388th Auction

WINDAU (Ventspils, Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, large margins, neatly tied by central bilingual double circle to piece. Very fine and rare. 

WOLMAR (Valmiera, Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, neatly tied by large part of boxed "WOLMAR OTPRAVLENO" to piece. Very fine and rare. Signed Buchsbayew.

Provenance:  A. Fabergé (Harmer 1939) Z.S.Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006)

ZHITOMIR(Ukraine): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large  margins, tied by pen star and boxed pre-philatelic " ZHITOMIR 28 (JANUARY 1858)" to almost entire letter (parts of outer flaps missing) to Kiev. Slightly cleaned, otherwise very fine. Very rare and attractive.  Certificate Buchsbayew (2017)

1858, perforated issue 10 kopeck brown & blue and 20 kopeck blue & orange, both in nice fresh colour and well perforated, used with clear boxed dotted numeral "69" to entire letter, dated inside October 19, 1858, with reverse side dispatch mark of Veliky Ustyug (slightly improved with pencil), to Volodga, with arrival mark of October 24. The stamps were removed for inspection and replaced. A very fine and fresh entire of the utmost rarity, only one further such combination on entire has been recorded. Certificate Buchsbayew (2022)

1858, 30 kopeck carmine & green, thin paper, nice fresh colour and well centered, with intact perforations on all sides, tied by pen cross to triple rate envelope with reverse side dispatch mark "SERPEYSK" (a small village in Kaluga Province), to St. Petersburg, with arrival mark of May 15, 1858. The envelope with usual transportation marks. A great rarity; just 9 single frankings of this stamp have been recorded, this being the only one with manuscript cancellation. Certificate Citerne BPP (2026)

Provenance: Liphschutz  Paolo Bianchi (Investphila 2008)

Note: In the 1920s a pencrossed No. 1 was fraudulently added to create a unique mixed franking. This stamp was now removed to put the cover back in it's original state of conservation. (corresponding certificate Mikulski, 1995)