380th Auction

1780, "MITAU" posthorn cancel clean and clear on small folded letter from Hodiment to the known address Peter de Thier, fine

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

1921, 2k.-10k. complete set in pairs together with an additional single 10k., all tied by cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 10 5 22" to a registered envelope to Germany, adjacent red transit mark via London and arrival cds. "LEIPZIG VOLKMARSDORF"; slight cover imperfections at the edge otherwise very fine

1910, Kitai 1k. orange and 7k. blue tied by cds. "SHANGHAI POSTES 6 3 00" to wrapper to Wladiwostok, fine

ODESSA DISINFECTION: 1851, cds "CONSTANTINOPLE" struck on reverse of a folded entire to ODESSA, endorsed "194" alongside and very faint arrival oval postmark, typical disinfection pin holes applied against diseases at ports; very fine and scarce

1912, negative seal "Chio Poste Russe Gratuit" with matching cds. "ROPiT CHIOS 7 XII 1912" on cover adressed to Athens with arrival mark, fine

1900, 4p. on 1k. horizontal pair with inverted surcharge, used with cds. "ROPIT", fine

ORGEEV DISTRICT: 1887, 3k. carmine-red, horizontal pair with fresh colors, tied by the circular Star of David district cancel "16" to an envelope for the administration for agricultural affairs in Orgeev, intact wax seal on reverse, cover roughly opened at the bottom otherwise very fine (Schmidt 18)

1826, small entire letter from Madrid to St. Petersburg, Russia, struck on front with clear "ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE"; very fine and rare

1899, 1m. rose (2) with fresh colours and sharp printing with RETHYMNO handstamp, 1m. green (5) one sheet margin single and a fresh mint never hinged bloc of four (ex Schmidt), 2m. black (20) with a fine selection of shades and papers, including a pair and four blocs (one creased), as well as a used on small fragment; overall very fine quality and assembly from those stamps issued during the Russian occupation of Creta (Mi.-Nr 2, 3, 4)

1919, fine assembly of five parcel formulars (3) and money transfers (2) used in 1919 in Rezhitsa, Gulbene, Marianovo, Volmar and Stakeln during the Soviet occupation of those cities; very fine to superb, a scarce group

1919/44, group of 10 covers, incl. Northwestern and Western armies, airmail covers, etc., also a few stamps; mostly very fine

1857/1917 and 1922-2017, in the beginning used later increasingly unused collection, from Mi.-No. 1 used, mostly good condition

1917/19, Imperforate Arms, small specialist selection starting with 1917 1r. gutter block with center misplaced, 1919 1r. bloc of ten background misplaced on horizontally laid losanges paper, and 1917 10r. four copies postally used including two with plate damaged frame at upper right corner, very fine (Mi.-Nr. 77Dy, 77Bxb, 81Bxb)

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1880/87, 1r., 3r. and 5r. Tribunal Court in three sheetlets of 25, mint never hinged (only in sheet border), also a complete vertical strip of six of the 30k. Baku District Court, scarce thus; very fine

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1887/1900, specialist group of 30 stamps, including 1889 Simbirsk Court Fee 10k., Piatigorsk (2), Kislovodsk (2) one, 1895 3r. and 5r. Tobacco, Peasant Tax strip of 5 different values from 2 k. to 20k., 1887 Tribunal with three values in blocs of four MNH, 1899 St Petersburg residence for men (7), also a complete undivided sheet of six stamped papers for currency transactions; condition varies with a couple with faults, still a very fine and scarce assembly (a few ex Fabergé)

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1890s, over 100 Baku Court District fiscal stamps used, many on fragment, expertly described, also a scarce group of Transcaucasia 1923 federation fiscals (11); mostly very fine (some ex Fabergé)

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1892/1922, a specialist group of over 50 fiscal stamps, including some used on fragments and documents, one cigarette green fiscal stamp, a mint tete-beche bloc, some 1890s Baku district court used, also five South Russia fiscals (1r. to 5r.) and a Soviet usage in 1922; mostly very fine

1797/1935, nearly 80 covers, cards and postal stationary as well as documents with fiscal stamps, from pre-philately with R-letters, transit stamps, censors and interesting frankings

1830/68, group of about fifteen stampless folded entires and early postal stationery envelopes, used in Lithuania, good range of postmarks, better items including Postal Stationery Eagle 10k. grey-black, small format envelope (143x85mm), indicium teared upon opening, used with cds. "POLOTSK 23 AUG 1868", reverse arrival red handstamp "VILNO", signed Mikulski; fair to good strikes, overall condition fine to very fine

1850/1917, excellent group of over fifty (50) covers and cards, starting with some stampless mail, unused postal stationeries, censored mail, fine postmarks such as a ship mail card from the Nizhny-Rybinsk line, money letters, parcel cards, wrappers, a couple of foreign incoming mail; fine lot