371st Auction

VENYOV: 1k. imperforated, used, fine, ex Trevor Pateman

Ganzsachen: 1895, double card 4 k. used from "CONSTANTINOPEL....97" without text via Odessa to Hattingen, Germany with arrival mark, fine

1897, 4k. black and orange in deep shade with inverted frame, unused, small corner crease, otherwise very fine and scarce (Chuchin 91a)

1923, October Revolution Worker 20k. imperforated block of four with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, fine

1927,  October Revolution Worker and Sailor 8k., imperforated pair with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, very fine

1949, Lenin mausoleum 1 r. imperforated, block of 4 from the souvenir sheet, unmounted mint (Mi. 720,-)

1964, Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet 1r. tied by red cds. "MOSCOW 31 7 64" to unaddressed official First Day Cover, fine

1988, Support for the Soviet Cultural Fund 15k. with missing inscription and value, mint never hinged, scarce variety with only one sheet of 25 printed, fine, certificate Liapine (2017)

1927 SOLOVKI. A group of 7 used picture postcards and 3 unuse ones, all produced by ISLON in the Solovki Prison Camp which Alexander Solzhenitsyn called "the mother of the Gulag". The used cards with long messages have cancels of KEM and MURMANSK-LENINGRAD. This is believed to be the only significant holding of Solovki prisoner mail outside Russian archives and is accompanied by a copy of A.Gullotta, "Intellectual Life and Literature at Solovki 1923-1930"

1925, Philatelic Exchange Charity stamp 25k. on 7k. tied by framed 6-line cachet to reverse of registered cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Paris with arrival mark, fine

1932, Philatelic Exchange Chain breaker 15k. on 70k. tied by 8-line cachet to reverse of cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Mexiko with arrival markins, a late date for private philatelic correspondence, fine

1924, 1k. resp. 5k. on 35k. blue, two singles tied by cds. "MOSCOW 24 8 24" to reverse of small cover from Ekaterinburg gub., postage due cancel on front, correctly charged 6k. for mail to an approved publication, a fine and attractive cover ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1924, 12k. on 70k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 29 4 24" to reverse of unfranked cover from Krasnoyarsk, postage due cachet on front, some folds, but attractive and scarce ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 2k. lithographed and 10k. typhographed tied with cds. "YAROSLAVL 13 1 26" to reverse of overweight ordinary letter from Danilov, 2k. faults, otherwise fine, scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals5k. strip of three tied by cyrillic cds. "SARATOV 12 12 25" to reverse of ordinary letter from Moscow, underfrakned and charged upon arrival, fine, ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 19 1 26" to reverse of underfranked cover from Leningrad, fine 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

1925, Numerals 14k. lithograped tied by illegible cds. and boxed cachet to reverse of cover, franked with invalid stamps,, unusual reason for postage due, fine ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 14k. lithographed tied by cds. "ODESSA 7 1 26" to reverse of unfranked and charged cover from Moscow, scarce, cover with faults ex Robert Taylor with his notes

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

1811, entire letter with double line "GORICE ILLYRIE" in black and handwritten tax note "6" to Zara, fine letter from the Borelli correspondence

1837, Entire letter from Santiago to Bordeaux containing a bill of exchange for 2000 fr., showing on front boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" with adjacent "ROCHEFORT 1 MAI 1837"

Incoming Mail: 1895, Helvetia 3 fr. pale brown, four single stamps and 1 fr. lilac, tied by cds. "CHAUX DE FONDS 22.VIII." to insured parcel card via Bremen to Manila, fine, rare

FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT: 1898/99, 'CORREOS FILIPINAS' 2 cents red imperforated horizontally, the complete sheet of 192 stamps with full margins, unused with full unmounted original gum. Despite of some minor light creasing in very fine and fresh condition (Scott Y2 var.) Provenance: General Harry Hill Bandholtz

"PUERTO RICO" red oval double framed handstamp on folded letter with red due marking "5.R." alongside, light filiing creases, otherwise fine and attractive

1843, folded letter dated "St. Johns P. Rico June 28 1843" with forwarding agent cachet "FORWARDED BY M.G. GONZALES & CO. St.JOHNS. PORTO RICO" alongside to Middletown with red straight-line "SHIP" and "NEW YORK JUN 15" arrival mark on front, reverse with further forwarder cachet "FORWARDED BY THOMPSON & ADAMS NEW YORK", a scarce and attractive entire

"CAGUAS." blue straight-line with adjacent bowed "SIN CARGO" on cover front with manuscript "Vo Bo" to Ponce, few wormholes, heavy toning

"GUAYANILLA" blue straight-line on envelope to Ponce, few worm holes and usual toning

1850, folded letter dated "Guayama 22 Jan 1850" with black split circle "SAN-JUAN-PORTO-RICO JA 24 1850" on reverse and manuscript "1/5" rate, addressed to London, file crease, otherwise fine

1868, folded lettersheet with cds. "PORTO-RICO C NO 11 68" on reverse of folded lettersheet endorsed "per royal mail steamer..." to Genoa with  "GB/1 F.60 C." accountancy marking alongside, fine

1872, 1d. red tied by barred "C61" to printed matter to Copenhagen with cds. "PORTO-RICO PAID" and "PD" alongside, reverse with arrival mark, a beautiful and very rare entire especially sent to Denmark, certificate BPA (2007)

½r. green on white, strip of four sind single with mostly good margins tied by parilla killers to cover front to Adjuntas, scarce and interesting Provenance: 332. Heinrich Köhler Auction

1871, Hispania 25c. blue tied by oval "S. JUAN a YABUCOA" to judicial cover front to Yabucoa with neat strike of fancy handstamp "PITUTACION PROVINCIAL DE PTO RICO" alongside, fine

1855, Coat of arms ½o. on yellow with good margins all around, tied by smeared parilla killer to envelope to San German, fine and rare

1891, Alfons XIII. 2c. red-brown tied by illegible cancel ton printed matter to Paris with violet "Por Vapor Correo Espanol" alongside, fine

1 kr. brown and blue, block of 14, tied by cds. "STOCKHOLM C.PAKET 11.11.98" to reverse to complete parcel paket with King Oscar II. 30 ö. brown, vertical pair 20 ö. and 5 ö. green and block of 4 Numeral design 1 ö. brown and blue via Bremen to Shanghai, parcel card vertical fold and two stamps with small perforation faults, otherwise fine, rare Destination