386th Auction

10 b. orange, clear to good margins, tied by clear blue "CALAFAT 23/9" to lettersheet to Braila with arrival mark of September 25th.

1872/76,  Paris printing 50 b. rose together with 10 b. blue Bukarest printing (two bottom corners with short perfs) tied on envelope by clear ‘IASSY 21/OCT/77’ c.d.s. and boxed 'Recom.' blue numeral 9835 and violet ms. ‘1348’ alongside, additional German railway registration label ‘vom Ausland über B.-P.5 (Oswiecim-Breslau) Eingeschrieben', on reverse blue threeliner 'REGISTERED NOV/14/1877' New York P.O.' and on front ms. receiving date OK 28/11/77, addressed  to Cincinnati USA, cover shortened on all sides and some crease and flaw. Despite some flaws, a highly interesting postal history cover with an unusual franking, rate and destination

1956, National census 1,75 l., center inverted, mint never hinged, fine, signed Matl VÖB

“SAHRA MENZIL POSTASI 1” black all arabic censorship of Turkish fieldpost in Bukarest on bank letter from the “BANK OF ROUMANIA LIMITED-BUCAREST”, bearing Germania 25 B. on 20 Pf single fine cancelled “BUKAREST 4.Jul.18” with triple censorship to the Banque Imperiale Ottoman Constantinople with arrival mark on reverse dated 23.7.18. Turkish and German censors together on cover from Bukarest are extremely scarce, in PROFI archive is only one other such combination on postal stationery recorded

1875, TURNU-MAGURELE 19.7.75 cds. in blue on 5 b. postal stationery card used uprated with 5 b. ochre, transit mark DDSG Port GIURGIO 20.7.75 in black, transportet via Danube and black sea with Austrian Levant arrival mark CONSTANTINOPEL 22.7.75 on reverse, two light horizontal folds and tiny toned, otherwise fine and a very scarce destination to Turkey

1916, German cancellation FELDPOSTSTATION Nr.185 18/12/16 c.d.s. on officer mail from Bukarest with violet “T” in circle for Taxe, only soldiers mail was free, two different Istanbul censor marks and arrival mark on front. Sender was an officer of the commanding minister of war Enver Pacha, addressed to Djemil Bey Director ‘Nationale Verteidigung Konstantinopel’. Extremely scarce mix of German and Turkish Fieldpost in Romania during WWI

Provenienz: C. Arsman Coll. (D. Feldman 2010)

1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, vivid colours and excellent embossing, neatly tied by dotted circular “38” to entire lettersheet without text to Libava, reverse departure framed two-line “RIGA 6 NOV. 1858”, very fine and scarce

1865, Coat of Arms 5 k. black/reddish-violet, together with 1866 10 k. brown/blue and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, tied by two-line “BORCHAGOVA P(ostal). S(tation). 6 JANUAR 1877” (Kiev province, Skvira county) repeated on reverse with framed “ZAKAZNOE” alongside to registered envelope to Nechanitz in Böhmen, from there re-addressed with final arrival cds. “PRAG 24 1”. Two adhesives with minor imperfections, still very fine and attractive. A rare three-issue registered cover from a small office to a scarcer destination

10 k. brown/blue with 3k. black/green, two singles, fresh colours, tied by cds “S. PETERBURG 28 JULY 1873” to entire letter without text to Athens, Greece, adjacent straightline “AFF. INSUFF.” and Russian framed two-line “FRANKING UNDERPAID”, reverse transit cds “WIEN”, “TRIEST” and arrival cds “ATHEN 8 AUG 72”, fine and unusual underpaid mail via Triest

1866, Coat of Arms 1 k.- 30 k. complete set, vidiv colours and excellent embossing, the 30 k. with a small tone spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, signed Mikulski

1 k. black/yellow horizontal pair and two singles, together with 1875 10 k. reddish brown/light blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds “EKATERINMBOURG 14 SEP. 1880” with framed “ZAKAZNOE” to registered envelope to Kutenberg, Austria, reverse transit cds “POSTAL WAGON N°47-48” and arrival cds., very fine

1 k. black/yellow, 3 k. black/green and 10 k. brown/blue horizontal pair, fresh colours, tied by cds “ODESSA 23 OCT. 1872” to envelope to Marseilles, France with two-line Austrian mark “A.P.D” and blue cds "AUTR. AVRICOURT" 9 NOV 72", reverse transit Wien, Paris and arrival cds “MARSEILLES 10 NOV 72”, very fine. An interesting mail having taken the Southern Route via Austria, correctly franked at the special 24 kopek rate (incl. an additional 4 kopek fee in force for Russian mail of Southern origin)

1866, 1 k. black/yellow horizontal pair, 3 k. black/green, 10 k. brown/blue and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. “SUVALK 17 SEP. 1875” to reverse of registered envelope to Bozen, Tyrol, transit cds. “VARSAVAW 23 SEP. 1875” and arrival “BOZEN 7 10 75”, slight transportation wrinkles of no importance, a fine and most unusual four-colour franking to an elusive destination

3 k. black/green, 5 k. black/grey-blue and 20 k. blue/orange, tied by dotted oval “S.P.B” to envelope to Paris, France with adjacent red “P.D.”, red “AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO” and transit via Prussia, reverse cds “S. PETERBURG VARSAWA STATION SEPT. 1869”, the envelope with minor faults, still fine three-colour franking, signed Maslowski

3 k. black/green and two 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, tied by cds. “RIGA 19 DEC. 1875” to small registered envelope to Wiesbaden with red label “Eingeschrieben N°” alongside, endorsed “612” on front with framed “ZAKAZNOE” applied in red, some minor tears at the edge, still fine. An unusual combination at the 23 kopek rate

5 k. black/lilac and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, the former in horizontal strip of three and the later as a pair, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds “DYLITSK P(ostal) S(tation) 4 OCT. 1878” to registered envelope to Prag, framed “ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse departure and arrival cds, three intact wax seals, 5 k. at top with insignificant corner damage, still very fine. A delightful and most unusual combination franking making up the 31 kopek rate

5 k. black/lilac vertical pair and single together with 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, fresh colours, tied by cds “VALKI 27 JUIl. 1877” to small regsitered envelope to a “Poste restante” in Wiesbaden with alongside German red label for foreign incoming mail “Vom Ausland über…”, on reverse transit via travelling post office and arrival cds, minor back flap tear, very fine

5 k. black/lilac and 1875 2k. black/red used with cds “ST PETERSBOURG 13 FEV. 1884” to 7 k. on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope registered to Montevideo, Uruguay, adjacent red registration marks “R N° St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and “R / R.O DEL URUGUAY”, arrival cds “OFICINA DEL RECOMENDADAS MONTEVIDEO 27 MARZ (8)4”. The 2 k. with trivial corner crease, otherwise very fine. A most appealing Breitfuss mail to a rare destination

5 k. black/lilac together with 1875 2 k. black/red and 8 k. grey/carmine-rose (vertical pair and single), fresh colours, tied by cds “ROSSOSCHSK P.O. 31 JAN. 1877” repeated alongside to reverse of a registered envelope to Hamburg, on front transit cds “VOLOCHISK 7 FEV. 1877”, boxed “ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse arrival horseshoe postmark “HAMBURG 25 FEBR. 77”. Minor wax seal soiling on front not detracting, still fine, an attractive three-colour franking

30 k. rose/green and 1 k. black/yellow, tied by cds “ODESSA 19 JUL. 1875” to small registered envelope addressed to a post director in Genova with framed “ZAKAZNOE” alongside, reverse cds “POSTAL WAGON N°47-48” 20 JUIL. 1875", 30 k. minor peripheral ink stain, still fine and scarce double weight step cover

30 k. rose/green and 1 k. black/yellow, fresh colours, each tied by cds “VILNA 12 JUL. 1875” to registered envelope to Königsberg with framed “ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse arrival cds, fine. An extremely scarce early registered UPU mail from Russia and an early use of the German label, with new rates coming into force on 19th June 1875 (second weight step 16 k. plus 10 k. registration plus 5 k. international receipt)

30 k. rose/green and 3 k. black/deep green (three singles), tied by cds “SLOBODSK 17 DEC 1877” to registered envelope to the Vyatka Court with reverse arrival cds “VYATKA 18 DEC 1877”, correct 39 kopek rate (third weight step 24 k. plus registration and receipt 15 k.), fine

1868, 30 k. rose/green with 1866 1 k. black/yellow (2), tied by cds “ST PETERSBOURG 24 1 1875” to registered envelope to Würzburg, Bavaria, endorsed “2” (2nd weight step) with alongside late use of the Russian framed “REKOMENDAVO”, German red register label “Eingeschrieben. N°” and red crayon “30” (credit to Germany, 5 kopek times two equalling 30 pfennig). The envelope with a  light vertical crease, some minor soiling and wear, still fine. A very scarce 32 kopek franking, enhanced by the first month of use of both the German register label and the new Pfennig/Mark currency

1875, 2 k. black/red and 1884 2 k. olive green, together with additional franking paying the correct 14 kopek rate and tied by cds “ST PETERSBURG 27 APR. 1884” to reverse of registered envelope to Braunschweig, red framed registration mark “R St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and reverse arrival cds “BRAUNSCHWEIG 11 5”, minor imperfections of no importance, still fine. A rare mixed franking of the same facial value from two different issues, enhanced by the very early usage of the 2 kopek olive green

1884, Coat of Arms 3,50 r. black/yellowish grey and 7 r. black/yellow-orange, the two values of fresh colours and with excellent embossing, very large part original gum, very fine. A very scarce set

20 k. blue/red tied by cds “S. PETERBURG 11 DEC 1891” to reverse of a registered envelope to Nagasaki, Japan, addressed to the “care of the Russian Consul, Imperial Russian frigate staff surgeon”, endorsed on front “Via Brindisi”, reverse transit cds “HONG KONG FE 11 92” and arrival mark “NAGASAKI 6 FEB 1892 JAPAN”, very fine and most unusual, in addition two registered covers from Vladivostok to either Hakodate or Nagasaki. A fine trio

1889, 2 k. emerald-green, five singles tied by cds “MITAVA 15 FEV. 1893” to reverse of registered 10 k. blue postal stationery envelope to Malang, Java with reverse transit “SEMARANG 10 4 1893”, “TOEREN 12 4 1893” and arrival mark “MALANG 12 4 1893”, mostly very fine, in addition a registered 5 k. postal stationery from “PERNOV LIFL. 1 APR. 1897” to Weltevreden (minor usual toning) and a registered 10 k. postal stationery registered envelope with “PETERBURG 24 IX 1894” to Samarang without arrival mark. A very scarce trio

1915, Money stamps Nicholas I. 15 k., complete sheet unused without gum as issued, folded twice, slight peripheral faults as to be expected, still fine

1921, Liberation of labour 1000r. red single and 100r. orange, block of 10 and two singles, all imperforated, tied by cds. “KOLLINO 5- 9.21” to front and reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with Kaunas transit mark, some minor imperfections, scarce and attractive

1921, 1000r. red, horizontal pair tied by cds. “BARNAUL TOMSK 29.9.21” to reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with “KAUNAS 17 X 1921” transit marks, some faults, still attractive and scarce

1922, 100000r. on 250r. vertical strip of three together with 40r. on 50k. block of seven, tied by cds. “ WOLOTSCHESK RAILWAY STATION 1.2.23” to reverse of registered cover to Warsaw, fine

1922, Worker 100r. red imperforated, two strips of five tied by cds. “WOLOTSCHISK TRAINSTATION 10.6.23” to reverse of cover to Warsaw, vertical fold, affecting adhesives, otherwise fine, scarce

2004, 100th birthday of Walerij Tschkalow and 70th birthday of Juri Gagarin 3 r. each as imperforated Proof miniature sheet on cardboard paper without gum, fine

2004, 50 years Cosmodromes Baikonur 2,50-6 r. as imperforated Proof miniature sheet on cardboard paper without gum, fine

2005, 100 years of the Russian submarine fleet 2-8 r. as imperforated Proof miniature sheet set on cardboard paper without gum, fine

2005, Animals of the Far East 8 r. as imperforated souvenir sheet on cardboard paper without gum, fine