365 / September 2017

1869, 25 b. orange/blue with good margins, tied by cds. "BUCURESTI 17/1" (1870) to Pest, very fine

1872, 10 b. ultramarine, 2 copies on horizontally resp. vertically laid paper, unused o.g., very fine

10 b. ultramarine on vertically laid paper, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

1876, Charles I. 5 b. olive-yellow, pair and single stamp, tied by blue cds. "TURNU MAGURELE 14.MAI.1879" to folded letter with blue tax mark "T" and handwritten endorsement "30" via Bucharest to Hamburg with arrival mark, cover folded and left stamp with small faults

Incoming Mail: 1872, Greece Large Hermes Head 40 l. tied by dotted numeral "1" to folded letter from "ATHEN 4.4." with framed "P.P." in red via Constantinopel to Bucharest with arrival mark and Postage Due handstamps "20 BANI" and "25 BANI" (for 45 bani total) on front, stamp with small faults, rare combinition ex Serdaroglu Collection  

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

ALLIED INTERVENTION: U.S.Forces in North Russia, "U.S. POSTAL AGENCY SIBERIA DEC 26" clear strike on cover to Honululu with censor cachet at bottom left, fine ex Waelbroeck

1919, Handstamp issue 3-75k., unused, fine, signed Dawydoff a.o.

1919, Handstamp issue 3-75k., unused, fine, signed Dawydoff

1919, Handstamp issue 3-75k., each as block of four from the upper left sheet corner, 3 and 25k. upper left stamp with crease, otherwise fine, scarce multiples, signed Dawydoff

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

URZHUM: 1911, 2 k. brown, horizontal pair tied by violet cancellation from 18.6. in mix franking with horzontal strip of three Imperial 7 kop. blue tied by cds. "URZHUM 20.6..11" to reverse to registered cover to Vyatka with arrival mark, cover shortened at left, otherwise 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)