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1909 (6 Sep) picture postcard franked with 3k red, sent from Sevastopol to Alupka (a resort city located in the Crimean peninsula), by the zoologist Ivan Ivanovich Puzanov (addressed to Dr. V. Ya. Polunin who owned a dacha in New Simeiz and was Puzanov's neighbor). With handstamp "Steamship Meotida". (The message reads, "Honorable neighbor! Did you hear the whistle when the Meotida passed New Simeiz at 6 AM on 4 September? I wonder. I think only the janitor Stefan heard it. In three days, or even sooner, we will once again pass Simeiz and then I will come ashore. You are welcome to inspect the ship but be warned: there are no sick people on board. On the 15th I will finally disembark at Simeiz and stay there for a week. Regards, I. Puzanov-Chernomorsky." In 1909, while a student at Moscow University, Puzanov obtained some practical experience at the Sevastopol Biological Station by taking part in an expedition to collect specimens of marine life along the southern coast of Crimea from Cape Lucullus (north of Sevastopol) to Kerch. The Ministry of Trade and Industry put the small steamship Meotida at the disposal of the expedition from 15 August to 15 September. In his book, Puzanov says that on 4 September, the ship was returning to Sevastopol from Kerch; on 6 September (when this card was mailed) he and the ship were in Sevastopol; on 9 September the ship made a 30 minute stop in Simeiz; on 15 September the expedition ended in Yalta and the ship returned to Sevastopol without him; he sailed to Simeiz that evening on the yacht Tatiana; at the end of September he returned to Moscow. His signature is a humorous imitation of those of famous explorers who were given the right to add territorial names to their family names, Chernomorsky referring to the Black Sea. The photograph on the back has an arrow pointing to the Sevastopol Biological Station which still exists in the same building under the name A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biology Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Ex-Casey (Image)
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Closed..Oct-13-2021, 12:14:49 EST
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Sale No: 1021
Lot No: 1131
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1909 two picture postcards, one to USA, another to St. Petersburg, each with a different type oval Volunteer Fleet "Parakhod. OBSH. R.V.A.P." (Steamship Company R.V.A.P.), one with Tsuruga, Japan transit, fine (Image)
Est.US$100
Opening US$ 95.00
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Closed..Oct-13-2021, 12:15:08 EST
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Sale No: 1021
Lot No: 1132
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1910 (8 May) picture postcard franked with 4k red, written in Vladivostok and sent to the US Naval Station in Cavite, Philippines. It was posted on a ship of the Russian East-Asiatic Steamship Company which delivered the card to Tsuruga, Japan, from where it was transported by rail to Kobe and then placed on a ship of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Co. for transmission to Manila. Postmarked "PAROKHOD OBSHCH. R. V. A. P." (8.5.10) and Tsuruga and Kobe. The message reads, "I should love to take snapshots of the queer sights I see, but this is a fortress with a soldier on every street corner to arrest cameras and such, and as jails never attracted me much, I refrain" (Image)
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Sale No: 1021
Lot No: 1133
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1911 (21 Nov) picture postcard franked with 4k red, written on the Russian Volunteer Fleet ship "Penza" and sent to Hamburg via Siberia, postmarked "Vladivost-Tsuruga Parakh", the photo on back shows the ship Penza at the port of Tsuruga, Japan. It left Vladivostok on Saturday 19 November and arrived in Tsuruga on Monday the 21st. The message is dated Sunday 3 December (20 November old style) and reads, "I have been on the roaring ocean for 24 hours. No land in sight for 20 hours. Many of the passengers feel sick. I am well. I've just had a delicious lunch. Magnificent travel companions-wealthy Americans. We'll reach Japan in 18 hours. The journey is very interesting. I wish you could be here! Hope you are well". On the reverse, the writer says, "This shows my ship. Pretty large, but comfortable and modern." (The Penza was brought into service in 1910) (Image)
