366. Auktion März 2018

1945, Liberation of Polish Cities with overprint "LODZ I. 1945" without day in date and heavily shifted, since without surcharge "3 zt", unmounted mint, a scarce variety, sign. Krawczyk and certificate Korszen

1946, BIE souvenir sheet, mint never hinged, fine

1946, BIE souvenir sheet, used, fine, signed Krawczyk

1950, Culture souvenir sheet with handstamp "Grosze" in type 22, neatly cancelled "SZCZECIN 2 24.1.51", tiny marginal fault, certificate Wezranowski (2017) (Mi. 2.000,-)

1968, Fairy Tale 60gr. with yellow instead of red frame, mint never hinged, fine, signed Petriuk BPP

1968, Philatelists 60gr. as se-tenant pair with missing colours, mint never hinged, fine, signed Petriuk BPP

1916, unissued 2-20 gr. imperforated, unmounted mint, also proof 20 gr. in black, sign. Petriuk

1966, 1 e. with inscription "PORTUGAL" missing, unmounted mint, very light bend

1998, CEPT 900 and 3900 l., two miniature sheets, umounted mint, fine

900 and 3900 l., two miniature sheets, umounted mint, fine

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

1875, Horizontally laid paper: 7 k. grey/carmine, irregular block of 21, tied by unclear cds. to piece of linnen envelope; few stamps with marginal faults and 5 values light creasing, otherwise fine; a scarce and attractive multiple

1923, Labor Day 1 r. + 1 r. on 10 r. with golden overprint and  2 r. + 2 r. on 250 r. and 4 r. + 4 r. on 5000 r. each with copper overpring, tied by cds. "MOSKAU 1.5.23" to First Day Cover, fine

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1909 (ca.), Revenue stamp 5 k. green, complete sheet with 40 stamps incl. 16 tête bêche pairs, all with red overprint "образецЪ", mint never hinged, some stamps with crease and one stamp with perforation fault at bottom, rare

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

1886, postal stationery card from "GROSS-LIEBENTHAL 10 VI 95" to Switzerland, taxed at arrival and postage due 10r. added, fine

1884/94, Wenden coat of arms 2k. tied by manuscript resp. cds. "WENDEN 12 XI" to russia postal stationery card 4k. addressed to Java, a very rare destination, fine

1919, Handstamp of of the Russian Orthodox cross in a circle: 3-75 k. and 5-35 k. each as block of four from the upper left sheet corner, unused, very rare in multipes, few stamps with wrinkles, otherwise fine, 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

BUCHARA: "STARAYA BUKHARA 5.2.14", clear strikes on 1908/13, 1 k., 2 k., 3 k. and 7 k. (2) on reverse of commercial cover to India, usual transportation marks

LEVANTE: 1895, postcard 4 k.+4 k. with text used from Constantinople 1900 to Munich

BOGORODSK: 1894, 4 k. red, copy from the sheet corner, tied to reverse of cover 1894 from Germany with 1889/1900, 20 pf. tied by railway mark "BERLIN-GIRSCHAU 28.5.94"; German stamp tiny corner crease, otherwise a fine and scarce combination (Schmidt 86)

OSINSKY: 2 c. green tied by oval handstamp with date "12...90" to handwritten receipt, folded and tiny spots

1932, 2nd Polar year 50 k. and 1 r. in blocks of 4, unmounted mint, one 50 k. corner gum crease

1935, Lewanewski flight 1r. on 10 k., unmounted mint, very fine, signed Richter and Sovjet philatelic association (Mi. 1100,-)

1950, Soviet republic "Estonia", three essays in unadopted designs (90X117mm) in different denominations on cardboard, painted in pencil, one colored, depicting "Tartu Parlament", "Industrial plant" etc., fine and very attractive

1965, Space ship Woschod 10 k. imperforated, miniature sheet with 20 stamps, unmounted mint, slight marginal bends (Zagorsky no. 3087M Sheet)

1950, two  essays in unadopted designs (184x142mm and 165x232mm) in different denominations on cardboard, painted in pencil, depicting "Agricultural sector" and "Industrial plant", in addition three little photo essays one depicting the same motif as in the large essay but with different aligment of the denomination

1933, unissued 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)

1992, Europe 750-850l., each as horizontal gutter pair, mint never hinged, fine

2011, Visit of Pope Benedikt 1€. as imperforated block of four with sheet margin, with missing gold print (denomination and inscription), mint never hinged, fine

NOVI PAZAR: 1876, registered cover to Istanbul franked with 1pi of 1870 and 5pi of 1872, Dulos type postage due stamps tied by superb YENIPAZAR (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamps. Believed to be the only recorded registered cover.

PIROT: 1871 (ca.), cover to Sarajevo franked with 1pi and 2pi postage due of 1869/71 Dulos stamps tied by SEHIRKOY (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamps. Illustrated in A&P. Certificate TFF

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)