386th Auction

1890/1950 ca., covers/cards (60+) starting early stationery envelopes, stationery reply cards and advertisings, redirected mail to Sweden and Swisse, railway cancellations and air mail, postage due, some different

1891/1900, Russian Mail to Latin America, fine group of 9 registered covers, some good destinations with Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile, San Jose in Costa Rica, Buenos aires in Brasil, better routes with registered envelope from “VLADIVOSTOK 21 NOV. 1890" to Rio de Janeiro with transit cds “NAGASAKI 21 DEC 1891”, “REGISTERED 25 DEC 1891 YOKOHAMA”, New York transit registration etiquette and reverse arrival (some faults), etc., slightly mixed condition

1892/1914, Russian Ship Mail collection of 50 covers and cards including steamships illustrated postcards, many clear strikes with a fine range of postmarks types and serial numbers, all arranged by shipping lines with their reverse directions, noted Astrakhan-Nizhni, Batum-Odessa (including the earlier single cds. types with serial “1” and “7”), scarcer Odessa-Alexandrovsk, Kazan-Astrakhan, Perm-Nizhni, Rybinsk-Nizhni, also cds. “PAQUEBOT HULL SP 5 09” tying 2 k. pair to postcard to England, etc., except for the occasional fault, overall in good and fresh condition. A usefull group, neatly housed and expertly described on album pages

1899/1900, Provisional Registration Labels, 32 registered covers all sent abroad, some scarcer label types noted with “YAMBURG”, “MYSOBAYA”. “SIMFEROPOL”, one-line violet handstamp “KUTEYNIKOVO”, “DERBENT”, “ROSTOV”, “BREST LITOVSK”, “NEMIROV”, “CHITA”, also St Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa, etc., also better destinations with Jerusalem, New South Wales and Egypt, overall in good condition, an appealing specialist lot

1914/15, WWI Mute Cancels, collection of 24 covers and cards, many different including some scarcer `Key´ and circular “R” types, also some registered mail, one signed Mikulski, mostly very fine

1917/20, balance of a collection with 16 covers, cards and parcel cards, including usages from the Kuban and Don Regions, many scarcer items throughout with 1919 United Russia registered postcard from Stavropol to Dagestan and 1919 Money transfer card from Konstantinovka to Novocherkask, both while in White controlled areas, etc., also one cover with forgeries for reference, mixed condition, all neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition pages

1918/20, balance of a collection with 18 covers showing a wonderful range of usages and rates, including a strong choice of the evolution of the tariffs  from Kolchak regime up to the Vladivostok Zemstvo Board Administration, together with one scenic view postcard, the occasional fault as to be expected, overall in good condition, neatly mounted and expertly described on album pages. An impressive specialist lot

1856/1913, ROPIT and Ship Mail in the Levant, group of 6 forms and receipts, together with 7 k. grey/carmine-rose tied by cds. “TIFLIS 17 DEC.” to reverse of envelope to Constantinople with transit Odessa and oval “R.O.P.I.T. * KONSTANTINOPOL 27 DEC 82”, very fine, overall in fairly good condition

1918/23, Armenia to Transcaucasia, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, many scarcer items throughout with Pateman guarantee notes, overall in fine condition, neatly housed in one booklet

RUSSLAND: umfangreicher Literaturbestand mit 65 Auktionskatalogen und Handbüchern, dabei u.a. Cherrystone Auctions 1972/90 offensichtlich kpl. (sehr selten), “Agathon Fabergé Collections” Harmers 1939/40 4 Bänder kpl. (Nachdrucke), “H.C Goss Russia” Robson Lowe 1958, “Frederick T. Small Collection” Harmers 1974, dazu Ceresa “Postage Stamps of Russia 1917-1923 Vol. V” 1999, Tchilinghirian & Stephen “Russian Used Aborad” Parts IV & V ( Nachdrucke), etc.

1858, 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 12½ on entire letter from St. Petersburg to Wasa Finland, a fresh and fine adhesive, cancelled by numeral obliterator '1' of St. Petersburg with despatch datestamp in red alongside. An attractive cover

1864, 5 k. black and lilac without watermark, unused, small thin spot, otherwise fine

1884, 3.50r black & gray and 7r black & orange, on vertically laid paper, used with c.d.s. postmarks, the 3.50 r. with further red pen stroke, each with small violet handstamp on reverse, trivial flaws, else fine and scarce. (Scott 39, 40)

1944, first flight registered cover from Moscow to Damascus, Teheran Conference 3 r. and 30 k. tied by MOSCOW 17.1.44 c.d.s., french Poste Aux Armees 21.1.1.1944 arrival mark on reverse, additional markings including bilingual France Libre Mission Militaire en U.R.S.S. and red FF cachet, violet french censor Syria. Fine and scarce

1881, reprint 20 k. with fake perforation. Opinion Mikulski

“NAGASAKI 18.NOV.97 JAPAN” cds. on Russia 1897 7 k. blue and 3 k. carmine-rose on cover originating from Vladivostok with boxed "PAQUEBOT" and YOKOHAMA 22.11.97 c.d.s. alongside, via "Gensen", Korea (where the Paquebot) was applied, forwarded to Hannover, very fine, with arrival postmark 8/12/97. A very rare ship cover

“PAQUEBOT ADEN 5.OCT.35”, clear strike on 20 k. on 14 k. deep blue carmine on maritime cover  to Aden with arrival postmark on reverse. Philatelic influenced, but an unusual ship cover, very fine

1922, Chita issue 10 kop. blue and red, wide margins on all sides, tied by clear “CHITA VOKTZ 31.7.22” to Esperanto cover, on reverse transit mark Moscow and violet “TRANSBAJKALA SOCIETO ESPERANTO”, addressed to Frankfurt, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and attractive

1908/12, SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE cancellations on 19 stamps and pairs on piece, including margin stamps, fine lot

1865, ROPiT 2 pi. blue & rose without rose underlying below "R.O.P.iT.", fresh colour and large margins all round showing part of the cutting lines on three sides, fold in the upper part, tied by framed "P.P." in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 148) and two strikes of "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMYRNE" c.d.s. in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 150) to outer letter sheet to Mersina. The rare datestamp of Smyrna is described by Tchilinghirian to be used in blue and was thought to be used only on incoming mail to Smyrna which is here proved not to be the case. In spite of its faults a rare and appealing cover.

1863, 6 k. pale blue with central blue KONSTANTINOPEL 14 JUL 1864 datestamp, well to wide margins, heavy thin, otherwise fine, good appearance
 

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

1884, Kadnikov 4 kop. grey postal stationery envelope (143 x 115 mm) and two color trial proofs light green and deep green, tiny border toned, otherwise fine