380th Auction

"PIEGZRO POLICMAISTRA LODZ" black negative seal on reverse of folded lettersheet from "LODZ 18/1", fine

KALISZ: 1919, Germania 5-60 pfg., overprint type V, used, fine and scarce, signed Bojanowicz and Jungjohann BPP

FUNCHAL USED IN MADEIRA: 1892, King Carlos 20r. pale purple and 80r. green, neatly tied by cds. "FUNCHAL 24 JAN 95 MADEIRA" repeated on front with adjacent registration label, to an envelope to London, transit and arrival marks incl. "REGISTERED LONDON 4 FEB 96", on reverse wax seal; right adhesive with rounded corner otherwise fine

1912, King George V 1d. red, tied by cds "S. VINCENTE CAPO VERDE 10 MAR. 12" to front of postcard, blue oval cds "POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS ARAGUAYA" and framed "PAQUEBOT" (Hosking 1260) alongside, very fine and scarce combination

1912, Republica Overprints 5r. and 130r., neatly tied by postmark "AFRICA OCCIDENTAL 19 AGO 19 CORREIO DE S. THOME" to a registered cover to the USA, further strike alongside, boxed registration handstamp "ST THOMÉ", on reverse transit and arrival cds. "SPRINGFIELD SEP 29 1919", some minor imperfections on the back otherwise very fine

1866, thick paper 20 pa. with plate flaw 'dot in meander', a fine group with 2 copies unused , 7 used (one on piece) and one copy on cover.

Thin paper: 20 pa. on rose, good to large margins with ca. 3-4 mm sheet margin at right, tied by mute cancel to registered entire letter with adjacent "ZIMNICEA 18/5" (1867) to Turnu Magurele

1872, perforated issue 10 b. blue, tied by Bucharest cds. to letter sheet to Roman

1872, Paris printing 10 b. blue, tied to small envelope from Bucharest to Sibiu, Hungary, taxed upon arrival with adjacent "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT"

1872, Paris printing 10 b. blue, tied to letter sheet from Jassy to Itzkani, taxed upon arrival with adjacent "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT"

"DIST.DOROHOIU PL.PRUTUL D.J.15/2"(1874), clear blue double circle on postcard  1873, 5 b. blue, to Botosani with transit marks of Dorohoiu, Michaleni and arrival mark

"DIST.TELEORMAN PL.TIRGULUI 24 3", clear strike in blue on 1869, 18 b. vermilion with large margins, on letter sheet to Minister Mihail Cogalniceanu at Bucarest.The entire with some creasing, still fine and rare.

"KAHUL MOLDOVA 5 24" in black and "BOLGRAD MOLDOVA 25 5" in blue on official letter sheet

"PL.FUNDULUI/JUDET ROMAN 1/10" (1875) on Carol 10 b. blue on entire letter from Bacesti with adjacent rural postmark, to Itzkani, charged upon arrival with "6" bani with adjacent "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT".

"POSTA ISLAZU DIM:" resp. "…SERA", each in blue, very clear on 2 official covers.

1855, "per Dampfschiff", 2 strikes of black straight-line on entire letter, franked with Austria 1850, 9 kr. blue, tied by Sissek cds. 1855 to Alt-Orsova, very fine and rare

"PER DAMPFSCHIFF", clear black straight-line on entire prepaid letter 1869 with black handstamp "10"  from Galatz without further postmark to Marseille with transit- and arrival marks

"PER DAMPFSCHIFF", clear black straight-line on  cash paid entire letter from Braila 1869 without further postmark to Vienna with red arrival mark 

1869/77, 2 unfranked covers with postage due markings "28 BANI" resp. 3 strikes "30 BANI"

"JASSY TELEGRAFE 23 1871 5", clear striking blue on Telegraph form

1857, 10k. dark brown/light blue, plate II, good to large margins all around, tied by framed two-line "VILNO MARCH 1858" (Dobin 05.1.12) to a small piece, fine, certificate Ceremuga (2002)

1858, 10k. brown/light blue tied by circular dotted "2" MOSCOW to a folded letter to Latvia, with adjacent arrival framed "POLUCHENO 14 AUG. 1858", on reverse departure two-line "MOSCOW AUG. 7" and transit cds. "MITAVA AUG. 12 1858"; one short perf., otherwise fine

1858 10k. brown/blue, tied by clear Polish concentric circles "282" KIBARTY, with adjacent cds. "KIBARTY 10-4" to a folded entire to St Petersburg, reverse arrival cds. "ST PETERSBURG 31 MARCH 1863 III" and blue cds. "GRANDE SOCIETE DES CHEMINS DE FER RUSSES"; the stamp was previously cancelled and later cleaned to be re-used, cover with vertical archival fold and adhesive defective, still a fine example of a Polish postal fraud in early Imperial Russia 

1899, Provisional Label, 1k., 2k., 3k., 4k, 5k. and 35k. Arms tied with cds "ROSTOV ON DON" to an international registered envelope to Germany, alongside the scarce 1899 provisional label from Rostov; attractive six colours franking and scarce label

1918, Provisional Government, 50k. imperforate, tied with cds "ELISAVETGRAD 20 08 18" to the reverse of an envelope to Novograd-Volinsk, alongside receiver handstamp 26 August, also 50k. with 7r. both imperforate and 1918 5k. Saving stamps tied with cds "BUZULUK 1 3 19" to a fragment of a money transfer (ex Fabergé); very fine and unusual usages of the 50k. Arms imperforate

1919, 1 rbl. perforated proof with black instead of brown burelage, with strongly shifted frame and center, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB

1918, Chain Breaker 35 k. blue, imperforated horizontal pair, unused, bend between the stamps, gum crease through left stamp and tiny tear in the margin only, fine and scarce, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB (2017)

1918, Chain Breaker 35 k. blue, horizontal pair without chalk security pattern, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Dr. Leupold VÖB (2017)

1922, Hunger Aid 250r. on 35k. with double surcharge in yellow and carmine, mint never hinged, some blunt perfs, two perf tips tiny toned, otherwise fine, a scarce stamp with only 100 printed, certificate Dr. Leupold AIEP (2022) (Standard 27Tr)

1923, Philately for labor 5000 rbl. with copper surcharge, with overprint variety "wide distance between 1 and 923", tied by cds. to piece, fine

1923, Philately for labor 5000 rbl. with silver surcharge, with overprint variety "wide distance between 1 and 923", tied by cds. to piece, a very rare and attractive stamp, fine

1941, Red Army and Navy 5 k.-1 r., 15 and 45k. as vertical the others as horizontal gutter pairs, mint never hinged, fine, scarce

1899, Postal stationery Advertising letter 7 k. with additional franking 3 k. red cancelled with cds. "RIGA 31.III.1899" to Laibach with arrival mark, inside with illustration of an ibex, fine

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

"1028" STATION ZLOCHEV dotted postmark on 1866 10k. brown/blue on horizontally laid paper on envelope to Kalisz, on reverse framed "ST. ZLOCHEV KALI. G. 29 JANUARY 1875" and arrival cds. "30 JAN. 1875"; vertical fold on the right side and minor cover imperfections, otherwise fine and very scarce  

"БЕЗ.ПЛАТ." - "NO CHARGE" red framed cancel on postal stationery envelope, 10k. brown from "KAMENOGORODKS 9 1874" to St. Petersburg, some creasing and staining, otherwise fine, scarce cancellation