388th Auction

1918/69, mint never hinged and unused collection with souvenir sheets, a few multiples and some better sets throughout, fairly complete after 1919, a few values signed, except for the occasional fault in overall very fine and fresh condition, neatly housed in one album (ex Mi.-Nr. 2-1985)

1918/90, unused and used collection starting with “Stadtpost Warschau”, Przedborz, Luboml and Zawierce, later some better issues like Naskarb unused, extensive duplicates with mint never hinged including souvenir sheets etc., mostly good condition

1918/89 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection with duplicates, including Polish areas, Schlesien, etc., together with a few multiples and covers, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 6 albums/stockbook

1853/1866, MARIA/PEDRO/LUIS imperforate issues, used collection of 78 stamps of all denominations, slight imperfections to fine, neatly arranged on album pages, incl. two copies each 1853 5r. brown, 50r. green and 100r. lilac, two copies 1855 5r. brown and following issues, good range of shades and postmarks, some units (two strips of four) etc.

1847/59, 3 letters: 30 Nov. 1847 to Paris, rated “1/9” d., framed “LISBON” and “COLONIES/&C ART.13”, Calais transit and London cds.; 1859 letter to Genoa, rated “1/9” d., straight-line “LISBON”, circular “GB/1F”, Calais transit cds., also 1861 letter to Paris, posted after closure of the Consular P.O. but carried by Peninsular Mail Packet with Lisbon cds., on described pages

1872/1950 (approx.), unused and stamped lot in stockbook, including India and Macau.

1872/1980 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including officials and postage dues, together with some souvenir sheets and doubles, mostly in good condition, in eight albums

1858/1978 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues, Officials and Parcel stamps, many duplicates throughout, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 2 stockbooks

1893/1997 (ca.), used and mostly mint never hinged collection with duplicates, including Postage Dues, strength after 1957, overall in very good quality, neatly housed in one stockbook

1875/1940 (ca.), over 100 postal stationery cards, mostly unused, overall in very good quality

1866/1992, mint never hinged/unused and used group, eclectic material with some printing varieties, scarce Nikolsk railway fiscals, Zemstvo Borisolevsk, modern postal forgeries with 1992 25 roubles, etc., neatly housed in one booklet

1880/1923 (ca.), Russian Fiscals and Zemstvo, group of unused/used including some multiples, noted Moscow chancellery, Simbirsk, Armavir, Voronezh and more, 1871 “Tabak” 3 roubles green imperforate unused (Standart-Nr. 5, ex Fabergé), small Zemstvo part with Ustssissolsk, Krememchug, Borigolevsk, etc, except for the occasional fault mostly in fine condition, an interesting assembly neatly housed in two booklets

1889/2012, mostly unsed/mint never hinged and used stamps in multiple albums and folders and plastic sheets, focus on the modern material with FDC, booklets, souvenir sheets ans minor sheet, in a large box

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.