385th Auction

1823, "MOSCOV", straight line in red on front of entire prepaid letter via Memel to France

1857, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue, plate II, fresh color and good embossing, close at lower left, otherwise good to wide margins, neatly cancelled with rectangle of dots “239” LIBAVA, fine

1857, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue, plate II, fresh color and good embossing, wide even margins all around, used oval cancellation, fine

1857, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue, plate II, fresh color and good embossing,  good margins all around, used with red cds., fine

1857, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue, plate II, fresh color and good embossing,  good margins all around, used pen strokes, fine

1857, Coat of arms 10k. brown/blue, plate II, fresh color and good embossing, good margins all around, used with boxed cancel and pen strokes, tiny thin in left outer margin not touching design, fine, a.o. signed Jem

1858, Provisional Issue 10 k. imperforate brown/blue, Plate I, fresh colours and strong embossing, close at right otherwise good to wide margins, tied by framed two-line “ODESSA 18 APRIL 1858” to folded lettersheet to St Petersburg (Anderson correspondence), small part of back flap missing, of no importance, very fine and very scarce, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

ex collection Baughman

1858, Provisional Issue 10 k. brown/blue imperforated, Plate I, engraver´s cliché “Dot Betwwen 10 and Kop”, fresh colours and good embossing, used with illegible prephilatelic boxed cancellation, the adhesive damaged at bottom left and heavily repaired, rare, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

10 k. brown/blue, vertical pair of fresh colours and excellent embossing, nicely centred and with good perforations, each adhesive tied by circular dotted numeral “1” (type with two additional dots on each side of the numeral) to a small piece, alongside red framed “S.P.Burg 23 May 1858”, some minor toning on a few perfs, still fine. An extremely scarce multiple, signed and certificates Hofmann BPP (1984), Citerne BPP (2024)

1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours and good embossing, tied by Polish four-ring numeral “1” with alongside red cds. “WARSZAWA 24-9” to folded entire to Zagorze, two short perfs. at left, otherwise very fine. A scarce usage of the first watermarked perforated isssue in Poland, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours and good embossing, tied by circular dotted numeral “20” (KOSTROMA) to folded entire to Arkhangelsk, reverse arrival scarce two-line unframed “ARKHANGELSK RECEIVED 1 JULY 1859”, the adhesive with one short perf at top and a pressed crease, scarce usage, certificate Mikulski (1988) and Citerne BPP (2024)

1858, Coat of Arms 20 k. blue/yellow orange, fresh colours, good embossing and usual perforations, used with circular dotted “1” (ST PETERSBURG, with additional dots on the numeral´s sides), fine and scarce, certificate Citerne BPP (2025)

1858, 20 k. blue/yellow orange, fresh colours, good embossing and perforations, used with illegible numeral dotted cancellation, one corner perf. slightly shortened, still very fine and scarce, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

1858, Coat of Amrs 30 k. carmine/yellow green, fresh colours and good embossing, usual perforations, used with black cds., a few minor corner perforation bends, still fine. A very scarce stamp, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, tied by circular numeral dotted “2” (MOSCOW) on commercial entire to St Petersburg, initially written in Reustadt bei Coburg, Bavaria and transmitted privately to Moscow where it finally entered the mail stream, one tiny upper right perforation crease, of no importance, still fine. Extremely rare usage of an early Russian adhesive on a foreign incoming mail, signed Mikulski and certificate Citerne BPP (2025)

1866, 1 k. black/yellow, with additional 2 k. black/red and 20 k. blue/orange, all with fresh colours, tied by cds. “KUBEYINSKOE PO BESSARABSK 19 JAN. 1879” to reverse of a registered envelope to Moscow with arrival postmarks, a lovely and scarce usage from Bessarabia, signed Mikulsiki

1866, 5 k. black/lilac, four vertical pairs, fresh colours, each neatly tied by cds. “ODESSA 26 MAY 1874” to a double weight step envelope to Marseilles, travelling post office and Warsaw transit postmark on reverse, one stamp with a defective corner, otherwise a very fine and scarce 40 kopek franking, signed Mikulski

1875, 20 k. blue/orange with additional 8 k. grey/carmine(2), 2 k. black/red and 1866 1 k. black/yellow, all on horizontally  laid watermarked paper, fresh colours and except for one 8 kopek with a corner crease, in very fine condition, tied by cds. “SMOLENSK 19 JUNE 1878” to registered envelope to Moscow, correct 39 kopek tariff, with reverse arrival cds. Some minor folds on the envelope, still very fine and attractive four-values and two-issues combination franking, opinion Citerne BPP (2024)

1875, Coat of Arms 20 k. blue/light orange printed on paper with inverted and reversed watermark, Plate II, upper left corner panel with 25 subjects with die flaws “Crossed T”, fresh colours and good embossing, minor wrinkles on the margins and some grain sands, of no importance, very fine and rare, certificate Citerne BPP (2025)

1889, 1 r. brown/dark brown/orange, two singles with additional 25 k., 3,50 r. as a vertical pair and single and 7 r., all neatly tied by cds. “GRAEVO LOMZHYN. 18 XI 1906” to 25 kopek money order card to Lomzha, impressive 20 roubles combination franking paying for the transfer of 8,000 roubles, one 1 rouble adhesive defective, otherwise very good. A very scarce and eye-appealing franking

1915, Charity 1 k.- 10 k., cpl. set imperforate, fresh colours, mint never hinged, very fine, all values signed Mikulski

1915, War Relief 1k.-10 k., complete set imperforate, fresh colours, unused, very fine

1915, Money Stamp 20 k. with additional 20 k. on 20 k., tied by cds. “PETROGRAD 3.1.18” to registered envelope to England with reverse transit and arrival cds., cover opened by censor, correct 40 kopek tariff, fine and scarce usage

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

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

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

1922, Philately for the Workers 1 r.-4 r., bronze overprint complete set tied by cds. “MOSCOW -1 5 23” to registered local envelope with reverse arrival, cover with minimal vertical bend, fine and scarce First Day cover

EXTRA POST MOSCOW - TIFLIS: 1844, envelope from “MOSCOW 1844 APRIL” endorded at top “per Tiflis Extra Post”, addressed to “the Chief of the Caucasus Corps, Colonel of the General Staff and Cavalier” in Stavropol, reverse arrival two-line “STAVR. 7 MAI 1844”, some negligible soiling, still very fine. A rare usage of the special closed mail courier post, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

“P.38.”, fine strike on a folded entire from “ST PETERSBURG 10 NOV. 1864” to Rome, Prussian transit via France, embarked on a boat in Marseilles for further transmission to final destination, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.38.” Prussian marking during the second period of use (for the transit via Prussia and France to third countries, 1862-1865) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2097)

“P.41.”, fine strike on a folded entire from “BERDIANSK 15 JULY 1861” to Genova, transit via Odessa, alongside framed “PORTO”, “PRUSSE VALENCIENNES, etc., reverse red arrival handstamp “ARRIVO GENOVA 12 LUG 61”, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.41.” Prussian marking during its first period of use (up to 31 December 1861) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2106)

“P.45.”, very fine strike on folded entire from “WARSAW TRAIN STATION ST PETERSBURG 7 SEPT. 1866” to Naples, Prussian transit via France and Genoa, reverse arrival red framed “ARRIVO NAPOLI SET 66”, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.45.” Prussian marking, recored during the third period of use (for the transit via Prussia and France to third countries, from 1866) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2113)

1866, St Petersburg City Telegram Formulars, both the blue (used) and larger 20 kopek rose (unused) types, folded and with some small faults, a very scarce duo

1898, Post and Telegraph Saving Bank booklet, complete with 22 pages, some of them with 1 to 10 roubles savings stamps tied by cds. “SOPOTSKYN SUVALK”, some minor imperfection as to be expected, still fine, scarce 

1922, 250 r. on 35 k. together with some additional franking, the later tied by cds. “MOSCOW 26 5 23” to registered envelope to Wien, a few definitives with some minor imperfections, scarce