386th Auction

1920/23, Russian Civil War Post in Siberia, 15 covers and one front, some better items with Kolchak regime registered cover from “VLADIVOSTOK 23 1 20” to France with 1 rouble bloc of four paying the 4 r. rate (signed Mikulski), fine choice of Chita and Vladivostok printing frankings, DVR with 10 k. on 3,5 r. Mi.-Nr. 16A as single franking with “VLADIVOSTOK 10 2 21” to envelope to Stockholm with arrival cds, also Postal Wagon “KHABAROVSK 153 NIKOLSK USSURIISK 26 3 21” on DVR Mi.-Nr. 4, 7, 14, 15A, 17 and 20A-21 to envelope to Ussurrisk station (signed Mikulski), etc., slightly mixed condition as usual. A most interesting group, neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition pages

1930-1969 used collection with some better items in 3 Lindner albums

1933/34, 2 better unused airmails sets and posterstamps Umberto Nobile Spedizione Polare 1928 (4 ex.)

1846/1922, Volost Mail in Imperial Russia, collection of 63 covers with a fine range of usages, registration labels and attractive Romanov frankings, some better items with 1846 money letter with boxed “TAMBOV”, scarce oval “BAUSK VOLOST ADMINSTRATION BAUSK COUNTY” as incoming mail receipt mark on registered 7 k. postal stationery envelope from “MITAVA -5 9 14”, some short-lived offices with “CHUDINOVSKOE OREN. VOL. PRAV. -3 12.15”, late Volost postmark usage with “BEREZANSKOE KHERS. VOL. PRAV. 31.7.22”, most unusual usage during the Free Frank Period with circular seal “TOPILOSKOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL” and “MACHKOVO-SURENSKOE 12 2 19”, together with a small but impressive range of fiscal documents and passports including one issued in 1906 at “KAPINSKI VOLOST” for a single woman of the ´Old Believers` sect, etc., except for the occasional fault overall in fine condition. An fine assembly of those rural postmarks, expertly described in one album

1862/1908 (ca.), Russian Ship Mail, group of 3 envelopes and 2 cards, including ship mail in the Amur region and in the Far East, noted “BLAGOVESHCH(ENSK)-NIKOLAEV PARAKHOD 25 6 08 b” (type 1, small format) on 14 k. postal stationery envelope to Germany, “TSURUGA JAPAN ” as arrival cds on 3 k. stationery card and additional 1 k. with adjacent framed “PAQUEBOT”, stampless mail with reverse label of the ROPIT Head Office in Odessa, etc., mostly fine. A useful specialist lot

1863/80 (ca.), Group of 8 covers and postal stationeries, with some better frankings like Mi.-Nr. 19F, 20xb and 22x with oval dotted “S.P.B” to entire letter from “S. PETERBURG 29 MARCH 1870” to Paris (early use of the "V instead of 3 background error), signed Maslowski, Mi.-Nr. 18x 1 k. as single franking on printed matter, etc., together with four unused Zemstvo postal stationeries from Bogorodsk (2) and Fatezh (2), mixed condition

1870/1922, more than 80 cards and covers including some cover fronts, with many interestesting items, registered covers, censor mark etc., somewhat mixed condition

1872/1918 (ca.), Imperial Russia Travelling Post Offices, magnificent collection of well over 475 covers and postcards, expertly arranged by line numbers, many clear strikes with an abundance of scarce postmarks rated E-G by Kiryushkin & Robinson, plenty of better items with “POCHTOVYI WAGON N°265 16 XI 1902” PORT ARTHUR-KHARBIN tying a 10 k. on reverse of envelope to France with heading from wine merchants in Port Arthur, “69” SAMARA-TASHKENT (in 1916), “195” VERKOVYE-MARMIZHI (in 1899),  “220” VYATKA-KOTLAS (in 1906), “259” CHITA-MANCHULI (in 1910), scarce “261” MANCHULI-KHARBIN (x3), “262” KHARBIN-MANCHULI (x2), “263” KHARBIN-VLADIVOSTOK", “266” KWANCHETSY-KHARBIN, a fine group of the Chardjuy line, provisional type cds. “153” KHABAROVSK-KETRITSEVO (unrecorded in K&R), the collection follows with unnumbered travelling post offices with “BORZHOM-MIKHAILOVO (x2), ”MOSCOW-GOLITSINO", “NIKOLO KOZELSK-APOSTOLOVO”, rare “SAMARKAND-CHARDJUY” (in 1895), etc., mail from the Tsarskoe Selo line,  together with a selection of Finnish mail. Some occasional as to be expected, overall in good condition, an overwhelming specialist assembly that would be difficult to duplicate, in three albums

1875/89, Russian Mail to Foreign Destinations, group of 40 registered covers sent in the early UPU years, some better destinations with Levant and Bulgaria, transatlantic mail with USA and Argentina, also some attractive multiple and three-colour frankings, readdressed mail, etc., slightly mixed condition. A useful lot

1877/1914 (ca.), Imperial Russian Temporary Post Offices, the impressive collection of over 80 covers and cards, including seasonal offices, exhibition and military camps, strong  section of civilian trade and vacation resorts, many better items noted with “KORF ESTL.”, “KAZAN PRIVOLZHSKOE”, registered envelope from “KUYALNITSKI LIMAN”, also “KOSTROMA-VISTAVKA” (EXHIBITION) 1913, “SKOBELEVSKI LAGER”, “VLADIMIRSKI LAGER”, a strong group of the Nizhny Fair postmarks including a scarce usage of the cds. “NIZHNI GOROD YAR MOR.” on parcel card in 1905 (minor soiling), etc., somewhat mixed condition as to be expected, an engaging specialist assembly, expertly described on album pages

1878/1917, Imperial Post Offices in Siberia and Transbaikal, collection of over 140 covers and cards, highly specialized with postmarks and cancellations, many clear strikes, some better items with 1910 registered postal stationery envelope from “BORZYA ZAB.”, 1915 censored envelope from “DARASUN ZABA. OBL.” to France, 1903 postcard from the small office “KABANSKOE ZABAIK. OB.”, 1917 postcard with scarce red oval “DOPLATIT NERCHINSK” (postage due Nerchinsk), 1910 postal stationery card with framed straightline “ST. ZAIGRAEVO”, also Dzhalinda Amour, Innokentievska Amour, Post Saint Olga, etc., together with some scenic view postcards, parcel cards, etc.,  slightly mixed condition, neatly housed and expertly described in one album

1880/1918 (ca.), Imperial Russia Railway Post Offices, splendid collection of circa 400 covers and cards, expertly arranged with many clear strikes and fine usages including from small railway offices, noted strong section of the Moscow stations postmarks, an abundance of better items with “ST. MONASTIRISHE KAZATIN UMAN 19 8 14" ” 4 k. registered postal stationery card with additional franking to Liverpool, “RAZYEZD N°22 MOSC. KIEV. ST. -5. 5. 16” on franked registered parcel card to a soldier of the 115th Artillery Division, forwarded via “FIELD POST OFFICE N°46 14 5 16”, “ST. MOLODNIKI” (in 1916), “MOSCOW RYAZAN-URALSK ST.” (in 1906), “PLF.NEMME CEV.ZAP.” (in 1913), “PETROZAVODSK STATION” (in 1918), “ST. RABSHTYN” (in 1907), “ANDIZHAN STATION” (in 1912), “ARIS STATION” (in 1916), scarce “ST. BILIMBAI PERM” (in 1917), “ST. DUBENALKEN LIBAVO GAZENP P” (in 1914), “ST DUBITSA PRIVISL.” (in 1913), Chinese Eastern Railway with rare “ST. KHANDAOSKENTSY KIT.-VOST. ZH.” (in 1913) and “KHARBIN PIER STATION”, “KHARBIN” (x 4), etc., together with some registered mail, some occasional fault, overall in very good condition. An outstanding holding, expertly described and neatly housed in three albums

1889/1900, Russian Mail to Foreign Destinations, excellent group of over 160 mostly registered covers, many uncommon destinations with Serbia, Canada, Australia, Saint Thomas West Indies, India with Bombay and Peshawar, Cape of Good Hope, Transvaal, San Marino, etc., with an abundance of attractive multicolour frankings, postal stationeries, together with some wrappers and some mail from Finland, etc., slightly mixed condition, a dazzling specialist assembly

1890/1918, Factory Post Offices in Imperial Russia, attractive collection of 28 covers and cards, some better items with clear postmarks including franked registered envelope from “PESSOCHENSKI ZAVOD 15 1 12” to Germany with very scarce factory registration label, also 1914 postcard from “RUBEZHANSKI ZAVOD KHAR.”, 1915 card from “ARCHANGELO-LASHINSK. ZAV. PERM”, 1914 parcel card from “CHUSOVSKOI ZAV. PERM”, 1908 postcard from “GUS ZAVOD RYAZANSK”, 1916 envelope from “ASHA-BALASHOVSKI ZAV. UFIM.”, 1905 postcard from “YUREZANSKI Z. UFIM. G.”, 1911 money order form “IZHEVSK ZAV.”, etc., mixed condition. An impressive specialist lot

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