373rd Auction

POLTAVA: 1rbl, two blocks of four with overprint type 1 in violet, used and unused, fine

ZDOLBUNOVO / ZDOLBUNIV: 1919, Money Transfer Form sending 300 roubles from ZDOLBUNOVO VOLJINSK ] 17 2 19 to ZHITOMIR with 20 2 19 receiver mark on reverse and recipient ' s signature for the following day . Charged at 1 % of the 300 roubles transferred and franked with 3 x 1 rouble imperforate Imperial Arms stamps overprinted in violet with the distinctive local Trident handstamp of Zdolbunovo / Zdolbuniv ( Bulat 2497 ) . Neatly cancelled and overall in fine condition Provenance: ex Ustinovsky collection

1918, two money transfer forms using 13 Katerynoslav type 1 Tridents , one sent to Kamenets Podolsk and one to Kharkov . One form is a post - 1917 printing with the Imperial Arms at top left removed but otherwise identical to the earlier version which is signed VYROVYJ and uses stamps with significant background colour shift, one card with the usual punch holes

ODESSA: 1918, 2k. perforated, 3k. imperforated and horizontal pair of 10k. perforated, with types 1,2 and 3, tied by cds. "7 10 18" to commervial censored cover to Vienna. Despite the presence of Austrian occupation troops in Ukraine, mail to Austria ist not common in 1918, a fine cover

1920, Vienna Issue, 1,3,5 and 40g., each as imperforated block of 15 printed on reverse of maps, two blocks with marginal inscriptions, unused, fine

1934, Provisional issue 40 c. - 3,70 l., used, 3,70 l. with small stains, otherwise fine, signed A. Diena with certificate (1966)  

1934, Provisorien 40c.- 3,70l., used, fine

1989, CEPT 3000 din. and 6000 din. each in imperforated proof sheet with large margins

Unissued 2,50 din. without surcharge "9.00", three stamps in block of 4 with ornamental field, umounted mint, fine, rare  

2002, CEPT Circus souvenir sheet, imperforated (proof), unmounted mint

1815, Lettersheet dated "Londres le 28 avril 1815" addressed to Bordeaux, transported via "BREMEN" and "BASEL 4 Juny" with adjacent transit mark "SUISSE PAR HUNINGUE". A very scarce cover, transported shortly before the battle of Waterloo. Certificate Van der Linden BPP (1999)

1865/67, 6 d. lilac (with hyphen), plate 5, 3 copies, tied to entire letter endorsed "Samples without value" to Stettin, not accepted and taxed with "6" sgr.; some slight toning

1867/80, 2 sh. cobalt, tied by duplex "LIVERPOOL FE 15 68" to entire letter with adjacent red "PAID B" and transit mark "PANAMA MR 9 68" to Peru with straight line "PAITA" on reverse. A very fine single franking of this scarce and difficult shade. Certificate BPA (2007)

1880, 4d. grew-brown, plate 17, wmk. larger garter, fresh colour with large part original gum, small corner crease, otherwise fine (SG. 2.800£)

1850, 1 d. orange-vermilion in very nice deep and fresh colour, slightly touched at upper left and in bottom frame line, neatly cancelled by butterfly cancel "1" of Melbourne; on reverse a small thin toward top, alltogether a fine copy of this rare stamp, certificate BPA (2019)

1919, Kangaroo and map 2 £ black and rose, die II with overprint "SPECIMEN" in subtype 1a (damaged S and C), unused without gum, one pulled perf at top, otherwise fine; a very scarce variety

1892, Cover franked on reverse with India ½ a. green, tied by squared circle "BAHRAIN OC 6 92" to Bushire with frontside boxed "POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA" and arrival mark of October 9 next to the stamp; fine and rare, the earliest of 2 recorded such combinations

1893, British India postcard ONE ANNA on 1½ a. blue from Bahrain (July 9th 1893), posted at "BUSRAH JL .. 93" and sent to London with frontside "SEA POST OFFICE JL 28 93"; fine and very scarce early mail

1903, British India postcard with prepaid answer 1 a. blue + 1 a. blue used with text from "BAHRAIN 27 DE 03" via "SEA POST OFFICE JA. 9 04" to Berlin with arrival mark on front. A very rare card; apparently the sender sent several of these cards each with part of text of his travel descriptions; we have recorded 2 further such cards from Bahrain

1905, British India Victoria 3 p. rose in horizontal pair, tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 20 AP. 05" to reverse of small cover to Bombay with adjacent arrival mark; by opening slightly reduced in size, still fine

1905, British India Edward ½ a. green, 2 copies tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 9 FE. 05" to reverse of small envelope to Bombay with arrival mark

1908, Postal stationery envelope Edward ½ a. green used from "BAHRAIN 3 JL. 08" to Muscat with arrival mark of July 7th, very fine

1908, British India envelope ONE ANNA on 2 a. 6 p. orange with return address "Mason Memorial Hospital / Bahrein, Persian Gulf" and clear postmark "BAHRAIN 17 OC. 08" addressed to the Seaman Hospital, Greenwich, S.E. The writer expected to benefit of the soldier's concessionary rate, but since the envelope was not countersigned by an officer it was taxed, showing 2 strikes of "T" in circle struck in Bahrain, plus British "3d/F.B.". The envelope opened out for display with slight toning at the edges. Unique usage of this envelope at Bahrain and to our records only recorded use of the "T"-tax stamp at Bahrain

1910, British India Edward 3 p. grey, 10 copies in multiples tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 31 DE 10" to reverse of commercial cover to Bombay with arrival mark; the envelope somewhat reduced in size at both sides and showing slight faults; a scarce franking

1912, Edward 3 a. orange-brown, tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 18 FE. 12" to reverse of registered envelope with provisional registration label to Bombay with adjacent arrival mark; cover opened on 2 sides, very fine and rare early registered mail

1917, Postal stationery envelope George V ½ a. green, used from "BAHRAIN 14 AP. 17" to Muscat with arrival mark and frontside censor mark; due to opening somewhat reduced at right, still fine

1917, Postcard ¼ a. grey from "BAHRAIN 24 SE. 17" to Muscat, transported via "BUSHIRE 26 SE. 17" with adjacent "PASSED CENSOR BUSHIRE", arrival mark on reverse

1926, George V registered envelope 2 a. + 1 a. blue, size J, used from "BAHRAIN 2 NOV 26" to Muscat with arrival mark; little stained, otherwise fine; very rare inter-Gulf usage of the large size envelope, previously unrecorded

1928, George V 3 a. blue, tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 6 MAR 28" to reverse of commercial envelope of an automobile dealer for Lincoln, Ford and Fordson with decorative return address on front, addressed to New York; little stained

1929, George V ½ a. green, marginal block of 18 tied to reverse of commercial cover from "BAHRAIN 17 NOV. 29" to Berlin with frontside double circle "BY AIR"

1933, George V 3 p. in horizontal pair, 1 a. and 2 a. 6 p. in horizontal pair, tied to registered cover to Basrah with arrival mark on reverse, little roughly opened, still fine

1933, George V 3 p., ½ a. (2), 9 p., 1 a. and 2 a. used on cover from "BAHRAIN 6 MAY 34" to England, endorsed in red ink "By overland mail "Bagdad-Haifa"", Basrah transit mark on reverse, very fine

3 p. in horizontal pair, 1 a. and 8 a., tied to reverse of airmail cover with frontside double circle "BY AIR" with transit marks of Cairo and Athens to Vienna with arrival marks

3 p. (6) and ½ a. (4) tied to reverse of small envelope endorsed "OVERLAND MAIL" to Germany, adjacent double circle "BY AIR" cancelled by pen strokes

3 p. (2), 1 a. chocolate (5) and 2 a. small die, tied to reverse of envelope, endorsed on front "BY AIR MAIL", deleted by black bars cancel with adjacent rare "T", addressed to Berlin with frontside transit mark "MARSEILLE-GARE-AVION 29 VIII 1937", in Germany taxed with "40" pf.; an interesting cover with the rare "T"-handstamp of Bahrain

½ a. and 1934/37, 3 a. in strip of 3 tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 3 FEB. 37" to airmail cover, originally sent from "STRUER 31.12.36" via "CØBENHAVN 5.1.35" to a member on a ship arriving at Bahrain and the re-directed to Antwerp, Belgium with transit mark of Alexandria; a fine and most unusual combination cover