385th Auction

1923, Unissued RSFSR Worker 2 r. imperforate with additional Soviet Union franking, each tied by cds. “LENINGRAD 24 9 25” to envelope to Berlin with reverse arrival “BERLIN 29 9 25”, very fine. An extremely unusual usage most likely overlooked by the postal clerk due to the resemblance of the unissued 2 roubles with the 2 kopeks Definitives, and a scarce RSFSR-Soviet Union mixed franking making up the correct 20 kopek tariff, signed Bühler

1858/1961(ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used balance of a collection, incl. Levant, Fiscals, Saving stamps and Postage Dues, many duplicates with some better items like Mi.-Nr. 6 unused, 18x-23x unused, 185A-B, 253IA used, choice selection of used classics with some fine strikes, together with some multiples and a few complete sheets, a few forgeries noted, mostly in very fine and fresh condition, in one stockbook

1858/1930 (ca.), unused and mostly used accumulation, including Russian Areas, many duplicates right from the early classics, some better values throughout with strength up to the RSFSR, mixed condition, in six stockbooks

1858/1991, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, including Russian Areas, strength before the 1940s, many duplicates throughout, also a small part of Zemstvo with Gadyach, Rostov, etc., together with some Tannu Tuva, Fiscals, some occasional fault, overall in good condition, in seven stockbooks

1858/1984 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Levant and Civil War issues, some duplicates and better sets throughout, starting with Mi.-Nr. 1 used with pen cancellation, together with some souvenir sheets, mixed condition, in five albums/stockbooks

1860/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation with covers, many duplicates and sets from the modern area, a group of covers from the 1930s, etc.,, mixed condition, in 9 albums/stockbooks

1863/1942 (ca.), Russian Areas, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation with many duplicates as well as some multiples, starting with a small group of Wenden, followed by Russian Post Offices in China and the Levant up to the rouble values, also a fine part of Ukraine with Shagiv and Trident issues, Batum British Occupation, etc., some occasional fault, overall in very good condition, a useful lot in one stockbook

1883/1940 (ca), large mint never hinged/unused accumulation, including Postage and Exchange Controls, an abundance of multiples, some better values and sets throughout together with a selection of multiples, only a few used, overall in very good condition, in three stockbooks

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

1889/1967, accumulation of well over 60 mint never hinged/unused full sheets, strength up to 1923 and the Arms issues, some duplicates and better items with Mi.-Nr. 55x, 63IAa, 66IAa (first 1908/09 printings), 149-150x, 155(10), etc., also a small group of sheets and part sheets from Georgia and other areas, mostly in very good condition

1914/28(ca.), interesting unused/mint and used accumulation, with some interesting items throughout including some fiscals, Wrangel-Army, Wenden, Levante, Georgia, Tannu-Tuva, Ukraine, in addition an 1925 Zemstvo catalog

1917/25, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with a few covers, including Control Exchange and Postage Dues, specialized with shades, plate flaws, overprint varieties, many multiples including large part sheets and panes, some with printer´s plate numbers, some better items with Mi.-Nr. 185A-B used, 214c unused, 165-168 unused in large multiples, etc., together with a fine group of covers, including a fine local postcard with mixed franking RSFSR and Soviet Union tied by cds “MOSCOW 12 10 23”, a few forgeries noted, some occasional faults to be expected, overall in very good and fresh condition, a few values signed Mikulski or Ebnet. A pleasant assembly, neatly mounted in one album

1918/27 (ca.), RSFSR and Soviet Travelling Post Offices and Railway Stations, collection of over 50 covers and cards, some better items with “1” PETROGRAD-MOSCOW 1921, “ROSTOV - 14 - MOSCOW” 1927, “ROSTOV - 20 - KHARKOV” 1923, “VYATKA - 34 - MOSCOW” 1925, “POLTAVA -KIYVSKAYA UKRAINA” 1928, “MOURMANSK - 36 - LENINMGRAD” 1930, “KRASNOYARKS - 188 - NIKOLAYEVSK” 1925, “KHABAROVSK - 285 - VLADIVOSTOK” 1925, “BAKHMACH - 309 - BIRZULA” 1927, etc., together with a group of used off and on pieces, many fine strikes. Mixed condition as to be expected, a most unusal assembly, neatly mounted on album pages in one binder

1921/40, unused and mostly never hinged lot, partly in part sheets and blocks

1960/93, extensive mint never collection, including souvenir sheets, only a few values missing, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 33 noted twice, 5283 souvenir sheet mint never hinged, and the years 1970/91 almost complete used, together with some unused and used postal stationeries, overall very good condition, in eight albums

1868/1985 (ca.), attractive group of covers, including Russian Levant, strength before the 1940s, with over 250 postal stationery cards and envelopes for the most part including many from the Breitfuss, Moens, Wilson and Friedl correspondences, some better items with some scarcer small envelope formats nicely uprated with current adhesives, a few unused stationeries throughout. Some occasional fault here and there, overall in very good condition, in one album and two stockbooks

1875/1950 (ca.), etwa 120 ungebrauchte und gebrauchte Ganzsachen, dabei gebrauchte Doppelkarten, Bild-Ganzsachen, Sowjetunion U57 und U60, etc.

1911/43 (ca.), interesting lot with 19 card and covers, many being registered and with nice frankings incl. imperial Russia up to one Ruble value, with e.g. Mi. souvenir sheet 10II MNH, 10I on registered airmail cover with receiving cds., further four ruble cover from “SEMIPALATINSK” (1919) to Denmark with very late arrival (1921), philatelic cover to Maury Athur, etc., good condition

1917/25, Russian Inflation Postal History, extensive specialized collection with over 320 covers and postcards, filled with an abundance of interesting items and unusual usages chronologically arranged within the postal tariff periods, many better items with plenty of material sent during the free post period with covers paid fully or partly in cash (3), 1920 mail from Vladivostok, some scarce 1923 RSFSR and Soviet Union mixed frankings (2) incl. the first Soviet Industry and Agriculture set complete with additional RSFSR definitives, some early international airmail from the Moscow-Berlin line (2) dated respectively July and August 1922, together with some massive frankings with parts sheets, parcel cards, etc., nice section of the 1918 Chain Breakers with complete sheets mint never hinged and several covers, Mi.-Nr. 151-152 with additional franking on later usages in 1922, 165-168 complete set with additional franking on registered envelope to Lithuania, 200x with additional franking, together with a few single stamps like Mi.-Nr. 214c used on piece (signed Mikulski). A most useful assembly neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition leaves, in 10 albums

1917/29 (ca.), accumulation of over 190 covers and cards, many from the Brender correspondence, strength in the years 1921/23 showing the gradual change in the tariffs due to the inflation, some better frankings with some reevaluations and small format saving stamps usages, a few lovely covers throughout, mixed condition. A useful lot

1919/34 (ca.) RSFSR and Soviet Union Travelling Post Offices and Railway Stations, large accumulation of over 250 covers and cards, plenty of Soviet lines, frankings and postmarks, many expertly described, a specialist´s treasure trove in mixed condition