368. Auction

1890, 2k. green imperforated with wide margins all around, used with oval cachet, very fine and rare, signed Ferrari Faberge mounted on Faberge album cut out

1898, 2k. red horizontal pair, both type 1, used with central cachet dated "5 SEP 1898", scarce, fine (Chuchin 21)

1909, 3k. green horizontal pair tied by oval cachet to reverse of cover to the Osa Zemstvo Administration, fine (Chuchin 34)

1933, Soviet Army 3-35k., six essays in unadopted designs (34X23mm) on chromolux paper mounted on cardboard, fine and very attractive

1937, Puschkin 10k. perf 12½:14, used, fine, certificate Wassmann BPP (2002)

1924, 1k. on 35k. vertical pair and single 12k. on 70k. tied by cds. "LENINGRAD 21 9 24" to cover from Psochnoe posted unfranked with postage due cachet applied, a attractive and scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1924, 3k. on 35k. vertical pair and two singles tied by cds. "LENINGRAD 8 4 2(4)" to Red Cross picture postcard of Alupka posted unfranked on the Leningrad 1 Moscow TPO with postage due cachet applied on board with manuscript indication the 9k. should be charged, stamps applied at edge, a attractive and scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1924, 1k. on 100r. orange as vertical pair with additional franking tied by two weak strikes of Moscow V Expeditsia cds. to reverse of opened out, creased and reduced cover from Belyi-Kolodyez Kharkov to Moscow, from local Doplatit cachet and manuscript "14k"., despite the negligible imperfections a rarity of Soviet philately, ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 1k. typographed and block of three 2k. lithographed tied by cds. "MORSCHANSK 2 7 25" to folded letter posted unfranked on the Sosnovka Bogoyavlensk TPO with postage due cachet applied on board with manuscript indication the 7k. should be charged - the ordinary letter rate since the letter is addressed to a newspaper with a concession for unfranked mail, a scarce and attractive item

1924, 2 and 10k. lithographed, tied by cds. "TAMBOV  25 6 25" to large format posted on the Kamyshin 150 Tambov TPO with postage due cachet applied due to the cover being overweight, a attractive and scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 17.6.25" to folded statistical return sent from Chismi in Bashkiria, underfranked at 6k. against the letter rate of 7k., eventually charged 8k. postage due, but annotations on the fron indicate some confusion about the charge to be raised, very interesting and ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

NOVI PAZAR: 1876, registered cover to Istanbul franked with 1pi of 1870 and 5pi of 1872, Dulos type postage due stamps tied by superb YENIPAZAR (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamps. Believed to be the only recorded registered cover.

PIROT: 1871 (ca.), cover to Sarajevo franked with 1pi and 2pi postage due of 1869/71 Dulos stamps tied by SEHIRKOY (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamps. Illustrated in A&P. Certificate TFF

1850, 5 r. red, large margins on 3 sides and ca. 4/5 mm sheet margin at right, neatly cancelled by spider, extremely fine and choice, certificate CEM (2017)

6 r. blue, with ample to large margins, cancelled by prephilatelic red "O" of Vigo, fine and very rare

1938, Airmail 45c., mint never hinged, fine

Submarine, 1-15 pts., mint never hinged, fine

1708, "Riga" ribbon postmark struck clean twice, on top and bottom, of folded lettersheet addressed to King Charles XII. "Dem Grosmächtigen Könige und Herrn Herrn Carl der Schweden, Gothen, und Wenden König, Großfürsten in Finland, Hertzogen in Schonen, Ehstland, Liefland, Carelien, Brehmen, Verden, Stettin, Pommern, Caßubien und Wenden, Fürsten zu Rügen, Herrn über Ingermanland und Wißmar, wie auf Pfaltz-Grafen an Rhein, in Bayern, zu Jülich Cleve und Bergen Hertzogen, Unserm Allergnädigsten Könige Allerunterthänigst", very nice and clean condition, maybe the most attractive entire with this rare postmark and one of the big rarities of Swedish and Baltic postal history! Shown in Harry von Hofmann "Latvia 1625-1915/18 The postal system on the territory of the later Republic of Latvia...; page 9".

1710, "PERNAU" superb strike the ribbon postmark on small folded letter sheet addressed to (Matthias) from Porten, one of the rarities of Swedish and Baltic postal history, certificate Obermüller-Wilen BPP (1999) Matthias von Porten, Swedish governor of Reval in the years 1690-1700 and economic director from 1691 until the end of Swedish rule

1710, "REVAL" superb clear strike of the ribbon postmark on small folded parcel letter, sent during the the time of the great nordic war, to  Andreas Timmermann in Narwa (in this time hostile foreign country), one of the rarities of Swedish and Baltic postal history, certificate Obermüller-Wilen BPP (1997)

1855, 3 sk. bco. green, used, fine, certificate Witt (1968) (Mi. 4.000,-)

Notary public revenue 50 pia. ochre, unused, tiny corner crease, otherwise very fine, a scarce stamp, signed and certificate ISFILA (2017)

LOCAL POST LIANOS: “BUYUKDERE 15 SP 66” bilingual c.d.s. on folded envelope to Genoa, bearing 20 Pa. green/black in horizontal pair used by dotted grid with adjacent "POSTE LOCALE CONSTANTINOPLE 16 SEPT. 66" , handed to Austian PO with "CONSTANTINOPEL 29/9" and transported by Italian steamer, with boxed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI"; weak italian arrival mark; a horizontal cover crease affecting the pair; a very scarce combination cover, certificate Nakri (2017)

EGIN : All Arabic boxed postmark „Egin“ (Coles-Walker No.8, AP No.2, RR) clear on envelope to Istanbul at arrival on reverse affixed 5 Pia. grey (toned spots) and pair postage due 20 Pa. brown 1870 issue all tied by all arabic “DERSAADET 4” (AP No.22, RR), some crease at border, fine and scarce

SHIPMAIL: 1858 folded envelope from Constantinopoli to Bursa bearing admirality 3 piaster rose carmine excellent impression and color, good to wide margins, with boxed “P.P./Anchor” alongside, very clear. Usual vertical file fold not affecting stamp or cancellation. An important showpiece from well known corrospondance Kirmissian, fine and very scarce. Certificate TOPS
Provenance : Corinphila 99.th Stamp Auction Torrey & Brodtbeck Collections
 

1859 folded envelope from Constantinopoli to Bursa bearing label “Porto-Piastre” with ms. 4 Piaster, black “POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI COSTANTINOPOLI P.P.” clear alongside. Usual file folds, border toned, fine and very scarce. Certificate TOPS

1861 folded envelope from Constantinopoli to Mudania showing rare blue Ottoman Maritime Company cachet „COSPOLI POSTA DEL IMPERO OTTOMANO DELLA ZECCA *P.P.*“ very clear, alongside “Franco” one-liner in blue. Usual file fold and tiny spot at left, fine and very scarce

1972, Birthday of Tito 0,50-1,25d. brown-lilac and indigo and souvenir sheet 10d. grey-lilac, mint never hinged with usual gum, very fine and rare as the stamps as well as the souvenir sheet were withdrawn, because Tito did not like this picture of him, only few known, signed Velickovic with certificate (2011) These pieces are illustrated and described in the Bulletin of the Study group "Jugoslawien & Nachf.e.V. in the BDPh"  - Issue 115 - page 12-14.

1976, Tiziano Vecellio, vertical pair 100 l.+300 l., imperforated, unmounted mint, very fine (Mi. 800,-)

1 d. black, KA, plate 1A, large even margins and neatly cancelled by central red MC, very fine

1840, 1 d. black, DK, plate 2, good margins, neatly cancelled with superb strike of red MC, very fine

1 d. black, vertical pair PE-QE, plate 1A, good to large margins, tied by clear red MC to piece, very fine

2 d. blue, TL, nice large margins and neatly cancelled with central MC, very fine

1856/58, 1 d. rose-red, tied by Liverpool "466" with adjacent red "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET 11 MY 64" to small envelope from a pointer on board HMS 'Princess Royal' to Cork, Ireland with arrival mark. The 'Princess Royal' then served as flagship of Sir George St. Vincent King, commander-in-chief of East Indies and China station, very fine, certificate BPA (2018)

5 £ orange, AE, with overprint "SPECIMEN" type 9, fresh colour, gum slightly soaked in upper perfs and one short perf at left, otherwise a fine and rare stamp (SG £4.500,-)

5 £ orange, DE, fresh colour and apart from one short perf at top good perforation, used with cds. "GLASCOW MY 19 93" and boxed "C.H.B./G.P.O.", fine