367. Auktion

1855, 4 sk. blue with diagonal printing crease, neatly cancelled by circle of bars

1855, Coat of arms 4 sk. blue, two copies with large margins all around, used with clear circle of 11 bars and cds. "LAURVIG", fine

1856, Oskar I 8sk. horizontal pair in combination with 2-3sk. tied by cds. "MOLDE 25 11 1859" to folded lettersheet to Hamburg, 2-3sk. affixed at the edge thus a few blunted perfs, a nice and attractive three color franking cover with the special winter rate, certificate Enger BPP (2018)

1807, Entire letter with quite clear "No. 47 / GRANDE ARMÉE", dated "Thorn le 9 mars 1807" and addressed to France; interesting contents (translation in German enclosed)

1945, Liberation of Polish Cities 3 zt. Lodz, overprint shifted to the top, therefore without surcharge and day in date missing, unmounted mint, sign. Krawczyk and certificate Korszen (2017); a very scare variety

1950, GROSZY-handstamps: Culture souvenier sheet with handstamp in type 24, unmounted mint, sign. Falkowski (Mi. 2.500,-)

Roosevelt souvenier sheet with handstamp in type 3, neatly cancelled "KATOWICE 1 20.1.51", very fine, certificate Wczranowski (2018) (Mi. 2.200,-)

Displaced Person card cancelled POCZTA POLSKA POHLS 19 6 45, passed to British FIELD POST OFFICE 294 27 Ju 45, sent to London, censor’s initial bottom left, some peripheral creasing but a rare item (Fischer Cp2a)  

PUCK: 1920, 10-25 pf. on three pieces and 25 pfg. with inverted overprint and to that seven essays on chromo paper without gum

1982, Unissued Hundertwasser 10 $, cpl. sheet with 50 values, unmounted mint (Mi. 50.000,-)

1846, Envelope from "JASSY 9 OCT." to Bavaria with multiple desinfection holes and frontside red "AUSLAGE VON AUGSBURG"; seals on reverse partly removed and some minor staining, still fine

1856, "FELDPOST No.2. 27/5" and "K.K. POST 11 29/5", clear transit marks on reverse of opened out envelope with original contents from "MÜNCHEN 18 MAI 1856" to Roman with additional transit mark of Jassy, fine and scarce entire

1868, entire letter from Gallatz, dated 24.July.68 (new style), marked with blue pencil "Gallatz" and "Porto", sent to "Kerkyra 22.July.68" (old style), via "Wien" and "Triest", taxed "90" in red, franked with 10 l. and 80 l. (3 margins) Large Hermes heads (consecutive printings), vertical fold through 10 l., otherwise fine

1858, Bull's Heads 27 par. on rose with large to enormous margins and nice fresh colour, tied by clear blue "FOKSCHANI 30/8" and for this post office typical red crayon to piece; in the lower part of the design horizontal crease with paperbreak at left, few almos invisible tiniest brownish spots mentioned for accuracy only; a very attractive copy of this rare stamp, only 7 copies recorded from Fokschani, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP (2018)

54 parale green on greenish with good to large margins, nice fresh colour, centrally cancelled with blue-green cds. "JASSY 2.../1..". The stamp shows some original paper remainders on reverse, small thin in the lower left corner outside the design, some minor creasing, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP (2018)

81 parale blue on bluish, nice fresh colour and large to very large margins, unused with large part of original gum; a partly backed thin at top not touching the stamp design, small gready spot shining through on front, light to faint horizontal and vertical creases, still a fine and attractive copy of this great rarity, sign. Larisch in pencil and Thier, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP (2018)

108 parale blue on rose with ample to good margins and nice fresh colour, neatly cancelled with clear and upright blue "JASSY MOLDOVA 21/10" to small piece, very fine and highly attractive, sign. Thier and certificate Dr. Gmach BPP (2018)

1858, 40 par. blue on white paper, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by part-strike of "FRANCO BERLAD", very fine, sign. Heimbüchler BPP

80 par. vermilion on white paper, ample to good margins, tied by part-strike of blue "FRANCO DOROEHOI" to small piece, very fine, opinion Heimbüchler BPP

1805, entire letter from Tulezyn (Ukraine), endorsed "Brody" and forwarded by "Hausner & Violland", to Tarragona, Spain

1866, 3 k. black and green, 5 k. black and lilac and 10 k. brown and blue each on horizontal laid paper, tied by oval dot mark "С.П.В." to folded cover from "ST.PETERSBURG 6.12.69" with German transit mark and handwritten endorsement "f 2 3/4" to Amsterdam with arrival mark, fine

1866, 3k. with burelage of 5k. with additional franking tied by oval "S.P.B" with adjacent cds. "S. PETERSBURG 5 FEB 1870" to double weight cover to Paris, earliest recorded usage of this error, see also Rossica 86-87 page 43, small opening faults and some againg, otherwise a fne and attractive cover

1875, 2 k. black and pale rose on horizontal laid paper, tied by Swedish cds. "GOTEBORG 6.8.1883" to folded wrapper from St. Petersburg to Landsrona, unusual combination, very fine

1884, 7k. blue vertical strip of three tied by cds. of "MERV ZAKASPS" to cover to Finland with manuscript registration and Finnish arrival mark, cover some faults. Located in the Kara Kum desert, Merv was occupied and annexed to the Transcaspaian Oblast in 1884  

1908, 1 rbl. imperforated and two singles 20k. tied by cds. "Petrograd 28 7 18" to cover to German-occupied Kiev (Skoropadsky administration), franked at the second Inland weight step (Postage 35 + 35; Registration 70 kop), Kiev receiver of 8 8 18. German-occupied Ukraine is a rare destination for Bolshevik mail at this period but was possible under the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, some folds and spots, yet attractive  

1913, Romanow Jubilee 20 k., 2 die proofs in unissued colours, one with complete design, one with frame only, both on chalky paper

1922, Coat of arms 10k., revalued to 10r., and two 5r. tied by improvised violet seal to registered cover with improvised r-label from "Alexanderhilf", a small german colony in the Odessa guberniya, to Tübingen, some minor ageing, otherwise fine, a most intereting item. Ex Robert Taylor collection

1922, 22500 rbl. horizontal pair with additional franking tied by cds. of "Stavropol 1 6 22" to post-revolutionary Money Transfer formular without Arms, used to send 500 pyb rom Stavropol to Verkhozim (cancel on reverse), the franking provided by stamps silently revalued from 50 000 to 5 rub  to make a 1% fee. Unusual item, filing faults  

1994, Birthdays of Russian architects 150r. imperforated from upper sheet margin with large part of second stamp, mint never hinged, fine

Railway postmark: "RSHEW-OSTASCHK 22.8.1877", clear strike on postal stationery envelope 8 k. to Creuznach, Germany and forwarded to Rigi, Switzerland with handwritten tax "20", cover with long tear on reverse, otherwise fine

RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: "SISTOIVSKAYA P.K. 1 / SVISHTOVSKA POSCHTENSKA KONT. 1 18 MAP 1878" superb strike in blue on folded lettersheet from Svishtov to Tirnovi, side flaps missing but with large part red wax seal on reverse, a fine and rare entire (Tchilinghirian 62) Provenance: Karajanov (Corinphila 2002)                       156th Corinphila (2008)

RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: Russian Military Post Office, cover, with original content, from a russian field post office sent from a finnish officer fighting for the russian army to his wife in Finland, front with blue cds. of russian field post office, reverse with transit marks, a rare and attractive cover

Russo-Japanese War pre-printed formular card, sent free frank to the Maria Feodorovna charities in St Petersburg, with rare cancellation of the Harbin hospital quarter "KHARBIN GOSPIT. GORODOK. b 25 1 05", minor wrinkles

Russia Civil War: 1919 (November) Registered commercial cover from KHARBIN 30 11 19 to New York with violet Japanese transits of CHANGCHUN and YOKOHAMA in violet and NEW YORK oval receiver tying the 3r 50 imperf and 50 kop perf unoverprinted adhesives., scarce

Russia Civil War: 1920 (September) ordinary letter from MELITOPOL 5 9 20 to Denmark with Copenhagen roller cancel receiver on reverse. Franked on reverseWrangel issue 5 rublei on 5 kop perf, routed to Constantinople where the rare cachet of the Russian Post was applied. In 1920 the Russian Post (not to be confused with the Refugee Post) handled incoming mail from White Russia and the cachet enabled onward transmission without the addition of Turkish adhesives or payment of Postage Due. Very rare.
 

SHIPMAIL ON THE CASPIAN SEE/RIVER VOLGA: "Служба Связи В-К.В.Ф л Почта-Астрахань 11 АВГ 1920" the very rare ornate cachet of the Communications Service of the Volga-Caspian Naval Flotilla / Pot Astrakhan on coat of arms 2-3k. singles and 10k. as strip of 5 on parcel card addressed to Saratov with receiver cancel,the revalued adhesives correctly pay the 55 rubel fee, some minor faults and some ageing. Ex Dr Raymond Casey with his album page notes.