386th Auction

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

1863/1949, mostly mint never hinged collection with a few unused, including Berlin Consular Post, specialized with a few duplicates, multiples and varieties, from 1918 fairly advanced in the Michel main numbers, many better values and sets like Mi.-Nr. 38y ungebraucht (signiert Eisold BPP), 185IA mint never hinged (late printing of the first issue, certificate Mikulski), many better sets from the 1930s like 400Byb, 483-487 and 494-498 mint never hinged, 527 PFII “Small F” unused (signed SPA), Bl 11A-B mint never hinged (11B small corner crease), Bl 13 mint never hinged, etc., noted only a few dubious items. Except for the occasional fault overall in mostly very fine condition. A delightful assembly, neatly housed in one album

1912/41, mint never hinged accumulation of sheets and large multiples, a few unused, some better items throughout with strength in the later Imperial and early RSFSR printings, neatly housed in one album, a useful lot (ex Mi.-Nr. 64II-803)

1922/91 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged and unused accumulation of multiples and sheets together with a few singles, some better like Mi.-Nr. 211AF in sheetlet mint never hinged, also a few Imperial issues, etc., 

1918/62 (ca.), group of  over 60 covers and cards, mostly before the 1930s, some interesting frankings and usages, mixed condition

1950/91, large mint never hinged collection with a few duplicates and varieties, apparently complete in the main Michel numbers, many better sets like Mi.-Nr. 1527-1534, Bl. 3, etc., overall in excellent and fresh condition, neatly housed in 4 preprinted hingeless albums

1877/1988, extensive mint and unused collection, over long distances complete with also postage and parcel stamps, including Mi. 1-7, 12-22, 44, 145-62, 165-79, 184-207, etc., some signed or with certificate, nice condition overall.

1842/1918, approx. 110 covers, cards, and postal stationeries, starting from prephilately, noted Mi. No. 12+14 on a 1876 cover to Vienna, a 1878 field post cover from the Serbian-Turkish War (FA Krstic), registered covers, postal stationery with additional frankings, unused field postcards, interesting postmarks and varieties, plus some unused/mint stamps, in two albums

1866/1918, extensive, mostly unused and used collection, including postage dues, with circa 60 covers and cards from Mi. No. 14 (2 covers), including better early issues, shades, interesting postmarks, etc., in one album

1866/1945, Collection in large parts double collected on album leaves, mint never hinged/unused and used including Mi.4-5, 7z, 7xb, 8y, additional Montenegro and Lubiana under ital. occupation

1840/1914, interesting collection starting from prephilaty with interesting postmarks and usages, plus franked mail with registered covers, unused and used postal stationeries, and foreign mail, in four albums

1896/1945 ca., covers/cards/postcards (28) including stationery reply cards, fieldpost, good cancellations, redirected mail, postage due, some different