388th Auction

1874/1909, 5 postal stationeries and 1 cover, including two Incoming Mail from USA and England to Revel, some registered mail, etc., overall in very fine condition

1875/1913, group of 8 covers and cards, some interesting usages including ship mail with “PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 17 7 08” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY) on 4 k., repeated alongside to postcard to Switzerland, Caspian sea mail with “BAKU-ENZELI PAROKH. 30 1 13” oval cds. on 10 k. on reverse of envelope to Ispahan with transit cds. “TEHERAN (DÉPART) 17. 11 13”, “(TEHERAN) 20.11.13”, very fine, also a similar cover from 1912, etc., together with Mi.-Nr. 26x (bloc of five) used with pen cross to a 1875 police report regarding a crime involving counterfeited coins in the hamlet of Dokurin, mostly fine 

1900/15 (ca.), Red Cross Illustrated Postcards, impressive collection with well over 300 mostly unused cards, depicting scenic scenes, art, cities and village folks, many better and scarcer types noted throughout. Overall in fine condition, neatly mounted on exhibition pages

1911/14, Russian Temporary Postmarks, small group of 5 cards, some better items with “DVINSK POLIGON VITEB. 4 VII 1911” (DVINSK ARTILLERY POLIGON) temporary cds. tying a 4 k. (one negligible perf toning) to postcard to St Petersburg, latest date of usage recorded, “SERGIEVSKI POLIGON 11. 8. 11” SERGIEVSKI ARTILLERY POLIGON cds. as a receiving mark on postcard with travelling post office “RIGA 39 TAPS 10. 8. 11” addressed to the Artillery School (civilian temporary post office opened from 1st May to 15 September), also one card from Switzerland, etc., overall in fine condition

1920/23, 8 covers and card including some better frankings, usage from Kolchak, Chita, and Far East Republic issues, registered mail, etc., rather mixed condition 

1899/1909, small group of used, together with two covers and one card from Hankow and Shanghai, mixed condition

1857/1980 (ca.), unused and used holding in 2 big boxes, with some better items/sets, some without gum or grease hinges, also some modern covers

1858/1995, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, starting with Russia No. 2, from 1918 fairly advanced in the Michel main numbers, some better issues from the 1930s like Mi.-Nr. 505Y and 506Y unused, including souvenir sheets, bigger units, printing sheets, and some doubles, overall in good condition, in three havid boxes and 18 albums

1858/1994 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Russian Levant, PO in China and Civil War areas, many duplicates, some better items throughout starting with Mi.-Nr. 1 pen cancelled, together with a large selection of Soviet miniatures sheets and complete sheets, slightly mixed condition in the early issues, later mostly in very good quality

1918/60, group of 12 mint never hinged full sheets, some better values with 1918 Chain Breaker Mi.-Nr. 149-150, 1938 Polar Expedition Mi.-Nr. 587, 1951 Ziolkowskij Mi.-Nr. 1577 (Cv- 4,000 €), etc., a few sheets folded in half, mostly in very fine condition

1949/2000, mint never hinged and mostly used collection, fairly advanced from 1975 on, a few better sets throughout with 1950 Moscow Building Mi.-Nr. 1527-1534 used, etc., except for the occasional fault overall in very good condition, neatly housed in 6 albums/stockbook

1860/1930, 25 covers & telegrams mainly from east Russia,including registered and sealed mail from Foreign Office, Express, air mails including “Mit Lufzpost befördert Königsberg (Pr.)1.”, some different.

1920/56, attractive group of 40 covers and cards, many interesting frankings and scarcer usages throughout, noted RSFSR early mail sent abroad in May 1920 upon reopening of the international connections, Mi.-Nr. 162 single franking on card (certificate Dr Leupold), 1941 Lermontov Mi.-Nr. 820A incl. two covers, scarce 1943 Turgeniev Mi.-Nr. 883 on cover to Buryat, 1943 registered cover from Leningrad Blockade franked with commemoratives (certificate Hovest), Soviet Armenia 1924 rare registered telegram from Novo-Bayazet, 1956 Aivasov Mi.-Nr. 1871 with additional franking on registered cover, and more; except for the occasional fault, overall in good condition. A scarce assembly

1940/60, massive mint never hinged and used accumulation with an abundance of duplicates, some better values throughout like 1941 Be a Hero Mi.-Nr. 825 (x7). 1941 Milicia 826 (x2), 1943 Turgeniev 883 (x23) and 884 (x23), 1950 Moscow Skyscraper 1527 (x10), 1528 (x10), etc., overall in very good condition, neatly housed in three large stockbooks (ex Mi.-Nr. 793-2433)

1981/89, mint never hinged collection of the special souvenir sheets ex Mi.-Nr. 5056-5844, each limited to 12.500 or 15.000 pieces, incl. e.g. polar-bear set, very fine

1930/70, Large box containing over 1.000 Covers & FDC, many air mails and topics, some interesting frankings and usages, overall in good condition.

1927, Solovki Prison Camp, appealing group of 10 postal cards printed locally at the camp, three of them unused, including seven different designs, some censored at the camp in blue crayon, franked and posted outside at the post office of Kem, slightly mixed condition as to be expected. A quite extraordinary group, some cards featuring sketches from the famous painter and inmate Osip Braz; this remote camp was set up on the Solovetsy Islands on the White Sea, it earned the nickname “Mother of Gulag” by Solzhjenitsyn

1927/39, Temporary Exhibition Special Postmarks, impressive group of 8 covers and cards, some from the famous Blekhman correspondence, many scarce items throughout, noted 1927 registered cover with rare “IV.(ANOVO)-VOZNESSENSK EXHIBIT”, 1937 envelope with very rare cds “XVIIth INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS MOSCOW”, 1927 postal stationery card with very rare cds from the 10th Anniversary of Soviet Construction Exhibition, 1939 two illustrated card and special envelope with the All Union Agricultural Fair special cancellation “MOSCOW BCXB”, etc., mostly in very good condition. A rare specialist assembly

1843/1943, lot with over 40 covers and cards incl.  Bulgarian and German occupation of Serbia, with u.o. blue seal “Monastir” on cover 1843, prepaid entire letter with blue cds. “BELGRAD” 1864,  registered cover with Mi.-No. 14+17, Mi.-No. 107-112 on registered wrapper with part of newspaper and two cards with postage due stamps. In addition, loose stamps with varieties, gutter pairs and Mi.-No. 17H+17 on piece, mostly fine

1866/1918, extensive, mostly unused and used collection, including postage dues, with circa 60 covers and cards from Mi. No. 14 (2 covers), including better early issues, shades, interesting postmarks, etc., in one album

1866/1945, Collection in large parts double collected on album leaves, mint never hinged/unused and used including Mi.4-5, 7z, 7xb, 8y, additional Montenegro and Lubiana under ital. occupation

1913, collection “Second Balkan War” with over 60 covers, cards, and postal stationeries, including field post, post from Greece with registered covers, and Thrace, mostly in good condition

1881/1900, Collection of 19 postal stationery answering cards, all different and unused, tiny hinge adhesives on reverse, otherwise fine.

1850/2000, collection in 4 KABE albums and 2 stockbooks, including local stamps, etc.

1850/2002 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with a few covers, including Officials, Telegraphs and Spanish Areas, some duplicates throughout, together with a small selection of modern European issues, in 5 stockbooks/albums

1850/1980, in the beginning mostly used and unused, from 1961-80 apparently complete mint never hinged collection, starting from Mi.-Nr. 1, incl. better early values with e.g. Mi.-Nr. 83 used (closed tear) signed Richter, in two hingeless albums 

1854/1978, used, unused and mint never hinged collection of the Arms issue with better Arms and some Philippines on album pages

1797/1871, 20 letters, all passing the British Post Offices in Lisbon, with different and interesting markings and cancels, an interesting group neatly described on pages

1839/57, 11 letters, all passing the British offices in Virgo or Cadiz, with different and interesting markings and cancels, on described pages

1880/1945, Propaganda & Censor: 30 covers and cards, many different censors from Tenerife and Las Palmas, Viva Espana! cancellations, local stamps on cover and commercial imprints, few early stationerys, mostly fine.

1911/2022, extensive mint never hinged and some used collection incl. Yearbooks 1970-2022 cpl., some multiple, further se-tenants, perforation varieties, good part booklets incl. many varieties, further maximum cards, folders, postal stationery, FDC, etc., good condition, in three big cartons

1872/1900, Collection of 30 unused postal stationery cards, starting Mi.P1-P5 including answering cards, Official cards DP1-6, all unused mounted on old pages, mostly fine

1839/1941, interessante und reichhaltige, meist gestempelte Sammlung, ab Zürich 6 mit senkrechten Unterdrucklinien auf Briefstück, Genf mit besseren, danach Waadt 5 C., Neuenburg und Winterthur, Ortspost und Poste Locale, danach Rayon-Ausgaben reichhaltig, mit verschiedenen Stempeln, teils nach Typen bestimmt, außerdem mit Briefen u.a. Mi.-Nr. 8II im Paar auf Brief, des Weiteren Strubel reichhaltig nach Drucken, mit verschiedenen Stempeln, dabei verschiedene L1, verschiedene “PD” bzw. “PP” Entwertungen, 5 Rp. braun im Paar mit Doppelentwertung durch grünblauen Tessiner Strahlenstempel von St. Vittore und EKr. “BELLINZONA”. Kleine Partie Briefe und Marken/Briefstück mit Tessiner Strahlenstempel usw., spätere Ausgaben ebenfalls teils mehrfach, mit verschiedenen Farben und Stempeln etc., teils sign. und wenige Befunde, stark unterschiedliche Erhaltung

1850/2018, postfrische/ungebraucht, meist gestempelte Sammlung, u.a. mit Mi.-Nr. 152 gestempelt sign. Richter und umfangreichem Teil Pro Juventute, zudem einige Belege und Dubletten, etwas unterschiedliche Erhaltung, in zwei Alben

1850/1990, meist gestempelte und teils postfrische Sammlung ab Strubel und Helvetia, dabei u.a. Bl. 2 gestempelt, Bl. 5 postfrisch, PAX gestempelt, viel Pro Juventute und Patria, sowie Zusammendrucke und einige FDCs, ab 1960 meist postfrisch und bis 1981 augenscheinlich in den Hauptnummern komplett, gute Erhaltung, in sieben Alben

1850/2015 (ca.), gestempelter Sammlungsbestand mit u.a. Mi.5 II, 7 I, 17 Ia, etc., einige Atteste und Befunde