384. Auction

30k. carmine/yellow green, second and last printing, fresh colours and good embossing with usual perforations for this issue, small natural paper inclusion at right, used with faint rectangular dotted “394” PERNOV, small notch between perfs at bottom and light diagonal crease, otherwise fine, a very scarce stamp, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

1913, Romanov 1 k.-1 r., fresh colours, neatly tied by the oval railway station cancellation “S.P.BURG WARS. VOKZ. 2-1 13” to a registered envelope to Dresden with arrival on reverse, except for a light vertical crease at right and a few toned perfs a very fine, attractive and rare first day of issue franking

1913, Romanov 5 r., fresh colours, tied by small cds. “MOSCOW 28 7 16” with additional franking to insured envelope to France for a value of 3750 rubles, mail redirected via London due to the ongoing battles on the Western front, transit and arrival cds, a few perfs faults otherwise fine, attractive and rare usage

1921, First Definitives 5 r., two singles, fresh colours and large margins all around, tied by small cds. “PETROGRAD 16 8 21” repeated alongside to registered postcard to London, the card with vertical fold away from the adhesives. A fine and very rare commercial usage of those stamps at their facial value, certificate Kirzhner (2022)

1921, Liberation of labour 1000r. red single and 100r. orange, block of 10 and two singles, all imperforated, tied by cds. “KOLLINO 5- 9.21” to front and reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with Kaunas transit mark, some minor imperfections, scarce and attractive

1922, 100000r. on 250r. vertical strip of three together with 40r. on 50k. block of seven, tied by cds. “ WOLOTSCHESK RAILWAY STATION 1.2.23” to reverse of registered cover to Warsaw, fine

1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution 10r. and 40r. on 15k., each imperforated as block of six and single, tied by cds. “ULDA MINSK 3.2.23” to reverse of cover to Warsaw

1922, Worker 100r. red imperforated, two strips of five tied by cds. “WOLOTSCHISK TRAINSTATION 10.6.23” to reverse of cover to Warsaw, vertical fold, affecting adhesives, otherwise fine, scarce

1878, Russo-Turkish war, "POLEVOE POCHTTOVOE OTDELENIE 26 MAR 1867", clear strike on lettersheet with reverse side paper seal of the 45th Infantry Battalion. Very fine and scarce. Opinion Todd AIEP (2016) 

“POLEV. SIBIR. ARM. CORP. POCHT. KON. 3 7 04”, Siberian Army Corps Post Office, clear strike on a military free frank card to Iorel with arrival cds. alongside, the card with coloured embossed Chinese Dragon and Russian Coat of Arms, fine mail sent during the Russo-Japanese War

1917, Official request to a Siberian village with dramatic text on the right “in view of the extreme need for the provisional government to know about the haverst of grain in the Irkutsk region”, formular profusely answered on reverse, clear departure cds. “ALYATSKOE IRK. -5 8 17” and late arrival “IRKUTSK -8 9 17”, vertical archival fold and minor aging, still fine and scarce

1915, two covers franked registered covers from Warsaw to Geneva and Stockholm, both with Censorship lacquer seal “PETROGRAD CENZURA”, some transportation faults, otherwise fine

1921, 1000r. red, horizontal pair tied by cds. “BARNAUL TOMSK 29.9.21” to reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with “KAUNAS 17 X 1921” transit marks, some faults, still attractive and scarce

1919, Handstamp Overprints 3k., 5 k., 15 k., 35 k., all tied by cds. “JELGAWA 10 10 19” repeated alongside to postcard to Mitau, fine and rare first day of usage

1919, 20 k. and 75 k., fresh colours, tied by cds. “JELGAWA -18 10 19” to registered envelope redirected to Dippoldiswalde, reverse arrival, fine and scarce

1919, 10 k. on 2 k. and 50 k. on 10 k. as a vertical block of seven, neatly tied by cds. “JELGAA -12 11 19” repeated alongside to registered envelope to Mitau, some perf. separation, fine 

1919, 1 r. on 25 k., tied by cds. “JELGAWA 9 11 19” repeated alongside to registered envelope to Mitau, fine

1919, 6 r. on 1 r. tied by cds. “JELGAWA -10 11 19” repeated alongside to registered cover to Mitau with military seal, very fine

“ROPIT AGENT JAFFA -9 APR- 1905”, two clear strikes in violet (Tchilinghiran 238) on complete passenger´ ticket for the pilgrim ships linking Afon (Mount Athos) to Odessa via Constantinople, one horizontal archival fold does not detract, also a 1887 ROPIT ticket (left half) with “ROPIT AG. JAFFA -7 APR. 87”, fine and very scarce duo 

“ROPIT PAR(AKHOD). KORNILOV MARCH 1911”, steamship postmark in violet (Tchilinghirian 855) on reverse of passenger´ ticket for the pilgrim ships linking Afon (Mount Athos) to Odessa via Constantinople, on front faint violet "“ROPIT AGENT JAFFA 30 APR. 1911” (Tchilinghirian 238), one horizontal fold does not detract, fine and rare

ORGIEV: 1885, 3 k. carmine in  horizontal pair, tied by  violet cds. with Star of David to envelope. Little staining (Schmidt No. 15)

1923, Industry and Agriculture 1 r.-7 r., cpl. set imperforate, tied by cds. “MOSCOW 21 8 23” with additional RSFSR 10 r. Definitive to a registered envelope to Praha, no arrival as usual, minor soiling, still very fine. The convergence of a rare mixed franking RSFSR-USSR, possible only for a few months, and a very early use of the first commemorative set, certificate Leupold (2019)

1925, Academy of Science 3-15k., 3k. perf 12:½:12, block of four and single stamp, and perf 13½, 15k.  per 13½ and color proof without watermark, 3k. perf 13½ unused, otherwise mint never hinged, fine

1925, Academy of Science 3-15k., each as marginal block of four, mint never hinged, fine (Zagorsky 102C,103A)

1927, International Airmail-Conference 10k. with variety “partly missing 7 in 1927”, unused, very fine, certificate Mandrovski (2008) (Zagorsky 185Kb)

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution 5k., perforated 12½:10½, vertical pair from the upper left sheet corner, the upper stamp unused, the lower mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Kondrikov (2008) (Zagorsky 203A)

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution 5k., imperforated, unused, very fine, certificate Mandrovski (2008) (Zagorsky 203Pa)

1929, Pioneers 10k., perforated 10¾, unused, very fine, certificate Frenkel (2019) (Zagorsky 226B)

1929, Pioneers 10k., perforated 10¾, unused, very fine, certificate Frenkel (2019) (Zagorsky 226B)

1929, Pioneers 10k., perforated 10, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Frenkel (2019) (Zagorsky 226C)

1929, Pioneers 10k. with bottom margin, perforated 12½:12:10:12, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Frenkel (2019) (Zagorsky 226D)

1929, Pioneers 14k., perforated 12¼:11¾ :10½:11¾ , mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Mandrovsky (2006) and Frenkel (2019) (Zagorsky 227C)

1929, Pioneers 14k., perforated 12¼:11¾ :10½:11¾ , unused, very fine, certificate Kirschner (2021) (Zagorsky 227C)

1929, Pioneers 14k., perforated 12½:12:10:12, unused, very fine, certificate Kirschner (2021)

1933, Baku Commissars 20k. from the lower left sheet corner, perforated 14:14:10½:14, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive, certificate Kondrikov (2011) (Zagorsky 347A)

1937, Pushkin 20k. with upper sheet margin on ordinary paper, line perforated 12½, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, certificate Mandrovsky (2015) (Zagorsky 446A)