367th. Auction

1805, entire letter from Tulezyn (Ukraine), endorsed "Brody" and forwarded by "Hausner & Violland", to Tarragona, Spain

1866, 3 k. black and green, 5 k. black and lilac and 10 k. brown and blue each on horizontal laid paper, tied by oval dot mark "С.П.В." to folded cover from "ST.PETERSBURG 6.12.69" with German transit mark and handwritten endorsement "f 2 3/4" to Amsterdam with arrival mark, fine

1866, 3k. with burelage of 5k. with additional franking tied by oval "S.P.B" with adjacent cds. "S. PETERSBURG 5 FEB 1870" to double weight cover to Paris, earliest recorded usage of this error, see also Rossica 86-87 page 43, small opening faults and some againg, otherwise a fne and attractive cover

1875, 2 k. black and pale rose on horizontal laid paper, tied by Swedish cds. "GOTEBORG 6.8.1883" to folded wrapper from St. Petersburg to Landsrona, unusual combination, very fine

1884, 7k. blue vertical strip of three tied by cds. of "MERV ZAKASPS" to cover to Finland with manuscript registration and Finnish arrival mark, cover some faults. Located in the Kara Kum desert, Merv was occupied and annexed to the Transcaspaian Oblast in 1884  

1908, 1 rbl. imperforated and two singles 20k. tied by cds. "Petrograd 28 7 18" to cover to German-occupied Kiev (Skoropadsky administration), franked at the second Inland weight step (Postage 35 + 35; Registration 70 kop), Kiev receiver of 8 8 18. German-occupied Ukraine is a rare destination for Bolshevik mail at this period but was possible under the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, some folds and spots, yet attractive  

1913, Romanow Jubilee 20 k., 2 die proofs in unissued colours, one with complete design, one with frame only, both on chalky paper

1922, Coat of arms 10k., revalued to 10r., and two 5r. tied by improvised violet seal to registered cover with improvised r-label from "Alexanderhilf", a small german colony in the Odessa guberniya, to Tübingen, some minor ageing, otherwise fine, a most intereting item. Ex Robert Taylor collection

1922, 22500 rbl. horizontal pair with additional franking tied by cds. of "Stavropol 1 6 22" to post-revolutionary Money Transfer formular without Arms, used to send 500 pyb rom Stavropol to Verkhozim (cancel on reverse), the franking provided by stamps silently revalued from 50 000 to 5 rub  to make a 1% fee. Unusual item, filing faults  

1994, Birthdays of Russian architects 150r. imperforated from upper sheet margin with large part of second stamp, mint never hinged, fine

Railway postmark: "RSHEW-OSTASCHK 22.8.1877", clear strike on postal stationery envelope 8 k. to Creuznach, Germany and forwarded to Rigi, Switzerland with handwritten tax "20", cover with long tear on reverse, otherwise fine

RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: "SISTOIVSKAYA P.K. 1 / SVISHTOVSKA POSCHTENSKA KONT. 1 18 MAP 1878" superb strike in blue on folded lettersheet from Svishtov to Tirnovi, side flaps missing but with large part red wax seal on reverse, a fine and rare entire (Tchilinghirian 62) Provenance: Karajanov (Corinphila 2002)                       156th Corinphila (2008)

RUSSO-TURKISH WAR: Russian Military Post Office, cover, with original content, from a russian field post office sent from a finnish officer fighting for the russian army to his wife in Finland, front with blue cds. of russian field post office, reverse with transit marks, a rare and attractive cover

Russo-Japanese War pre-printed formular card, sent free frank to the Maria Feodorovna charities in St Petersburg, with rare cancellation of the Harbin hospital quarter "KHARBIN GOSPIT. GORODOK. b 25 1 05", minor wrinkles

Russia Civil War: 1919 (November) Registered commercial cover from KHARBIN 30 11 19 to New York with violet Japanese transits of CHANGCHUN and YOKOHAMA in violet and NEW YORK oval receiver tying the 3r 50 imperf and 50 kop perf unoverprinted adhesives., scarce

Russia Civil War: 1920 (September) ordinary letter from MELITOPOL 5 9 20 to Denmark with Copenhagen roller cancel receiver on reverse. Franked on reverseWrangel issue 5 rublei on 5 kop perf, routed to Constantinople where the rare cachet of the Russian Post was applied. In 1920 the Russian Post (not to be confused with the Refugee Post) handled incoming mail from White Russia and the cachet enabled onward transmission without the addition of Turkish adhesives or payment of Postage Due. Very rare.
 

SHIPMAIL ON THE CASPIAN SEE/RIVER VOLGA: "Служба Связи В-К.В.Ф л Почта-Астрахань 11 АВГ 1920" the very rare ornate cachet of the Communications Service of the Volga-Caspian Naval Flotilla / Pot Astrakhan on coat of arms 2-3k. singles and 10k. as strip of 5 on parcel card addressed to Saratov with receiver cancel,the revalued adhesives correctly pay the 55 rubel fee, some minor faults and some ageing. Ex Dr Raymond Casey with his album page notes.  

"OBRASEZ" red overprint on fiscal stamp 3rbl. horizontal strip of 8 with sheet margin and gutter, mint never hinged, fine

1922, Airmail 1200 m. on 2,25 r., unused with fresh original gum, several signatures incl. Brun and Romeko

1875, Coat of arms postal stationery card 4k. green with errounous inscription at bottom, used, some faults, scarce

1922, 500r. on 70k. tied by cachet to reverse of registered cover from Moscow to Zürich, some minor wrinkles, etc., scarce

1922, 500r. on 70k. tied by cachet to reverse of registered cover from Moscow to Riga, franked with 20 copies 100 000 rbl on 250 rbl., vertical fold, otherwise fine

SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS: 1922, Hunger aid in the southeast 2000r. red with additional franking on reverse of registered cover from "NOVOTCHERKASK 18 5 22" to Berlin Wilmersdorf, the charity stamp not tied as per regulations, the cover was sent two weeks after the official withdrawl of the issues, some faults, scarce

1884/94, Wenden coat of arms 2k. tied by manuscript resp. cds. "WENDEN 12 XI" to russia postal stationery card 4k. addressed to Java, a very rare destination, fine

1901, Ruin Wenden 2 k. perforated as horizontal tête-bêche, unused, very fine and rare

1901, Ruin Wenden 2k. slate-green/brown, imperforated archival sheet, lower left sheet form with inverted center on field 16, without gum, rare, small creases and two small thin spots in margin, otherwise fine Provenance: "Die Sammlungen Harry von Hofmann" (359. Heinrich Köhler Auction)

1901, Ruin Wenden 2 k. slate green/red-brown, two monochrome proof sheets of the frame only, with 5 gutter pairs, perforated at bottom and three vertical rows, otherwise imperforated, horizontal fold through one row, otherwise a fine and spectacular multiple, signed Prof. Winterstein

1901, Wenden coat of arms 2 k. and Russia 1889 7 k. tied by cds. "WENDEN 24 VIII" to cover to Havanna, Cuba, a very unusual and rare destination, slightly tropical, otherwise fine  

2k. as vertical pair and 3k. five singles with additional franking tied by cds. "SADWORBIE 26 8 19" to registered cover to Reval with arrival mark, 2k. one stamp corner fault, otherwise fine

1919, 5k. as vertical strip of four with additional franking tied by bluish railway cancel to cover to Tallinn, fine

CASH-MARKINGS: "ПОЧТОВЫЙ СБОРЬ УПЛОЧЕНЪ" black straight-line cancel with adjacent cds. "JELGAWA 8 11 19" on local cover, fine,

CASH PAYMENTS: 1919,"Porto paye" handwritten with adjacent signature on cover from "JELGAWA 6 11 19" to Berlin and "Porto paye 70 cop." with signature on registered cover with adjacent cds. "JELGAWA -8 11 19" to Schwerin with arrival mark, rare, fine (H.v.H. BF2)

KOZMODEMYANSK: 1920,  3 on 3 k. perforated as horizontal pair and group of eight 10 on 10 k., tied by cds. to two fragments, scarce, one stamp minor imperfection, otherwise fine Provenance: both cut from larger fragments in the Lipschutz collection (Lots 2267 and 2268)  

Field Post Office No.75: Postal Money Order franked with Coat of arms vertical strip of four 5k. lilac brown, each with manuscript "5r" in red, paying total of 20r, tied by cds. "Polevaya Pochtowaya Kontora No.75", clear arrival pmks of "Kuloysko-Pokrovskoye Vologda" (5.5.), received and signed for (8.5) by the addressee, fine and rare card, ex-Faberge, certificate Mikulski (1998)  

1865, Steamship 10 p. brown/blue, frehs color and well balanced margins, position 5, lightly cancelled, very fine, signed Mikulski and Pfenninger

1866, 2 pia. blue/rose, two singles with mostly good margins, tied by undated retta with weak Constantinople cancel alongside to entire letter written in Greek from Constantinople to Taganrog, filing fold not affecting the stamps, a fine and rare cover Provenance: Dr Raymond Casey  (with his album page description)