358 / September 2014
358. Heinrich Koehler Auction
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1858 Entire letter from St Petersburg franked 10 kopeck with splendid arrival cancellation of SARATOV POLUCHENO on the front and no markings on the reverse a great item to display
1872 Formular card with unclear cancellations but the 5 kopeck stamp on Vertically laid paper, slight age toning at top
1827 / 1866 ODESSA. Collection of 17 entire letters and covers with Odessa Cancellations on mail going abroad except for one cover to Taganrog franked with two-margin copy of Russia # 1
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1837 / 1917 A striking accumulation of Receipts, Advice of Delivery, Re-Address (Spravka) and Return labels and cachets, an interesting lot deserving of further study and expansion, 18 items excluding a quantity of small receipt slips with several items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt
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1850s / 1860s DOTTED NUMERALS A very fine collection of dotted numeral cancellations on 33 covers and early postal stationery envelopes, together with some loose stamps. There are many scarce cancels present and we note 52 (Boldino), 191 (Djukowo), 244 (Tim), 229 (Smilovitschi), 334 (Zlatoustovskaja) 400 in manuscript (Michailov), 831 in blue (Mena), a great Lot.
1850s / 1860s DOTTED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS: Small collection mostly on Russia # 5 with four loose stamps and 5 covers with clear strikes of 5 (Vilnius), 9 (Tauroggen), 19 (Kovno) and 240 (Polangen), a nice lot
1858 / 1879 STANITSAS Collection of Straight Line "Stanitsa" cancellations on 14 covers and cards showing generally good strikes of these difficult cancellations
1865 / 1917 POSTAGE DUE AND RE-DIRECTION. An interesting group on album pages comprising Postage Due markings (9 items) and SPRAVKA and other labels applied by the post office (9 items) and including notably an 1865 printed SPRAVKA of St Petersburg (no longer attached to a postal item)
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1870 / 1915 LITHUANIA An extensive collection in two albums with over 230 covers and cards with an excellent range of cancellation from the Lithuanian area including Registered, Railway, Money Letters and Money Transfers, an invaluable study of the postal history of this area
1878 POSTAL STATIONERY card of 5 kopecks issued in 1872 for inter-city mail used at TARUTINO (Bessarabia) in 1878 but locally revalued to the new tariff of 4 kopecks with a handstamp applied at the top of the card in violet ink. One of two recorded examples of this handstamp, the other (recorded by Jack Moyes) also used within Bessarabia and suggesting that the revaluation may have been carried out by the Kishinev Post and Telegraph office.
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1885 / 1916 "FROM THE MAILBOX" (Aus dem Briefkasten) A splendid written up collection of 17 covers from St Petersburg and Moscow, posted in the mailbox but franked for registration. A wide range of cachets are identified and described and several are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt, pages 138 to 147)
1886 / 1917 Mixed group of 15 covers and cards including examples of temporary Cancellations, Exhibition cancels, "Hotel Bristol", Nizhni-Novgorod Yarmarka - in general, a valuable and interesting group
1902 / 1917 PRIVATE REGISTRY (Selbstbucher). A remarkable collection showing the use in Russia of Private Registry Books, a generally unknown area of Russian postal history. The group comprises 12 covers, all sent from St Petersburg or Moscow except for two from Pskov and Machinovka, the whole written up with extensive notes and the subject of a separate section in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 199 - 216
1908 MAIL FACILITIES IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES (Hilfpoststellen) Registered cover to Germany, franked on the reverse to 30 kopecks, and with the Cyrillic Registration label of the Paslawski Pharmacy, a great item, possibly unique, and illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 169
1910 MAIL FACILITIES IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES (Hilfpoststellen) Registered cover sent to London, uprated postal stationery envelope, cancelled and with the International Registration label of VILNA DROGUERIE I: R: CHAMBEDAL, an extraordinary and possibly unique item
1910 / 1916 VOLOST MAIL. A group of 17 covers and cards with VOLOST PRAVLENIE cancellations, generally scarce material including one rare parcel card with a Volost Pr. label.
1911 / 1914 COURT SUMMONSES (Zustellurkunde). A collection of 8 items, of which 4 have For The Postman delivery stamps, originating from Vitebsk, Ekaterinodar, Radin, Moscow, Biela, Parchev and Sedlitz and several illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 130 to 137
1911 / 1915 CASH ON DELIVERY. A group of Cash on Delivery cards and covers, six with green labels and one with green Enumerator handstamp of Moscow, all are very scarce and 3 are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 283 - 285. Also included in this Lot are a further 10 items showing rubber registration handstamps, auxiliary markings and other unusual material, several of which are also illustrated in von Hofmann
1913 Ordinary letter to St Petersburg with clear strikes of the scarce cancellation of PARATSKII ZAVOD KAZ
1899 / 1900 MOSCOW A group of six covers with the earliest Registration labels of Moscow, a scarce group with both Inland and Foregin mail labels represented and some illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt at pages 63 to 71
1889 / 1917 A very fine collection of Registered mail despatched from Moscow telegraph offices, comprising 27 covers and cards with varied frankings and destinations, an exceptional group - some illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 155 to 168
1765 ST PETERSBURG Cover to Pernau with exceptional straight line ST. PETERSBOVRG at top left, the reverse of the envelope with contemporary Mss "Johann Nagel St Petersburg 28 Oct 1765" establishing this as an example of the postal marking in its first year of use
1790s ST PETERSBURG Envelope with good strike straight line ST. PETERSBOVRG on front and on reverse completely intact and very clear red wax seal of the Tsar´s household, a very fine item
1873 POSTAL STATIONERY City Post stationery envelope 113 x 73 mm used locally within St Petersburg with clear strike of GOROD 7 POCHTA cancel on reverse, a little torn on opening
1884 POSTAL STATIONERY City Post stationery envelope 139 x 113 mm used locally in St Petersburg, the back flap missing
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1853 / 1913 ST PETERSBURG A small collection of City Post (Stadtpost) cancellations on 33 covers and cards including 5 Telegraph Office items and with nice material throughout for the St Petersburg specialist
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1880 - 1913 ST PETERSBURG. An Imperial Post Collection of 42 covers and cards in one album with a very good section of 12 Railway Station cancellations including interesting 1913 use of Baltic Staton enumerator to create a registration label
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1885 / 1903 ST PETERSBURG A collection in one album of St Petersburg Numeral cancellations on 36 covers and cards, not complete but including Number 13 (2 items), 14 (2) and 31 (1)
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1888 / 1914 ST PETERSBURG A very fine collection of Registered mail sent from St Petersburg telegraph offices, comprising 30 covers and cards with a wide range of frankings and destinations with some illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 155 to 168
1899 ST PETERSBURG. A collection of 10 covers all with Provisional White registration labels of St Petersburg Telegraph Offices, in generally good to fine condition and together a remarkable assembly of scarce material, two are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 159 - 160
1911 / 1915 ST PETERSBURG. A group of six covers and cards with red re-direction triangles, all well tied by cancellations, a nice group
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1914 / 1917 MUTE CANCELLATIONS (Stumme Stempel). A very fine collection written up in one album with 70 covers and cards, nearly all from identified offices and including examples of registered and foreign mail which contribute to making this a well above average assembly of these interesting cancellations
1914 MUTE CANCELLATIONS (Stumme Stempel), small collection on album pages of 22 covers and cards with identified Mute Cancellations, all from Lithuania with smaller towns represented
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1914 / 1917 WORLD WAR ONE collection in one album with over 50 censored covers and cards including one with a well - tied War Charity vignette, a useful and varied lot
1899 RAILWAY MAIL Commercial cover with company paper seal on reverse, filing crease through centre of cover, registered to Hamburg with provisional white registration label of St Petersburg Warsaw Railway Station and corresponding cancellations making this a very desirable Railway mail item
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1860 / 1917 RAILWAY STATIONS (Bahnpost). The magnificent collection in two albums with 130 covers and cards, very varied with much scarce and attractive material from all periods of Russia´s Imperial railway post, a lifetime assembly