386th Auction

KOWNO (Kaunas, Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, tied by clear dotted circle "19" to lettersheet with reverse side dispatch mark "KOWNO 1858 AUGUST 15" to Warzaw, with arrival mark. Very fine and scarce. Certificate Buchsbayew (2022)

Provenance:  Goss, Lea, ‘Alexander’

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, clear at lower left, otherwise good to mostly large margins, tied by boxed "TAUROGEN 28 APR.1858" to letter sheet to Riga. The letter slight age wear, still very fine. Certificate Buchsbayew (2017)

Provenance:  Goss (Robson Lowe, 1958)

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, cut into upper frame, otherwise good to mostly large margins, tied by boxed "TAUROGEN 20 JUNE.1858" and additional merchant's handstamp "GEBR:LEVI&Co. TAUROGGEN" to letter sheet to St Petersburg. Despite the mentioned very fine and fresh. A very attractive entire. Certificate Buchsbayew (2022)

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): "9", dotted oval, clear and central strike on 10 kopeck brown and blue, ample to mostly large margins. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew, v.d.Weid and Thier

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, large margins, tied by dotted oval "9" to lettersheet with reverse side boxed "TAUROGEN 20 JULY.1858" and oval handstamp "SPEDITIONS-GESCHÄFT JOHN G. KNIEP/TAUROGGEN", to Riga, with arrival mark. Supposed to origin from (most likely) German soil and forwarded. Just 13 No.1-entires have been recorded with dotted oval (border post office) cancellations and just four similar entires with the Kniep handstamp. Certificate Mikulski (1986, not mentioning forwarder)

Note: The Forwarding Agents handstamp is discussed in Guido Craveris Census, page 11

WILNO (Vilnius, Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, cancelled by boxed handstamp. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew

Provenance: 41. Corinphila-Auction (1953)

WILNO (Vilnius, Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, tied by boxed "WILNO..APR 1858" to envelope to Warzaw, with arrival mark's. Fine and scarce. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance:  Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006) 
 

“CENZUROWANE / ODDZIAŁ IV / Sekcja Defenzywy / Referat Prasy i Cenzur”, black censor mark (=Brzozowski/Tokar type 1) on postcard from “WILNO 2 -7.XII.20” with adjacent cachet “2 Pul Art. Pol. Leg. 5 Baterja” to Sosnowiece, fine and rare, signed Petriuk with certificate (2025)

“Cenzura Szwadronu Technicznego / Pułku Jazdy Tatarskiej, dnia 18.1.1919. Podpis”, violet, boxed three-line cachet on postcard, with handwritten sender information “Reconnaissance Unit, Tatar Cavalry Regiment, 9th Lithuanian-Belarusian Infantry Division, Field Post No. 24”,  with adjacent cds. “BRZESC LITWESKI 18 1 20” to Wielun, fine and scarce, a.o. signed Petriuk with certificate (2025)

“Dowodztwo Szpitala Chirurgicznego W.P. w Wilnie Amer. Czerw.Krzyz - American Red Cross”, violett three line-cachet on post card with cds. “GŁÓWNA POCZTA POLOWA No. VII -3.6.1920” to Krakow, very fine, unique card confirming the ARC activity on the eastern front, signed Petriuk with certificate (2025)

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

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)

“ORANI-LAGER -7 7 13” ORANI CAMP cds. on 3 k., repeated alongside, to postcard to St Petersburg, minor aging, still fine and scarce. Camp Orani was located in the Vilnius region and was home to some infantry regiments

“VILNA TEMP(ERORY) P. O. V LAGER 16 May 1892” VILNA MILITARY CAMP special cds. on 20 k. registered postal stationery envelope to Roma with reverse arrival cds. “ROMA 6 -92”, minor imperfections no detracting, still fine. Extremely rare and the earliest date of usage recorded for this camp

1990/92, interesting group ex Mi.-Nr. 457-64 and 472 of Essays, proofs, covers with multiples, double prints, different papers, good quality

1919/39, interesting group of more than 60 cards and covers with many better frankings, different cancellations, registered mail and parcel cards, slightly different condition