373rd Auction

1918 February, examples of the local reduced rate of 30 kop for ordinary letters and 1 rub for Registered, both used within Petrograd. Rarely seen rates with the 30 kop letter notable for printed label “ People's Bank, Russian Republic ", some minor imperfections, scarce

1918 August, Commercial registered letter from Petrograd to Warsaw, correctly franked at 60 kop with dual censorship and German receiver cancel on reverse, one stamp with corner fault, but a nice example of mail enabled by the Treaty of Brest Litovsk

1919, Private correspondence, long letter still intact, Registered letter sent from within the RSFSR with Imperial Registration label and cancellations of KOSLOVKA SIMB . [ irsk ] “ b ” 27 11 19 and a 4 rouble franking ( made up with 22 stamps ), correct according to the RSFSR Tariff of 5 November 1919 . Endorsed " Active Army " at top and addressed to a soldier in a Latvian regiment. No transit or arrival markings but possibly destined for the Latvian front

1920 May, Insured Parcel form used to send a parcel of 41 Funt from EKATERINODAR KUB[an] 28 5 20 and received at SEMENTSOVO VOL[ogda] 12 7 20 and collected there. Charged at 122 roubles 50 kopecks the franking exactly supplied by 7x3 kopeck imperforate kopeck stamps revalued x 100 = 21rbl. and  4x3 kopeck imperforate stamps with Kuban 25 rouble overprint = 100rbl, and on reverse, 3 kopeck perforated with Kuban 1 rouble overprint = 1rbl. and also on reverse 2 kopeck imperforate with Kuban 50 kop overprint = 50 kop. Endorsed at the top “Red Army” with "N 94" certification, the parcel ( sent to a private address ) has been charged at 2,50 roubles per Funt, the applicable Red Army tariff at this date, plus 20 roubles for Insurance, a very interesting and despite some imperfections attractive item

1920 October, Ordinary private letter sent on the TPO "RYAZHSK 61 VYAZMA" to Brussels via Moscow with three triangle censor mark. Franked correctly with a 5 kop imperforate stamp revalued x 100 (Tariff of 30 September 1920). According to Alexander Epstein, very few examples of this 5 rub tariff are known; after the resumption of foreign mail services in June 1920, most letters were sent registered, minor stains, otherwise fine

December 1920, Revaluations x 100,  registered cover from KROLEVETS with Moscow receiver, franked four Kyiv Il Tridents on Imperial stamps, revalued x 100 to give the correct 10 rubel RSFSR tariff . Unusual late Soviet use of Trident stamps

1921 May, Private Esperanto correspondence, ordinary postcard sent from OMSK 24 5 21 to Bamberg with weak Three Triangle Censor on the reverse. This card is correctly charged at 2 roubles in accord with the RSFSR Foreign tariff of 30 September 1920, which abolished the Free Post for ordinary mail sent abroad. The Kerensky card is used as a Blank in accordance with the invalidation of 1 January 1919 . A German Postage Due mark PORTO KONTROLLE has been applied and " 80 " inserted by hand and repeated in blue on the card. However, the card is correctly franked and both the cachet and the " 80 " in blue have been crossed through with red crayon . Alexander Epstein records only a few known examples of the 2 rouble postcard rate, most mail abroad in 1920 - 21 was sent registered

1921 October & November, two Kerensky postcards used as blanks and each franked with 7 x 15 kop Imperial Arms stamps, locally sent in Petrograd by a prisoner N N Kholodilin in pre-trial custody. The long messages include valuable historical details of prison arrangements for payment and sending of mail and reception of parcels

1934, Stratostat 5k. lilac-brown, perf L14, mint never hinged, fine

1875, Coat of arms postal stationery card 4k. green with errounous inscription at bottom "Уравление", used, small corner bend/crease, otherwise fine

1906, essay for Imperial reply letter card 10k+10k blue (separated), contains two attached letter cards, size of each 174x106mm, one copy of such essay was presented to each participant of the UPU Conference of 1906 in Rome

1906, essay for Imperial reply letter card  without value in blue, contains two attached letter cards, size of each 174x106mm, one copy of such essay was presented to each participant of the UPU Conference of 1906 in Rome

1906, Issue 1896 essay for Imperial reply letter card 10 k. +10 k. blue, contains two attached letter cards, size of each 174x106mm, appropriately folded, sample presented to the UPU Conference in Rome, perfect condition, scarce,