339 / März 2010

Thin paper: 20 k. dark blue/yellow orange, used with dotted "1", very fine, certificate Wassmann (Mi. 2.000,-)

1858, with watermark on thin paper: 20 k. deep blue/yellow-orange, used, fine, certificate Wassmann (Mi. 2.000,-)

30 k. rose-carmine/deep yellowish-green, used, fine, signed Pfenninger and certificate Wassmann (Mi. 3.500,-)

30 k. rose carmine/dark yellowish green in fresh colour with numeral "2", fine, signed Richter (Mi. 3.500,-)

Without watermark: 10-30 k., unused, regummed

1866, 5 k. black/lilac and 30 k. rose/green tied to registered cover from "IZHEUSK 2.MAR.1873" to Vyatka with arrival mark

1884, 7 r. with plate flaw "inner oval broken", used, fine, certificate Wassmann BPP (Mi. 2.500,-)

1910, 5 r. in block of five from the upper right sheet corner, 2 vertical perforation rows missing at right, thus 2 stamps imperforated at right and 1 stamp imperforated vertically, unhinged mint, slight staining, certificate Wassmann BPP

1914,1-10 k. tied by cds. "PETROGRAD 10 APR. 1915" to registered cover to Zürich, fine

1918, saving stamp 3 and 25 r.  with additional franking tied by cds. "KIEV" to postal stationary with Kiev trident overprint, few imperfections but scarce and unusual combination Provenance: Liphschutz (1994)

5 r. dull yellow-brown/dark-blue, 3 singles and a vertical strip of five tied by cds. "ZAPOROZHYE 31 12 21" to front and reverse of money order to Perejaslaw

1924, Definitives perf. 14 1/4:14 3/4, 15 k., used, fine (Mi. 250,-)

Airmail 10 k. in type II, cancelled with original gum, fine, sign. Mikulski (Mi. without price)

1932, airship building 15 k. in perforation 10½, unused, fine (Mi. 1.000,-)

15 k. in perforation 10½, used, certificate Hovest BPP (Mi. 250,-)

1935, Lewanewski flight 1 r., unused, fine, sign. Russian Philatelic Society (Mi. 400,-)

1r., used, fine, certificate Wassmann BPP (Mi. 100,-)

1936, Pioneers 3 k. on cotton paper, lower right sheet corner, unhinged mint, scarce, opinion Wassmann BPP

1937, Puschkin souvenir sheet on normal paper, unhinged with disturbed gum in the upper right corner, certificate Wassmann - this item is offered "as is"

Aircraft souvenir sheet with cds. "MOSCOW 23.11.37" and full original gum, fine (Mi. 400,-)

1938, farm worker 20 k. perf. 12 1/2, unhinged mint, copy from the top sheet margin, certificate Wassmann BPP

20 k. perf. 12 1/2, unhinged mint, opinion Wassmann BPP

1949, Lenin souvenir sheet, centrally cancelled (Mi. 500,-)

1948/59, aviator 25 k. typographed and same stamp in offset printing together with 10 k. on cover from "RIGA 20.3.60" to Sweden with arrival mark, very scarce on cover, certificate Wassmann

40 k. used on cover from "CHARKOW 11.11.50", scarce, certificate Wassmann BPP

1961, airmail 6 k. on 60 k., value missing in horizontal pair with normal stamp and sheet margin, unmounted mint (Mi. 1.000,-)

CITY POST: Moskau/St. Petersburg: 1863, 5 k. black/blue with red cds., very fine (Mi. 400,-)

POSTAL STATIONARY: 1922, letter-card 10 k. (at right slightly separated and discolored on reverse) with overprint "Philately-Children 19. AUGUST 1922", only very few enevelopes and letter-cards with this overprint where sold favor to the Childrenaid at the main post office in Moscow, very rare, detailed certificate Hovest BPP

DENIKIN-ARMY: 1919, 70 k. two horizontal pairs and single and 1,3 and 5 r. tied by cds. "POLTAVA  -8 9 19" to cover, scarce

WRANGEL ARMY: 5000 on 15 k. tied by cds. "Buyuk-Dere" to postcard, some creases otherwise fine

20000 on 7 r. imperfed tied by cds. of  "Constantinopel"  to cover to camp Galipoli with arrival mark, fine

1921, 20k. vertical pair from the upper right sheetcorner tied by "WLADIWOSTOCK 17.7.23" (cancel without code letter, just three triangles in the lower part) to reverse of registered cover (YMCA envelope) to Kaunas with arrival mark, scarce cover with secret censor mark

1866, 10 k. horizontal pair tied by cds. "ODESSA 15 MAR 1870" to cover to Genova, fine

1872, 10k. tied by cds. "ATHOS " to reverse of cover via Odessa to St. Petersburg, opened out for display and some folds but scarce, signed Mikulski

1879, thin surcharge 7 on 10 k., tied by Constantinople date stamp of 21.11.1880 to commercial cover to Odessa with arrival mark, fine and rare, certificate Eisold BPP

1910, 5 pa. - 10 pia. tied by cds. "CONSTANTINOPEL" to registered cover to London, fine - additional 1872 10 k. tied by cds. to cover front also franked with 5 k. blue "KHARKOV" Zemstvo, vertical crease through Zemstvo stamp