382nd Auction

SPASSK: 1920, red handstamp overprint on 5k. and 20 k., greyish-black handstamp overprint on 5 k. and 15 k., fresh colours, used, incl. 15 k. vertical pair tied by cds. to piece of money transfer card with Arms 25 k. vertical blöock of six, very fine group, all sign. and certificates Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 1, 2, 4, 5a)

1920, red handstamp overprint on 5k. and 10 k., tied by cds. "SPASSK KAZ. -3 4 20" to money transfer card to Chebokssary, reverse arrival cds. "CHEBOKSSARY 21 4 20", vertical archival fold and pinholes away from the adhesives, of no importance, very fine, certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 2, 3)

1920, greyish-black handstamp overprint on 5k., horizontal pair, tied by cds. "PICHKASSY KAZ. 1 4 20" to money transfer card to Chebokssary, reverse arrival "CHEBOKSSARY 19 4 20", usual archival fold and pinholes away from the adhesives, of no importance, very fine, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 1)

1920, reddish-violet handstamp overprint on 10 k., horizontal pair, tied by cds. "BAZARNYE MATAKI KAZ. -7 5 20" to money transfer card to Kazan, together with Arms 1 r. and 5 r. (all used at face value), reverse arrival "KAZAN 19 5 20", correct 28 roubles rate for a 1400 roubles money transfer (2%). Card slightly sortened at left and corner crease, of no importance, very fine, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 3a)

TITOVSK: 1920, red manuscript "ru" on 4 k., fresh colour, tied by two-line handstamp to very small piece, cancellation in the typical pale green shade fro this issue, fine. A very scarce stamp, illustrated in Geyfman, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman 2)

1920, red manuscript "ru" on 10 k., block of three, and 25 k., vertical pair, tied by two-line handstamp "POCHT. KONTORA OLONETSKOY" (Post Office of Olonets) to postcard cut out, cancellation in the typical pale green shade for this issue, very fine. An exceptional item of great rarity, illustrated in Geyfman, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman 4, 5)

1920, "K. 20K." on 14 k., variety "second K shifted down", vertical strip of four, tied by cds. "TOMSK 17 9 20" to money transfer card to Omsk, reverse arrival cds. "OMSK 21 9 20", correctly franked at 80 roubles for a money transfer of 4000 roubles (2%). Usual archival pinholes and a few squeezed perfs, of no importance, very fine. Those provisionals were possibly postal forgeries seized by the authorities and later put into use, rare usage, certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman 1a)

CHERKASSY: 1920, "20 r" violet manuscript overprint on Shahiv 40 k., horizontal pair, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "CHERKASSY 6 5 20" to small piece, very fine and very scarce, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 6)

KASSIMOV (RYAZAN): 1921, "250" violet handstamp overprint on 5r. and 7 r., horizontal pair, the later with cds. "KASSIMOV 7 2 23", very fine, mentioned in Geyfman as questionable, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman 1, the 5 r. unrecorded)

MINSK: 1921, Large seal black overprint (250 r) on 2 k., horizontal block of six, fresh colours, mint never hinged with the exception of two stamps unused, very fine (Geyfman 4)

1921, "500" red handstamp overprint on 5 r., tied by cds. "SHUYA VLAD. G. 17 1 21" to a small piece, early use of this provisional, a couple of trivial short perfs, fine and rare, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman-Nr. 29)

1921, "250" red handstamp overprint on 1 r., tied by cds. "SHUYA VLAD. G. 17 1 21" to a small piece, early use of this provisional, fine and rare, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman-Nr. 26)

SEBEZH: 1921, "250" handstamp overprint on 1 k., horizontal pair, and 2 k., both used, together with 10 k. unused, the 250 on 1 k. pair with typical punch holes from money transfer cards, the 250 on 10 k. one short perf, still a fine and rare assembly, sign. and certificates Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 1-3)

1921, "500 p" violet handstamp overprint on 7 r. perf. on horizontal varnish lines, fresh colours, used, very fine and extremely rare, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014)

KABARDINKA (KUBAN): 1922, Five Pointed Star with "R. 40 R" handstamp overprint on 15 k., vertical pair, used with unclear cds. on small piece, fine. Very rare provisional, a comparable item illustrated in Geyfman, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman 2)

KIEV: 1922, "7500" on 5 k., unused and used, "8000" on 5 k., two used and "15000" on 10 k. unused, a couple of short perfs, otherwise mostly very fine group, all with certificates Ceresa

LUKOYANOV: 1922, "P" overprint on 1 k. perf., tied by cds. "LUKONAYOV NIZHNY 11 22", and "P" on 1 k. imperf., tied by unclear cds., very fine and very scarce provisional from the Nizhny Novgorod region, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman-Nr. 1-2)

SERAFIMO-DIVEYEVSKOYE: 1922, "100000. rub." violet handstamp overprint on 100 r., used with cds. "SERAFIMO-DIVEYEVSKOYE NIZH. 18 7 22", very fine, a stamp extremely rare in used condition, sign. and certificates Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 2)

1922, "7500 rub" handstamp overprint on 250 r., thin paper, good to large margins, used with cds. "DOSUGOVO", casual wrinkle due to the paper fragile nature, still very fine, a very scarce stamp showing the variety "first 0 lower", sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 2)

SMOLENSK: 1922, "7500 rub" handstamp overprint on 250 r., thin paper, four very good even margins, a couple of light creases and small tear at left barely touching frame, still fine, a very scarce stamp, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 2)

SURAZH: 1922, "100" brownish black overprint on 1 r., three horizontal pairs, tied by unclear oval cds. "--- VOKZAL 11 22" to piece, fine and extremely rare, sign. and certificate Ceresa (2014) 

1863, 6 k. dark blue, second printing, position 2, fresh colours, large margins all around, unused with remnants of original gum, tiny thin, still fine, with some Agathon Fabergé pencil notes on reverse 

1879, 2 k. black/rose, together with 1884 1 k. orange (two singles), 7 k. blue and 10 k. red/green (horizontal pair and single), all neatly tied by cds. "ROPIT CONTANTINOPLE 25 FEV 91" to registered envelope to Berlin, adjacent blue single line "ZAKAZNOE", reverse transit cds. "ODESSA 27 FEV 1891" and Berlin arrival cds. "14/ 3. 91"; very fine, an attractive and scarce Four-Colour franking

LEVANT-ZEMSTVO: 1892, Kharkov Zemstvo 5 k. blue/silver, tied in transit by oval handstamp "KHARKOV DIST. ZEMSTVO ADMINIST. - 92" to an envelope to the village Osnava, sent from Constantinople, bearing on reverse Russian Levant 10 k. red/green paying the maritime fee and tied by cds. "CONSTANTINOPLE JAN. 93", transit cds. "ODESSA 28 JAN 1893" and "KHARKOV 31 JAN"; very fine, a very scarce mixed franking (Schmidt-Nr. 28)

1924, Lenin Mourning, 6 k. Photographic Essay in sepia, imperforated horizontal pair on glazed card, unaccepted design by Dubasov, tiny stain of no importance on reverse, otherwise very fine and rare

1924, Lenin Mourning, 6 k. Photographic Essay in black, imperforated horizontal pair on glazed card, unaccepted design by Dubasov, right essay insignificant natural paper abrasion spot and tiny paper weakness at the lower left corner, still very fine, a rare multiple

1924, Lenin Mourning, 6 k. Photographic Essay in black with additional red frame, imperforated horizontal pair on glazed card, unaccepted design by Dubasov, foreign brown paper adhesion on reverse of no importance; very fine, a rare and spectacular multiple

1924, Soviet Definitives 1 k.- 14 k., 20 k.-5 r., all perf. 14¼:¾ or 13½, fresh colours, unused, very fine

1926, 7 k.- 5r., cpl. set imperforated on smooth white paper in blocks of four with sheet or corner margins, fresh colours, mint never hinged, very fine

1931, Dirigible Balloon Construction 50 k. gray-blue, well centered, mint never hinged with sheet margin, extremely fine 

1931, Dirigible Balloon Construction 50 k. gray-blue, fresh colours, unused, very fine

1932, Airmail 15k. blue-grey, perf. L10½, mint never hinged, fine and scarce, certificate Frenkel (2019)

1933, Stratospheric Ballon 5-20k., all with sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1933, Red Banner 20kop. multicoloured with upper sheet margin, perf. 9½, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, certificate Mandrovski (2007)

1934, Stratosphere Disaster 10k., perf 13 3/4, used with usual cds. of Kazan, very rare and fine, certificates Mandrovsky (2008) and Buchsbayew (2017)

1934, Stratosphere Disaster 20k., perf 14, mint never hinged, one of the rarest stamp of Sovjet Union, very fine, certificate Mandrovski (1998)