380. Auktion

"PER DAMPFSCHIFF", clear black straight-line on  cash paid entire letter from Braila 1869 without further postmark to Vienna with red arrival mark 

1869/77, 2 unfranked covers with postage due markings "28 BANI" resp. 3 strikes "30 BANI"

"JASSY TELEGRAFE 23 1871 5", clear striking blue on Telegraph form

1857, 10k. dark brown/light blue, plate II, good to large margins all around, tied by framed two-line "VILNO MARCH 1858" (Dobin 05.1.12) to a small piece, fine, certificate Ceremuga (2002)

1858, 10k. brown/light blue tied by circular dotted "2" MOSCOW to a folded letter to Latvia, with adjacent arrival framed "POLUCHENO 14 AUG. 1858", on reverse departure two-line "MOSCOW AUG. 7" and transit cds. "MITAVA AUG. 12 1858"; one short perf., otherwise fine

1858 10k. brown/blue, tied by clear Polish concentric circles "282" KIBARTY, with adjacent cds. "KIBARTY 10-4" to a folded entire to St Petersburg, reverse arrival cds. "ST PETERSBURG 31 MARCH 1863 III" and blue cds. "GRANDE SOCIETE DES CHEMINS DE FER RUSSES"; the stamp was previously cancelled and later cleaned to be re-used, cover with vertical archival fold and adhesive defective, still a fine example of a Polish postal fraud in early Imperial Russia 

1899, Provisional Label, 1k., 2k., 3k., 4k, 5k. and 35k. Arms tied with cds "ROSTOV ON DON" to an international registered envelope to Germany, alongside the scarce 1899 provisional label from Rostov; attractive six colours franking and scarce label

1918, Provisional Government, 50k. imperforate, tied with cds "ELISAVETGRAD 20 08 18" to the reverse of an envelope to Novograd-Volinsk, alongside receiver handstamp 26 August, also 50k. with 7r. both imperforate and 1918 5k. Saving stamps tied with cds "BUZULUK 1 3 19" to a fragment of a money transfer (ex Fabergé); very fine and unusual usages of the 50k. Arms imperforate

1919, 1 rbl. perforated proof with black instead of brown burelage, with strongly shifted frame and center, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB

1918, Chain Breaker 35 k. blue, imperforated horizontal pair, unused, bend between the stamps, gum crease through left stamp and tiny tear in the margin only, fine and scarce, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB (2017)

1918, Chain Breaker 35 k. blue, horizontal pair without chalk security pattern, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB (2017)

1922, Hunger Aid 250r. on 35k. with double surcharge in yellow and carmine, mint never hinged, some blunt perfs, two perf tips tiny toned, otherwise fine, a scarce stamp with only 100 printed, certificate Dr. Leupold AIEP (2022) (Standard 27Tr)

1923, Philately for labor 5000 rbl. with copper surcharge, with overprint variety "wide distance between 1 and 923", tied by cds. to piece, fine

1923, Philately for labor 5000 rbl. with silver surcharge, with overprint variety "wide distance between 1 and 923", tied by cds. to piece, a very rare and attractive stamp, fine

1941, Red Army and Navy 5 k.-1 r., 15 and 45k. as vertical the others as horizontal gutter pairs, mint never hinged, fine, scarce

1899, Postal stationery Advertising letter 7 k. with additional franking 3 k. red cancelled with cds. "RIGA 31.III.1899" to Laibach with arrival mark, inside with illustration of an ibex, fine

1875, Coat of arms postal stationery card 4k. green with errounous inscription at bottom "Уравление", used, small corner bend/crease, otherwise fine

"1028" STATION ZLOCHEV dotted postmark on 1866 10k. brown/blue on horizontally laid paper on envelope to Kalisz, on reverse framed "ST. ZLOCHEV KALI. G. 29 JANUARY 1875" and arrival cds. "30 JAN. 1875"; vertical fold on the right side and minor cover imperfections, otherwise fine and very scarce  

"БЕЗ.ПЛАТ." - "NO CHARGE" red framed cancel on postal stationery envelope, 10k. brown from "KAMENOGORODKS 9 1874" to St. Petersburg, some creasing and staining, otherwise fine, scarce cancellation

1921, 2k.-10k. complete set in pairs together with an additional single 10k., all tied by cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 10 5 22" to a registered envelope to Germany, adjacent red transit mark via London and arrival cds. "LEIPZIG VOLKMARSDORF"; slight cover imperfections at the edge otherwise very fine

1910, Kitai 1k. orange and 7k. blue tied by cds. "SHANGHAI POSTES 6 3 00" to wrapper to Wladiwostok, fine

ODESSA DISINFECTION: 1851, cds "CONSTANTINOPLE" struck on reverse of a folded entire to ODESSA, endorsed "194" alongside and very faint arrival oval postmark, typical disinfection pin holes applied against diseases at ports; very fine and scarce

1912, negative seal "Chio Poste Russe Gratuit" with matching cds. "ROPiT CHIOS 7 XII 1912" on cover adressed to Athens with arrival mark, fine

1900, 4p. on 1k. horizontal pair with inverted surcharge, used with cds. "ROPIT", fine

ORGEEV DISTRICT: 1887, 3k. carmine-red, horizontal pair with fresh colors, tied by the circular Star of David district cancel "16" to an envelope for the administration for agricultural affairs in Orgeev, intact wax seal on reverse, cover roughly opened at the bottom otherwise very fine (Schmidt 18)

1923, Airmail 5k. deep-green wide "5", large margins all around, unused, without the usual gum creases, very fine and certainly one of the finest of the only 25 printed, signed Raybaudi with certificate and certificate Buchsbayew AIEP (2011) (Standard 011II)

1924, Flood damaged 3k. on 100r. orange, with very prominent and unusual variety "large part of the printing of the basic stamp missing on the lower left", unused, very fine and attractive

1924, Flood damaged 3k. on 100r. orange, with very prominent and unusual variety "overprint split at upper left", due to paper fold while overprinting, mint never hinged, fine and attractive

1924, Flood damaged 3k. on 100r. orange, vertical pair, the bottom stamp without surcharge, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, certificate Buchsbayew AIEP (2008)

1924, Flood damaged 3k. on 100r. orange, horizontal pair with inverted surcharge, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Goznak (Standard 63PPTa)

1924, Flood damaged 7k. on 200r. brown, with inverted surcharge, unused, very fine, signed Goznak, Mikulski a.o. and certificate Buchsbayew AIEP (2009) (Standard 64Ta)

1924, Flood damaged 7k. on 200r. brown, with inverted surcharge, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Goznak (Standard 64Ta)

1924, Flood damaged 12k. on 500r. blue, with clear double print, mint never hinged, very fine, scarce, certificate Dobin (2000) (Standard 65Tc)

1924, Flood damaged 12k. on 500r. blue, with clear double print, unused, very fine and scarce, signed Mikulski with copy of certificate (1986) and certificate Buchsbayew AIEP (2011) (Standard 65Tc)

1924, Flood damaged 12k. on 500r. blue, with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, very fine and scarce, signed and certificate Mandrovski (2008) (Standard 65Tb)

1924, Flood damaged 12k. on 500r. blue, with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, diagonal gum crease, scarce, signed and certificate Mandrovski (2005) (Standard 65Tb)