357 / März 2014

80 par. red on white paper, horizontal pair with clear to large margins with central clear "FRANCO BERLAD" used on small piece; the left stamp with small pin hole and with not disturbing light crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Dr. Gmach BPP

80 par. on white paper, good to wide margins, tied by clear red "FRANCO GALATZ" to cover front with adjacent red "GALATZ MOLDOVA 14/7"; the stamp with small and almost invisible tear due to the cancellation; a notation beneath the stamp shining through; a fine and scarce cover front, certificates Heimbüchler BPP and Dr. Gmach BPP

1862, 3 par. yellow with wide to enormous margins, tied by clear "GALATZ MOLDOVA 8/12" to small piece, extremely fine

1872, Prince Charles 5 b. vermilion with very good perforation for this stamp, as usual de-centered, unused o.g.; a very rare stamp, only few stamps of the remaining 1869 issue were later perforated; in this fine condition a rarity, certificate Hunziker (1959) and Dr. Gmach BPP

1890/91, 3 b. showing on reverse print 5 b. green and 10 b. printed on both sides, both used, fine and scarce

1917, unissued King Ferdinand 5 b. - 2 l., complete set with 8 stamps, 25 b. and 50 b. unused, other stamps mint never hinged

1956, Census 1,75 l. with centre inverted, unmounted mint (Mi. 900,-)

1807/11, "MITAU" straight line and boxed cancellation, each on cover, fine and scarce

1811/15, "Bolderaa" straight line and boxed cancellation, each on cover (one trimmed at left), fine and scarce

 1857, 10 k. four margined copy with light pen cancellation, , clean, no visible defects

 1857, 10 k. with the rare plate variety 'dot between "10" and "kop"', good to wide margins, used with double line "ARCHANGELSK", a desirable and rare stamp

1858,10 k. brown/blue tied by numeral "1" to folded letter to Libau, fine, signed Eisold BPP

 1858, 20 k. on thin paper,dotted cancel "1" of St Petersburg, fine condition

 1858, 30 k. used with light  1864 cancellation, the watermark "3" shifted to side of stamp

1858, 20 k. tied by numeral "1" to folded letter to Pernau with adjacent red oval "St. Petersburg 25 Okt 1860", fine

1867, cash paid mourning wrapper with red boxed "s.l.b./o.g.l." of St. Petersburg Main Post Office, on reverse clear red cds. "St. Petersburg 14 APR. 1867", scarce

20 k. with 1866, 5k. and 10 k. on outer letter sent from Moscow Nicholas Railway Station to "PALERMO 17 MAR 69" (arrival cancel on reverse), routed via St Petersburg Warsaw Railway Station, an attractive item , certificate Mikulski

1868, 1,3 and 10 k. on vertical laid paper, tied by cds. to folded letter to Berlin, fine

3 k. with variety 'wrong background' (2, one damaged), with 1 k. and 10 k. (2 each) on folded outer letter from "ODESSA 2 SEP 1870" to Marseille, arrival cancel on reverse, an attractive item, photocopy of Mikulski certificate

1 k.(2) and 10 k.(4)., tied to folded outer letter, repaired from inside,  from St Petersburg Warsaw Station to "CALCUTTA 18 SEPR .." (arrival cancel on reverse), transit through France and London (red "PAID" mark), a rare destination 

1k. and 1875, 20 k. on registered cover from "KIEV 14 May 1879" to "KAMENETZ PODOLSK 17 MAY 1879", slightly reduced at top,with unbroken Kiev Court seal on the reverse, with despatch and arrival cancellations

1 k., 2 copies tied to outer letter sheet from Reval to Kurküll, transit cancel of Wesenberg on reverse, franked at a reduced tariff, very scarce stamps on cover; also included is a very similar item from the same correspondence but with the 1 kopeck stamps on horizontally laid paper

1k., 3 k. and 10 k. tied to cover from Odessa to Gera in Saxony, a scarse franking

1866, 3 k., 30 k. (3) and 1875, 2 k. used on large Court letter, reduced at top,  from "TULSCHINSK P:S: 10 MAR 1877" to St Petersburg, fold through two stamps and other folds to the cover

3 k. with variety 'wrong background' with 20 k. on vertically laid paper and 5 k. on folded entire letter from St Peteresburg to Paris , all markings on the front, an attractive item

1866, 3 k. with variety 'Error of Background', strip of 3 and 3 single copies with oval postmark and additional crayon on folded outer letter from St Petersburg to Amsterdam with red transit cancellation on front and neat "AMSTERDAM 23 APR 70" arrival on reverse, a particulalry attractive example of use of this stamp

5 k. with 1875, 2 k. and 20 k.on registered letter sent from "BALTA  5 JA 1879" to the court in Kamenetz Podolsk, unbroken private wax seals, filing fold through one 20 kopeck stamp but otherwise very fine and fresh appearance, certificate Mikulski

5 k. as single franking on folded entire letter, now separating, from "KRONSTADT 11 JUN 1872" to "ST PETERSBURG 1 JULI 1872" (arrival cancel on reverse), franked at the local Tariff of 5 kopecks, a scarce stamp and rarely seen on cover, certificate Mikulski

10 k. tied by railway cds. "POST. W. 27-28   1 AUG 1872" to folded letter to Oporowo (Poland) with red adjacent "AUS RUSSLAND über EISENB. POSTBUREAU XII", reverse with transit marks, fine

20 k.(2) on entire letter  from "TAGANROG 6 NOV 1871" to the island of Hydra where Greek adhesives for 10 and 80 Lepta were added and cancelled at Hydra, transit cancels of Odessa and Constantinople, crease through on greek stamp, an attractive item

20 k. on horizontally laid paper tied by cds. to folded lettersheet to Lyon, slightly stained, otherwise fine

7 k. and 14k. tied by scarce  cancellation of the 20th St Petersburg Telegraph Office to envelope 7 k. as registered cover from St Petersburg to France, some creases and toning spots

 1884, high values without thunderbolts, 3 r. 50 kop with central 1891 cancel of Odessa and 7 r. with light but unreadable cancellation, 3r 50 kop bottom right corner perforation slightly rounded, otherwise both stamps in fine condition

10 k. used on commercial censored cover to London with adjacent cds. "MOSCOW 9.4.15"; since the cover was underpaid, the stamp uncancelled with adjacent red "0" and manuscript "50" below; in England taxed with 5 d. postage due stamp, interesting item

1889/1904, 10 k. on printed commercial cover, regsistered from "BUKHARA 9 XII 1895"  to Peshawar, the routing via "AMBTE PONTEBBA - BOLOGNA 4 ... 96" and "SEA POST OFFICE JA 12 96"  to "PESHAWAR CITY 20 JA 96" all visible on the reverse, faults from opening but an interesting example of mail to India

1889, 1 k. tied by clean strike of  rare ship cancellation, "PAROKHOD OBSCH: R:V:A:P 4 10 07" to postal stationery card 3 k. with 2 further strikes, addressed to Berlin, the text of the card (in German) locates precisely the route being followed by the sender