357 / März 2014

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

1889, 2k. green with a 2 k. Kreispost Wenden tied to small envelope originally containing a Visiting Card or New Year´s greeting card and cut at the bottom right to show the contents, thus qualifying for a reduced 2 kop. tariff, sent from Wenden to Riga (receiver cancel on the reverse), a nice little item

3 k. with numeral cancellation "3" on beautiful Red Cross charity envelope, locally sent within St Petersburg at the reduced Tariff 

1889, 10 k., tied by "TIFLIS 229 DZHULFA 1 12 07" to reverse of commercial  letter with contents from Erivan, a rare railway cancellation with additional strike on the front of the cover

 1916, 1 k. and 2 k. Currency Stamps in complete sheets of 100, no gum as issued, the 1 kop appears unfolded, the 2 kop lighlty folded through the middle, a scarce pair of sheets

1922, October Revolution 10 p. vertical pair and two singles and 27 p. single and 25 p. as block of six with additional franking tied by cds. to registered cover to Höchst, the block of six pasted over a block of six Hunger aid, because these stamps were only valid for domestic usage, fine and scarce

 2001, State Emblems of the Russian Federation, booklet with red binding, very fine, certificate of Cartor Printing

2001, State Emblems of the Russian Federation, booklet with white binding, very fine, certificate of Cartor Printing

  2001, State Emblems of the Russian Federation, booklet with blue binding, very fine, certificate of Cartor Printing

FISCAL STAMPS: 1931, 10 k. on 25 k. on 300 r. green, unused, very fine, signed Ebnet BPP with certificate

LOCAL ISSUES: PETROVSK: 1922, handstamp "50 T.P." on 5 r., tied by Petrovsk cds. of 6.7.1922 to reverse of envelope to Rostow on Don; a great rarity of the provisional surchages Provenance: Liphschutz (1994)

1863, 6 k. dark-blue, complete sheet of four, unused with full original gum, small creases in upper left corner, otherwise very fine, signed Kosack

20 k. tied to folded entire letter from Odessa to Metelin, all markings on the front including  "LLOYD AGENZIE COSTANTINOPOLI 15/4"

POST IN EASTERN ASIA: 1908, 3 k. (2) and 20 k. tied to front and reverse of registered cover from Harbin to Prague, routed via St Peterburg (transit cancellation on reverse), a domestic Registration label has been used to provide the registry number "179", with the International R-label without number applied over it 

1921, 2 k. green tied by cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 1.3.21" to wrapper to Riga, fine and scarce 

 RUSSIAN-JAPANESE WAR: 2 cards and one cover with different cancellations and platoons, each cover with detailed description, fine

RUSSIAN-OTTOMAN WAR: 1877/78, two cards and one folded pre-printed letter, with different cancellations and interesting text, each cover with detailed description, a scarce group

3 rub. with very rare perforation 13½:10:13½:13½, unused with original gum, very fine (Nr. 53D)

1958, Komsol 60 k. line perforation, used, fine, scarce

1961, first manned space flight 6 k. complete miniature sheet 5x3, with usual plate flaw on position 15, unmounted mint, very fine (Standard 2469, sheet II; 25.000,-)

1962, Anniversary of manned space ship 10 k., with blue and violet label, line perforation, blue label with hinge remainder, otherwise unmounted mint, very fine, scarce

METER STAMP: 2 k. on fragment with adjacent cds. "MOSCOW 10.3.28", scarce and very early strike

1992, space flight 12 k. deep lilac-ultramarine with Cyrillic and Latain script overprint, block of 25 pairs (half sheet), mint never hinged, vertical folded, otherwise fine, private signature at right sheet margin, very rare (Mi. 10.000,-)

POSTAGE DUE: 1931, 15 c.-2 l., mint never hinged, fine

FIELD POST: 1917, "TRESOR ET POSTES..6.12.17", cds. on field post cover with cachet "ARMEE SERBE-AÉRONAUTIQUE LE COMMANDANT" and censorship cancel "ARMEE D'ORIENT CENSURE MILITAIRE 66" with label and boxed "OUVERT P....AUTORITE MILITARE 14" on reverse to Paris, cover on two sides opened, otherwise fine and with cpl. letter

1804, amarillic typhus epedemic in Spain, cover with red straight line "CADIZ" with tax "20" to Lübeck, Germany, opened for desinfection and closed with two black and red small wax seals, slightly toned, otherwise fine

1804, amarillic typhus epedemic in Spain, cover with double line "MALAGA AND/BAXA" in black and tax "33" plus two desinfection cuts and vinegar spots to Lübeck, Germany, fine