Petite Treasures – Mai 2026

1908, Jericho picture postcard franked with Ottoman, French Levant, Port Said and Egypt adhesives cancelled Jaffa, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Port Said, used in combination with Russian Levant 20 Para on 4 kop. carmine, tied by violet datestamp "R.O.P.I.T  JAFFA", unaddressed but very attractive, fine four-country combination, with the rare Jaffa Ropit cancel.

1879, postal stationery envelope used uprated with two 1 k. yellow black and 5 k. violet black on reverse, tied by red St Petersburg 23/Jun/1879 cds. in red, tiny flaw, otherwise fine and attractive. Certificate SBPV (2015).

1886/93, 3 k. green, three stamps Velsk province Vologda Zemstvo, plus one Kadnikof, clear cancelled, fine group

1926, Definitives complete set of 18 stamps, watermarked upright, imperforate, mint never hinged

1927/34, Lenin 10th ann. 15 kop on thick paper and Definitives 1927 lithographic set of 7 stamps, all unwatermarked, both perforations, mint never hinged, very fine

1927, International Avio Post Conference 10 k. and 15 k. tied by MOSCOU 14.9.27 cds. to registered air mail envelope franked to Berlin, at back several transits, from the Phil.Assoz./Glueck correspondence, fine.

1931, Polar Flight, Malyguin to Friedrichshafen, registered cover & postcard, former with 35 k. and 2 r. tied by ´BRISE-GLACE MALYGUIN/ ARCTIQUE´ 18.VII.31 special postmarks, red polar flight cachet and violet three-line ´Mit Eisbrecher Malygin und Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin ARCHANGELDSK-NORDPOL-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN´ guiding handstamp at left, violet registration handstamp, red ´Par avion´ etiquette on lower left corner, addressed Friedrichshafen with receiving on face (Michel 205Ag), latter with 30 k. and 1 r. tied by same special postmark, and all other markings, with same destination and similar receiving on face (Michel 205Af), very fine. (Scott C26-C29)

1933, Stamp Exhibition, red overprint on 15 k. brown and on 35 k. blue, both clear cancelled, fine.

1937, Air Mail set of 7 stamps, perf. 12½, mint never hinged, very fine

1938, Crimea and Caucasus set of 12 stamps, perf. 12½, mint never hinged, very fine

1938, Children & Komsomol two compl. sets, perf. 12½x12, mint never hinged, fine

1938, Air Sports set of 9 stamps, perf. 12x12½, mint never hinged, fine

1938, Sports set of 4 stamps and few other good values, mint never hinged, fine

1939, Expansion of Moscow's buildings set of 4 stamps, perf. 12½x12, mint never hinged, tiny gum toned, otherwise fine

1942, WWII, Lenin, Soldiers & Navoi, 13 good values, mint never hinged, fine

1944, Allied Day 60 kop. bottom margin, variety 'blue colour in British and American Flag missing and red colour shifted', cancelled to order (CTO) with original gum, fine and attractive

1947, Souvenir Sheet Moscou 800 years Type I, 61,5mm, clear cancelled, fine

1980, Olympic Games Hammer Throw 16 k. + 6 k. block of four, mint never hinged corner margin, variety “double print value and IIochta CCCP”, very fine and rare.

1987 World Wildlife Fund, Polar Bears, sheetlets of eight, complete set, mint never hinged, very fine. (Scott 5746-5749)

1934/50, Collection mostly unused / mint never hinged on 20 album pages, nicely arranged with better items, imperf issues and Souvenir Sheets Mi.6-9 unused and cancelled, some occasional faults, overall in good condition.

1932/33, six different postal stationery cards with air mail advertising, red cross, railway, camel post, deer post etc., all used, four uprated, some different, mainly fine.

1940-41, 10+10 Kop. deep blue, 20+20 Kop. red and 30+30 Kop blue, three complete unfold postal stationery answering cards, a very fine and scarce trio

1892, 1 l. carmine on yellow, watermark crown, thin paper, used, usual perforation faults, otherwise fine. (Sassone 20)

1877/1950, collection on 18 album pages, unused and used, including Mi.100-104, 125-30, 140, P60, mainly fine.

1931, surcharged issue 2 l. on 5 c. and 2 l. on 10 c. blue brown, unused hinged, fine pair.

1903, Mourning Issue, 5 pa. (2) and 20 pa. used on same issue postal stationery card  5 pa. as registered postcard from “NICHE 14.VII.04” to Germany with arrival mark.

1866/1945, extensive, mostly used collection, including postage dues, including better early issues, shades, interesting postmarks, etc., on 12 old album pages, mostly fine.

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

1850, NISH ‘An Canib-i Postahane-i Nish’ (Coles & Walker no.25) all arabic cancellation on Tatar postdocument from the Ottoman postal service, additional mark from Deraliye Istanbul, fine

1851, 10 r. green, fresh colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled by black 'spider', very fine. Signed Senf and R. Calves

1856, 1 re. greenish blue, horizontal pair with good to wide margins, fresh deep colour, clear cancelled by mute barred oval, fine

1864, Isabella II 19 cs. dull violet, good colour, imperforated, unused with gum, fine.

1866, Isabella II 19 cs. brown, good colour, usual perforation for this issue, unused no gum, thin at bottom center, otherwise fine.

1867, Isabella two 12 c. orange tied to folded envelope by railway postmark ‘VALENCIA A BARCELONA’ to Lyon with transit and arrival postmark on reverse, blue boxed “PD” and taxe mark ‘5 c’ alongside, usual file fold, otherwise fine. (Edifil 89A)

1869, Isabella 200 m. green tied by scarce numeral "46" to folded envelope from Tarragona to Livorno Italy with arrival mark on reverse, blue boxed "PD" alongside, usual file fold, otherwise very fresh, fine and rare, signed Lamy

1850/1950 ca., covers/cards/postcards (52) including early stationery cards, Propaganda cancellations, Las Palmas postcard and censor, air mails, some different