 k. and 50 k. each in small sheet, used, fine, rare

1958, unissued Woroschilograd 40 k., unused, opinion Wassmann BPP

1959, Basketball World Cup 1 r., horizontal pair with sheet margins at left, right stamp with overprint error "Ч from ЧИЛИ under K", unmounted mint, very fine, rare (Zagorski 2193 I)

1933, Zeppelin 20l. on 3l carmine with perforation "SPECIMEN" as vertical gutter pair originating from the Bradbury Wilkonson printers archive, mint never hinged, very rare with only 1 sheet printed, thus only 15 such pairs possible, very fine, certifcate Ceremuga (Sassone P16a)

1850, 12 c. lilac in horizontal pair, fresh colour and large margins, tied by 2 clear strikes of red spider cancel to large piece with adjacent rec "LOJA 24 ABR. 1850"; very fine and rare in this condition, certificates CEM (1999) and Graus (2000) Provenance: "Sarah" (Corinphila 1999)

12 c. lilac with good to very large margins, tied by spider cancel of writing ink to double rate entire letter with adjacent red "LUARCA 16 JUN. 1850" to Madrid; a very fine and unusual entire, very rare, certificate COMEX (2011)

5 r. red with clear to wide margins, used with "A" of Teruel, fine and rare, certificate Graus (2000)

5 r. red, nice fresh colour and large even margins, used with central strike of black spider, leaving the face free, extremely fine and choice, certificate COMEX (2007)

5 r. red in horizontal strip of 3, good to large margins, cancelled by 2 clear strikes of black spider; central stamp faint vertical crease and left stamp with small pinhole, still fine and scarce multiple, certificate CEM (2011)

5 r. red, horizontal pair and 2 single stamps, one single slightly touched at lower left, otherwise all with full to wide margins, tied by multiple strikes of black spider to large piece with adjacent red "CORUNA 12 MAR 1850", the two outer stamps with pressed creases, otherwise fine and attractive; a rare piece, sign. Roig and certificate COMEX (1977)

6 r. blue, ample to very large margins, used with black spider, very fine, certificate CEM (2004)