375th Auction

BOGORODSK: 1896, 2 kop printed paper rate incoming cover from St Petersburg  with added 2 kop., neatly tied by violet Zemstvo cancel. On reverse, transit mark of Bogorodsk Imperial post office. Nice item 

CHERDIN:1914, 2 kop. red used on locally sent cover well tied  by double ring cancel, clean cover with central fold. (Schmidt 33)

KOTELNICH: 5 kop darb blue on 1909 registered cover  to Viatka court, well tied by blue Zemstvo cancel, and 3 x 7 kop Imperial stamps, Imperial R-label on front.

LITIN: 1919, Free Frank (claimed by means of Registry number on front) entire folded letter, very clean, sent from LITIN Podolia 26 1 19 with seal of Litin District Zemstvo Board, torn on opening but neat and intact. Printed letter head of Litin People’s Board. Rare. 

ORGEEV: 1890, 3kop red (pair) on undated  locally sent cover very nicely tied to cover by number 16 cancel. No marks on reverse.  Ex A Faberge

SHATSK: 3 kop. imperforate on undated local cover with fine local postmaster manuscript cancel, no markings on reverse (Schmidt 13a)

1898, SHATSK: 3kop black on green paper on registered local cover, neatly cancelled and tied by double ring SHATSK ZEMSTVO POST cancel (repeated on front of cover). Ex Withy and A. Faberge

1925, 3kop (11) and 7 kop definitives on reverse of registered commercial cover posted on the ODESSA 22 KIEB travelling post office, with manuscript registration in ink, stamps neatly cancelled, rear with clear DANZIG receiver. Scarce and attractive cover

1935,15 kop Airship perf. 14 with two definitive stamps on  Philatelic Exchange cover from Moscow to London. On reverse 1 rub on 35 kop Chainbreaker tied by Philatelic Association seal 

1935, Lewanewskij flight 1 rbl., unmounted mint, fine, signed Soviet Philatelic Association (Mi. 1.100,-)  

1935, Lewanewski flight 1 rbl. with overprint variety "small f", used, very fine, signed Mikulski with certificate (1982)  

1935, Lewanewski flight 1 rbl., used, fine, signed Sovjet Philatelic A.

1935, Lewanewski flight 1 rbl., tied by cds. to piece, fine

1949, Lenin mausoleum 1r., perforated and imperforated souvenir sheet, used with clear cds. of Riga, perforated minor corner bend, otherwise fine

1964, Tokyo Olympic games souvernir sheet in type I and II, mint never hinged, fine  

1869/80, Milan 40 pa. lilac, 4 single copies together with single stamp 20 pa. blue, all tied by cds. "ALEKSINAC 11 10" to front and reverse of sealed registered cover to Janina, Epirus; the cover roughly opened on reverse with one 40 pa. torn, another one with missing corner, envelope with desinfection slits; nevertheless an interesting item with rare franking and unusual destination

1810, folded letter from Pamplona to Malmedy with three-line "N0 31 ARM FRANCAISE EN ESPAGNE" alongside, with interesting context (transcription included), fine

1831, Lettersheet from Havana to Switzerland with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER A LE HAVRE" and "C.T.F." with red crayon "36"

1837, Entire letter from Santiago to France with boxed "PAY D'OUTREMER" with adjacent cds. "ROCHEFORT 1 MAI 1837", taxed "7" decimes

1854, Isabella 1 r. bluish-grey in block of 4, neatly cancelled by circle of dots, very fine and scarce, certificates EXFIMA (1980) and COMEX (1985)

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)

1924, 8th world postal congress 5 ö-5 kr., unmounted mint, 20 ö. with small perforation faults at right, otherwise fine (Mi. 1.200,-)  

1865, 1 ghr. lilac-grey tied by blue boxed “BEYRUT” to entire letter, tiny spots, otherwise fine, certificate BPA (1966)  

1898, Occupation issue for Thessalien 10 pa. – 5 pia., complete sheet set, mint never hinge, some stamps with little spot free of gum and some creases at sheet margins, otherwise fine  

1911, Sultan's Journey to Macedonia, the complete set of 124 values, unused, rare (Mi. 4.800,-)  

1914, Sultan Mehmed V. 200 ghr. green and black, unused, fine, signed Ferchenbauer (Mi. 900,-)  

1913, Post Office Constantinopel, three different booklets 12 pia. with 10 pa., 20 pa. and 1 pia., mint never hinged, one cover with crease, otherwise fine (Mi. 850,-)  

Ganzsachen: 1892/98, double card 20 pa. used from „BEYROUT 14.12.96” with text via Austria post office to Teheran with transit mark “SEA POST OFFICE B” on front, answer part used with boxed “MALDIRIGÈ” without text to Beirut, fine  

1918, 50sch. red as strip of three with additional franking (Katerynoslav overprint) tied by railway cancel "KREMENCHUG VOKSAL 19 12" to reverse of roughly opened registered cover to Rostov on Don, at this period all railway cancels are very scarce, almost unknown

1918, 15k. with Poltava type 1 trident with additional franking tied by cds. "ROMNI" to reverse of cover to Konotop with arrival mark, fine

1918, 1rbl. with Odessa type Vd tridents, pair and horizontal strip of four tied by cds. "DZIGOVKA 21 1 19" to front and reverse of money transfer to Shargorod with arrival mark, fine

1920, Parcel card endorsed at top in Mss "Krasn . Arm ." [ Red Army ] from POLEVAYAR POCHT STAN LIT 3 , 14 / 16 11 20 to KOSTROMA 10 1 21, charged 105 roubles and originally correctly franked as follows : verso , 10x10 rouble Imperial Arms perforate , used at face value [ one has since fallen off ] and , recto , 5 x 1 kopeck Arms imperforates overprinted Podillia VIIId [ Bulat 1677 ] revalued x 100 and representing a Trophy Use of Ukrainian stamps . These stamps were applied in a crumpled state and then smoothed - hence the misalignment of one of the cancels . In addition, four stamps were added to the franking in Kostroma and pen cancelled; according to Alexander Epstein , they represent the fee for parcel storage from the arrival date until collection on 2 2 21 . An exceptional item, the Trident sub - type on the 1 kopeck is normally only found mint or CTO, in addition a mint block of 25

KHARKIV: 1r. perforated and imperforated and 3,50r. imperforated, overprint types 2 and 3 on se-tenant strips of seven, mostly mint never hinged, 1r. imperforated with light horizontal bend, otherwise fine, ex Ron Zelonka (Bulat Nr. 739f, 754d, 1r. perforated not listed)

KHARKOV: 10rbl. as horizontal pair and 7rbl yellow/black, both with Kharkov type 2 overprint, the latter with inverted overprint, used at "KABANE KHARK", some imperfections, scarce Provenance: ex Schmidt collection (who worked in Kharkiv as an engineer in the 1930s)

KYIV: 4k. red, 20 stamps with scarce overprint type 2ee tied by cds. to front and reverse of money order, another clipped money order with mixed franking also, the first one with punch holes, fine

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 commercial censored cover to Vienna. Despite the presence of Austrian occupation troops in Ukraine, mail to Austria is not common in 1918, a fine cover