386th Auction

1908, "CONSPOLI-CONSTANTA-BUCURESCI" c.d.s. on picture postcard from Constantinople with 1908 Austrian Levant 20 pa. pink to Graz, fine

1919, Konstantinopel complete set of six values on registered postcard tied by POSTES ROUMANES CONSTANTINOPLE 23.10.1919, negative censor and arrival mark Bucuresci 27.10.19, tiny crease, otherwise fine, a scarce usage

1920, Konstantinopel complete set of five values plus Mi. 6 without overprint on registered stamp dealer envelope tied by POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 25.5.920, addressed to Germany with violet twoliner “Vom Auslande über Dresden” and threeliner “Zurück / Einfuhr von Briefmarken verboten 4”, on reverse torn German postal label for opening and control, retour to Turkey with arrival mark POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 20.8.920 on reverse, few crease, one stamp toned perfs, otherwise fine, a very scarce usage and destination of this issue, shipping to countries other than Romania is unrecorded in PROFI

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

1922, 100.000 rub. auf 250 rub. block of nine, corner margin, plus six stamps performing 1.500.000 rub. rate on registered cover from Moskwa 13.9.1922 to Leipzig, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and attractive

1940-41, 10+10 Kop. deep blue, 20+20 Kop. red and 30+30 Kop blue, three complete unfold postal stationery answering cards, a very fine and scarce trio

1851/57, 5 folded letters from Nis to Aleksinac with various handwritten annotations in envelope

1853, Isabella II. 6 cs. carmine-rose block of eight clear cancelled by oval  grill, signed A. Diena, Cert. Llach Comex (2020)

1856, 1 re. greenish blue, horizontal pair with good to wide margins, fresh deep colour, clear cancelled by mute barred oval, fine

1856, 1 r. greenish blue, horizontal pair on rough yellowish paper, watermark crossed lines, large margins all around, centrally-struck with 1859 c.d.s. ('JUL' inverted), showing the variety “CORRFOS” on left stamp, slight toning mostly at top, else a fine example of this variety. (Scott 42)

1860, Sperati forgery 19 cs. brown on salmon, cancelled and good to wide margins, cancelled by ‘7’ in mill wheel, fine. Cert. Baschwitz

1868, four unused stamps, 800 m. part gum, others n.g., 1 e. 600 m. with punch, still fine group

1890, ALFONSO XIII set of 13 unused values including high values 40 C. and 80 C., fine

1896, ALFONSO XIII set of 14 unused values up to 40 C. orange, fine

1927, Red Cross issue 12 proofs imperf and with punch holes, unused no gum, fine

1916-18, 30 c. blue green, horizontal pair, the right stamp at top left diagonally bisect, tied by "Certificado Tetuan Marreucos 10 May 21" boxed datestamp on cover to Ceuta, couple toned perfs, otherwise fine, unlisted in Scott

1916-20, Zona de Protectorado complete set of ten values unused, fine

1856, Coat of arms 4 sk. blue showing beautiful strike of box canc. NYKÖPING 31.8.56 on small piece, usual perf., fine

1858, four mint values up to 50 ö., all unused no gum, three stamps very well centered, fine group

1903, Helsingborg Utställning two different Exhibition cancellations on postcard bearing 5 ö. green to Portugal with arrival mark Lissabon, tiny toned, otherwise fine and a scarce destination

1920/26, Gustave Vasa five mint never hinged stamps, 110 ö. with wm., all good perfs., fine

1912, Pro-Juventute-Vorläufer, postfrisch, tadellos

1844, "Zürich 12/12 44" roter Aufgabestp. sowie roter "Franco" auf barfrankiertem Faltbrief adressiert nach Solothurn, sauber entw. mit rücks. versch. Rötel-Taxvermerken. Horizontaler Registerbug und leicht bügig. 

ZÜRICH-WIEN-CONSTANTINOPLE 30.IV.25 CIDNA first flight, transit WIEN 1.V.25 and on reverse arrival mark Istanbul Arrivee 5.5.25, fine

Provenienz: Bill Robertson (Corinphila, 2014)