384. Auction

1858/1957 (ca.), interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection with covers, many cpl. sets and better items starting with Mi.-Nr. 3 used, 5-7 unused, RSFSR Mi.-Nr. 185IA-B, 214c, Mi.-Nr. 427-428, 429-449, 453-455, 462-466, 483-487, 494-498, 499-508, 513-522, 826 all unused, together with some pre UPU combination frankings and some inflation covers, some forgeries noted. Some occasional faults, especially in the early issues, mostly fine to very fine, some signed or with certificates, a fine assembly, in three albums

1858/1960, extensive mint never hinged/unused and used collection, almost complete from 1927, some duplicates in the early issues, many better sets and items like Mi.-Nr. Bl 11A-B, Bl 13, a few occasional faults, otherwise in mostly fine condition, in one album

1858/1944, attractive mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some covers and cards, incl. Russian areas and civil war issues, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 3, 7 tied by cds. “KRONSCHTADT 12 JUNE 1865” on small piece (cert. Mikulski), 185IA-B unused, 1867 three-colour franking with Four-Ring cancel “182” (LODZ) on folded entire, together with a part of Ukraine tridents with two covers, etc., some occasional faults especially in the early issues, otherwise in fine condition

1866/1970 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, incl. Russian Levant, a few complete sheets and large blocks, some souvenir sheets, cpl. sets, together with a selection of covers, postal stationeries and cards mostly before the 1950s, mixed condition

1889/1965 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, together with a few large multiples, mostly very fine, in one small stockbook

1991/2016 (ca.), fine group of about 450 full sheets and presentation booklets, mostly mint never hinged with a few used, many duplicates, neatly housed in ten albums

1992/2021, mint never hinged/used collection with sheetlets, apparently complete with an abundance of duplicates and multiples, high catalogue value, in 23 stockbooks

1784/1914, group of 20 entires and covers, many interesting usages, starting with early 1784 entire to Paris with single line “ST.PETERSBOVRG” (Dobin-Nr. 0.01d), 1914 Zemstvo cover from Shatsk in combination with Romanov adhesives, 1906 ship mail in the sea of Japan to Australia via the SS Maori King with framed “PAQUEBOT”, 1897 eight-colour franking from Minsk Telegraph Telegraph Office, better destination with rare postcard sent to the Tsar personal yacht “Standard”, also postal fraud, mail from Siberia, etc., some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly in fine condition, an unusual assembly

1857/1946, interesting group with more than 80 cards and covers, including some old auction lots, containing better items like four-color franking on registered wrapper to Riga, three-color franking from Warsaw to Hungary, also registered mail, postage due, postal stationery etc., in addition Mi.-Nr. 1(faults) used on piece, in addition small collection 1963-77 on stock cards including imperforates and souvenir sheet, slightly mixed condition

1858/69, Russian stamps used in Poland, five entires incl. Mi.-Nr. 2 (faulty) tied by four-ring numeral “1” WARSAW, 20x pair tied by scarce “311” ALEXANDRÓW POGRANICZNY (sign. Bojanowicz), 21x tied by scarce “151” SZYDLOWIEC, mostly very fine, a scarce group

1868/1916(ca.), interesting group of more than 40 postal stationery cards and envelopes, many unused, mostly good condition

1883/1949, group of six unused/used postal stationery cards, incl. Mi.-Nr. P 164-165 unused (4), mostly very fine

1862/1901, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, specialised with shades, multiples, some proofs and reprints, many duplicates, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 2a unused, some mixed frankings on pieces together with a few covers and cards, incl. a 1883 double weight step cover with mixed franking  tied by cds. “WENDEN 1 MAR. 1883” (envelope repaired, signed Mikulski),  some occasional faults, mostly in good condition, in one stockbook

1919, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection, specialised with proof and varieties, starting with a good selection of the first issue both unused and used, many better items like Mi.-Nr. 3 unused (x2), 14 unused, 34-35 used on piece, 25 mint never hinged and 34 unused both inverted overprints, a rare single die proof of the “З(ападная) A(рмия)” overprint struck in dark bluish-violet on cardboard (ca. 32 : 67mm) and annotated in pencil on reverse “Abzug von H. Meyer”, I-VIII cpl. in full sheets, etc., together with some duplicates. Many signed “L.D”, Richter, Hofmann BPP or with the latter´s certificates, a remarkable specialist assembly in mostly good condition 

1918/20, interesting mint never hinged/unused and used collection, specialised with overprint types and varieties, some large blocks and a sheet, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 4B block of 25 used with cds. “TIKHORITSKAYA KUB. OBL.  22 11 19 b”, 10A used, 14 used, together with a fine selection of cover and cards (8) from Anapa, Armavir,  Popovichevska, Dondukovsk, also 7B as a scarce single franking tied by cds. “PRIMORSKO-AKHTIRSKA -9. 7. 20” to a registered envelope to Moscow, a few forgeries noted.  Some mixed condition throughout, a few values signed Dr Ceresa, Romeko or W. Pohl, in one album

1920/23, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some duplicates and multiples, a fine part of used with cds. “VLADIVOSTOK”, “CHITA”, BLAGOVICHENSK", “NIKOLISK”, “KHABAROVSK”, some forgeries noted. Mostly fine, a few values signed Ross or Dr. Ceresa,  a useful lot in one album

1863/1920 (ca.) mint never hinged/unused and used collection with a few covers, incl. Russia in China and Civil War issues, starting with Russian Levant Mi.-Nr. 1, a fine selection of the 1876 and 1879 overprints with Mi.-Nr. 10(4), 11Ia-b(4) used, the collection follows with the later city overprints, some multiples from the Civil War issues with Don, Eastern Republic, etc. Some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly fine, a few values signed Mikulski, in one album

1950/54, very interesting group of People's Republic definitive stamps, including multiples, with Soviet Union Cyrillic cancellations of "DALNY" (41), "PORT ARTHUR" (2) and "ANGTSINTSE"(2), all neatly written up on the original album pages of Michel Lipschutz. All are ex Tchinlinghirian and many formed the basis for the illustrations in parts four and six. It is unclear if these are legacy cancellations from the period of Soviet military occupation after 1945 or whether they were used in post office still under Soviet control until the final military withdrawal from the region in 1955. Provenance: Lipschutz (Lugano 1993, Lot 1640. Hammer price 5100 CHF)

1916/43 (ca.), Estland bis Litauen, ungebrauchter und gestempelter Sammlung mit Briefen, Einheiten und Feldpostkarten, Teil russischer Bürgerkrieg, dazu West-Armee Mi.-Nr. 23-29 auf eingeschriebenem Brief, etc., meist in guter Gesamterhaltung, sauber auf Albenblättern