365 / September 2017

1857, 10 k. darkbrown/blue, fresh colour and good to close margins all around, tied by two-line cancel of "Шацк" to folder letter to Moscow, a fine and scarce entire, signed Pfenninger

1858, 10 k. on thick paper tied by dotted numeral "2" to folded lettersheet to Wolmar (today Latvia), fine, certificate Eisold BPP (1998)

1858, 10 k. brown/blue, horizontal gutter pair, tied by prephilatelic "1864/ODESSA IV/9." on piece, fine and very scarce, certificate Mikulski

1866, 3,5 and 20k. tied by octoconal numeral "1" with adjacent red "WARSZAWA 27/11" to folded lettersheet to Bordeaux, fine

1866, 3k. with burelage of 5k. with additional franking tied cancel "St. PETERSBURG 1 JUL 1870" to folded lettersheet to Munich, fine

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) 

1910, Staatswappen 1 R. geschnitten, 5 postfrische Doppelbögen mit Zwischensteg mit mehr oder weniger stark verschobenen Mittelstück, im Steg gefaltet (Mi.-Nr. 77B)

1848/1920, sehr interessante Sammlung mit über 100 Ganzsachenumschlägen und Karten, dabei diverse bessere u.a. Mi.-Nr. U8 ungebraucht,  SU5 ungebraucht, außerdem ein guter Teil Levante mit u.a. P2F gebraucht, teils sign. Eisold BPP, meist gute Erhaltung

1874/1940, über 40 Briefe und Karten, dabei Einschreiben, Stadtpost, Ganzsachen, Paketkarte, dabei einige bessere, viele Orte im heutigen Lettland

1888/1916, etwa 150 Briefe nach Persien, dabei 15 Belege mit Entwertungsstempel der Schiffspost "BAKU-ENZELI", nachträgliche persische Entwertungen, Zensur, etc; sehr interessante Partie

1863/1901, kleine Partie mit zwei Karten, einer Briefvorderseite und einem Brief mit Mi.-Nr. 11 im waagerechten Paar, außerdem einige Probedrucke Ruine Wenden, meist gute Erhaltung

1919, kleine Partie dabei Mi.-Nr. 12-19 ungebraucht sowie 4 Briefe, dabei einer mit Handstempelausgabe, gute Erhaltung

WRANGEL-REGIERUNG(KRIM): 1920, hochinteressante ungebrauchte/postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung mit diversen Briefen, dabei Zwischenstegpaare, Doppeldrucke, Mi.-Nr. 1B, 2-3 und IA/B im Bogen, verschobene- und kopfstehende Aufdrucke, die Marken oftmals nach Positionen bestimmt, dazu einige gute Briefe mit verschiedenen Stempeln sowie Briefe, einiges sign.

LAGERPOST DER WRANGEL ARMEE: 1920, 1. Ausgabe, Kopecken-Werten, umfangreiche ungebrauchte/postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung mit etlichen Briefen und Karten, jeweils unterschieden nach dem 1. Konstantinopler Druck, dem Konstantinopler und dem Pariser Neudruck, meist jedoch der gute 1. Konstantinopler Druck, dabei Bogen, Zwischenstegpaare, Einheiten, kopfstehende und verschobene Aufdrucke, vieles sign. Kosack, Thals, Roumet etc., alles in 4 selbst gestalteten Alben und vieles nach Ceresa bestimmt

LAGERPOST DER WRANGEL ARMEE: 1920, 1. Ausgabe, Rubel-Werten, umfangreiche ungebrauchte/postfrische und gestempelte Sammlung mit etlichen Briefen und Karten, jeweils unterschieden nach dem 1. Konstantinopler Druck, dem Konstantinopler und dem Pariser Neudruck, vieles der gute 1. Konstantinopler Druck, dabei Einheiten, überdruckte Randstücke, kopfstehende Aufdrucke, Paare mit und ohne Aufdruck, vieles sign. Kosack, Thals, Roumet etc., alles in 3 selbst gestalteten Alben und vieles nach Ceresa bestimmt