383rd Auction

1918, 3 h. blue, tied by circular seal "ZARKI KROL POLSKIE", with additional Austrian K.K Feldpost 2 h. and 8 h. tied by cds. "ETAPPENPOSTAMT DABROWA -9.X.18" to card to Zarki, alongside cds. "KuK ETAPPENPOSTAMT 11.X.18 * ZARKI *", very light toning, very fine and rare, sign. Petriuk

2 Kr. blue, fresh color, unused, good perforation with only one slightly shortened at upper left, of not importance, very fine, and being one of the rarest stamps of Poland, of the originally only 6 overprinted stamps only this example and one other are known today, signed a.o. Mikstein and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2023)

3 Kr. red, fresh color and good perforation, unused, a very rare stamp with only 45 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Mikulski (2009;copy) and certificate Petriuk (2023)

3 K. carmine and 4 K. green, fresh colors and good perforation, used, very rare with only 45 resp 20 printed, fine, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2024)

3 h. violet, horizontal pair, fresh color and mostly good perforation, ties by cds. "SKALAT 14.XI.19" to wrapper to Potutory with arrival mark tying the stamps, very fine and attractive usage, probably unique, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024) and certificate Mikulski (2009)

Postage Due 40h., used with clear cds., very fine, a true rarity with only 5 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009) and Petriuk (2023)

90 h. violet, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2023)

Postage Due 25h., used with clear cds., very fine and rare with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificates Mikulski (2009; copy) and Petriuk (2023)

Postage due 50 on 42 h. brown, fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine, a scarce stamp with only 40 printed, signed Mikstein a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2023)

Postage due 50 on 42 h. brown, fresh color and good perforation, tied by cds. "SKALAT -5.XII.19" to large part of cover originating in Chicago, some transportation wear, very rare and attractive, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1918, Germania 20 pfg. single and 40 pfg. two singles, fresh color and good perforations, tied by cds. "ALEXANDROWO 27.12.18" to reverse of value declared cover to Warsaw with arrival mark, a very rare and attractive entire with only a few known, signed Rachmanow, Bojanowicz BPP a.o. and certificate Petriuk (2024)

Germania 30 pfg., former horizontal strip of ten showing the complete setting, seperated between the 5th and 6th stamp, mint never hinged, few light perf seperations, otherwise very fine and rare, signed Mikulksi with certificate (2009) and certificate Petriuk (2023)

1918, Germania 2½, 7½, 10 and 30 pfg., fresh colors and mostly good perforation, tied by cds. "OSTROW 20.11.18" to registered cover to Warsaw, small corner fault at upper left, otherwise fine and very rare, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1918, Germania 10 pfg., two singles and 30 pfg., all tied by cds. "PULTUSK 30.12.18" to registered cover to Zawiercie with straight-line arrival mark, slightly stained, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Petriuk with certificate (2024)

1944, "AK" links an Hauswand, davor 2 Aufständische mit Handgranaten, ungezähnter Probedruck in rot auf ungummiertem Papier, tadellos, sign. Petriuk BPP

1853, Queen Maria II 25 r. light blue, good to large margins all round, tied by barred circle "1" with adjacent cds. "LISBOA 25 12" to folded entire to Wien, dated 1855 inside, endorsed "Via d´España et de France", reverse transit and arrival cds. "WIEN 7 JAN.". Small part of back excised, still a very fine and scarce usage to the Austrian Empire 

1871, King Luis I 10 r. yellow, 20 r. brown as horizontal pair and 100 r. lilac-grey, tied by barred "45" to 1878 cover with adjacent cds. "FUNCHAL 18 9" and oval "REGISTADA FUNCHAL" to Wien, reverse arrival cds. "LEOPOLDSTADT 29 9 78", cover with two vertical folds, two values with corner faults and some oxydation, otherwise fine, scarce UPU three-colour franking,

Provenance: `Atlantic Pearl´ (345. Heinrich Köhler Auktion)

1871, King Karl I 25 b. brown, four good even margins, tied by fair strike of cds. "BUCAREST APR 71" to lettersheet to Wien, arrival cds. "WIEN 1-5 71", very fine

1945, Popular Sport 12-35 l. complete in miniature sheet set and 12-35l unperforated with changed colors complete in miniature sheet set, unmounted mint, fine

1945, Popular Sport 12-35 l. complete in miniature sheet set and 12-35l unperforatet with changed colors complete in miniatur sheet set, all with cds. "BUCARESTI 25.AUG.45" on ten envelopes, fine

1945, Aparea Patriotica 20-100 l. on grey paper, complete miniature sheet set, unmounted mint, fine

1945, Aparea Patriotica 20-100 l. on white paper, complete miniature sheet set, unmounted mint, fine

1789, folded entire from St Petersburg to Paris, privately transported from Russia to enter the mail stream in Europe, written by de Velly (1720-1809), painter for the Imperial Russian court, interesting text in French ".. .when you do me the honour of writing, don´t use the postal office channel but travellers to Russia..."; small tear at top, still fine and most unusal

"WALK" (Dobin 1.01), perfect strike on 1811 folded entire written in French to a Captain of the Helvetic Regiment in Lille, alongside transit two-line "PRUSSE PAR NEUSS", cursive "prusse.p.m" and "FRANCO", inside handwritten "Carolen le 3 octobre" with full correspondence, fine and scarce

1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, tied by dotted oval "6" Odessa (border post-office) to entire folded letter to Mariupol, reverse departure boxed "ODESSA April 1859", very fine, scarce usage

30 k. carmine-rose/yellowish-green, later printing on thinner paper, watermark "3" strongly shifted to the right, late use with cds. "1872", a couple of irregular perfs at top and one insignificant tone spot on reverse, fine and very rare 

PRIVATE PERFORATION: 1918, Arms 1 k. yellow-orange block of four, strip of three, pair and single, 5 k. carmine-brown vertical block of six, all with Private Rouletted Perforation, tied by cds. "PETROGRAD 1- 7. 18" together with 10 k. to reverse of a censored registered envelope to Lida, correctly franked at the 60 kopek tariff, with arrival receiver handstamp; cover with usual transportation traces, one vertical archival fold and slightly reduced at right, otherwise fine and very rare usage

1923, Agricultural and Industry Exhibit 1 r.-7 r., cpl. set used with RSFSR 10 r. and 100 r. (counted at 1 rouble each) on reverse, tied by cds. "MOSCOW 11. 9. 23" to registered envelope to Berlin, all paying the correct 40 roubles rate (tariff valid two weeks only), reverse arrival cds. Two stamps with small defects, of no importance given the great scarcity of those RSFSR-First USSR issue mixed frankings

1907/09, postal stationery cards 3 k. unused with additional private advertisement overprints, incl. confiserie factory and auto tires, very fine and most unusual

"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

1920, 20k. on 14k. cobalt/red tied by cds. "VLADIVOSTOK 28 10 21" to registered cover with Russian and French r-label to Miloslaw, Poland with adjacent polish censor mark "P10" of Posen, London transit and "MILOSLAW 16.12.21" arrival mark, horizontal fold and some light transport wear, a very rare and with polish censor mark probably unique cover, certificate Mikulski (2005) and Drzewiecki (2017)

1920, "rub" violet manuscript overprint on 4 k., horizontal pair, used with cds. "FOKINO", a couple of separated perfs at bottom, still very fine, certificate Ceresa (2013) (Geyfman-Nr. 3)

YAKUTSK: 1920, "4 RUB" violet overprint on 4 k., horizontal pair, tied by cds. "YAKUTSK -1 4 21" together with Arms 20 k. (revalued in roubles without additional overprint) to parcel card, undelivered and returned to Yakutsk with receiver handstamp "YAKUTSK -6 6 21". Trivial vertical archival fold not affecting the adhesives, fine and very scarce, certificate Ceresa (2014) (Geyfman-Nr. 6)

1922, "5 T" handstamp on 5 r. dark blue/green-olive/greenish-blue, good to large margins, used with cds. "PETROVSK". A fine example of this very rare provisional, certificate Lyapine (2017)

1920, "Rub" handstamp overprint on 5 k., horizontal pair, and 10 k. on 7 k., neatly tied by circular postal seal from a local town, dated "6-6-22" in manuscript, to postal receipt with cds. "SHUYA VLAD. G. -6 6. 22" at upper right corner, some horizontal archival folds slightly affecting the pair perforations, of no importance. A very fine, very rare and delightful specialist item, signed Ceresa (Geyfman-Nr. 9, 12)

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)