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1875 (4 Mar) registered cover from Tyumen to the Ryazan circuit court, franked with single 5k and vertical pair of 20k, tied by Tyumen departure cds, with Ryazan (16.3) arrival alongside. Postage was 45 kopecks (30k for weight, 10k for registration, and 5k for the receipt). A fine cover, illustrated in Rossica No.163 (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:16:08 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 942
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1876 (19 Feb) outer FL from Telminsk (Irkutsk Province) to Riga, with straight-line "Telminskaya Irk (19.2.76)" departure on back, Nizhneudinsk (23.2) and Moscow (30.3 and 31.3) transits, Riga (3.4) arrival pmks, part of wax seal, clear markings, fine. Sent by the Irkutsk Salt works police to the Riga Evangelical Lutheran Consistory. The salt works, which used hard labor convicts, was a state enterprise located in Usole, five miles from Telminsk postal station (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:16:23 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 943
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1877 (19 Oct) outer wrapper (without side flaps) from Tobolsk to the St. Petersburg Board of Guardians, with perfect departure postmark and paper seal (torn on opening) of the Tobolsk circuit court (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:16:36 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 944
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1879 (9 Jan) money letter from Gotopupovo (Tobolsk Province) to Odessa, postmarked straight-line "Gotopupovskaya Tob (9.1.79)", with Odessa (27.1) arrival. The letter contained 30 rubles to be transmitted to a Russian monastery on Mt. Athos in Greece. The postage was 45 kopecks (10 kopecks for weight, 30 kopecks for the 1% insurance fee, and 5 kopecks for the receipt), with mostly intact wax seal of the "Gotopupovskaya postal station for insured mail" (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:16:54 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 945
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1885 (5 Feb) 3k black, stationery card sent from the Kara gold fields (Transbaikal Territory) to St. Petersburg by a political prisoner N. N. Dzvonkevich, canceled "Kariisk", with 23 Apr arrival St. Petersburg cds alongside. Dzvonkevich (1842-1909), a member of the People's Will "terrorist" group, was sentenced to death for his part in the 1882 assassination of Gen. Strelnikov, the military prosecutor for southern Russia. His sentence was commuted to life of hard labor and he was imprisoned at Lower Kara from 1884 to 1890. Prisoners could send one card every two weeks. These had to be written in the third person, as if from the prison commandant, Superintendent of State Criminals, Staff Captain I. F. Burley, who then censored and signed it. Since spelling reform was part of the revolutionaries' agenda, Dzvonkevich omitted hard signs from his message, but the commandant put them back. In his message, Dzvonkevich asks his daughter to prevent her mother from coming to Kara. He also asks for boots and tobacco, instructing that all parcels should be addressed to Eastern Siberia, Transbaikal oblast, Lower Kara, in care of His Excellency, the Superintendent of State Criminals. Parcels sent by ship via Odessa should be addressed to Ust Kara on the Shilka River. The daughter, Ekaterina Dzvonkevich-Vagner, was later involved in the 1905 assassination attempt against Alexander Spiridovich, chief of the Kiev Okhrana, minor staining, fine and rare card (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:17:07 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 946
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1885 (4 Jan) registered cover (reduced at both sides) from Blagoveshchensk to Riga, franked with 14k carmine & blue, tied by Blagoveshchensk cds, repeated at bottom and on back, with Riga 26 February arrival (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:17:19 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 947
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1886 (11 July) FL from Tobolsk to the Arkhangelsk provincial administration, departure postmarks on both sides, with Moscow (20.7), Vologda (23.7 and 24.7), and Arkhangelsk (27.7) arrival, also with the paper seal (torn on opening) of the Tobolsk provincial administration. Apparently a part of an ongoing correspondence about a court case, fine and interesting item (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 95.00
Sold...US$ 95.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:17:44 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 948
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1887 (18 Aug) 3k stationery card postmarked in Middle Kara, also Postal Wagon 61 (1.10.87) (Ryazhsk-Vyazma rail line), sent to Simferopol (3.10.87), by a political prisoner N. N. Dzvonkevich (1842-1909), a member of the People's Will "terrorist" group, originally sentenced to death for his part in the 1882 assassination of Gen. Strelnikov, the military prosecutor for southern Russia. His sentence was commuted to life of hard labor and he was imprisoned at Lower Kara from 1884 to 1890. Prisoners could send one card every two weeks. These had to be written in the third person, as if from the prison commandant. The card was then censored and signed by the acting commandant, Cavalry Captain V. M. Yakovlev of the Independent Corps of Gendarmes. The message reads "In the latest post your father received your letter of 6 June from Yalta. He fully approves of your intention to get out of there as soon as possible. Your father does not want to hear any news about his relatives, and he asks you and your mother not to burden yourselves with their welfare since they are unworthy of your efforts. Use your moral strength for the service of all mankind." The daughter, Ekaterina Dzvonkevich-Vagner, was later involved in the 1905 assassination attempt against Alexander Spiridovich, chief of the Kiev Okhrana, card folded in half, with clear markings and text (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:18:04 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 949
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1888 (16 Sep) FL from Tobolsk to the Yugansk native board in Surgut, with Tobolsk departure and Surgut (21 Sep) arrival pmks, bearing the seal (torn on opening) of the Tobolsk-Surgut circuit court. The letter reports that "a certain native was convicted of stealing four pounds of flour (worth 3 rubles, 84 kopecks) from another native in Surgut, and was sentenced to a month and a half in prison." This letter traveled by ship on the Ob and Irtysh Rivers (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 95.00
Sold...US$ 95.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:18:21 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 950
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1888 (5 Feb) registered cover from Vyatka to Verkholensk (Irkutsk Province), franked on back with 2x7k dark blue, tied by Vyatka cds, with Verkholensk (7.3) arrival postmark alongside. The cover was sent to Alexander Ivanovich Bychkov (1862-1925), a member of the People's Will "terrorist" group from 1879. Bychkov was arrested in 1881 and exiled to Verkholensk in 1884. He escaped on Christmas Eve 1887 and made his way to Moscow where he was apprehended the following September and later sent back to Siberia (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:18:36 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 951
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1889 (21 Mar) 3k stationery card sent from the Kara gold fields (Transbaikal Territory) to St. Petersburg by a political prisoner N. N. Dzvonkevich, canceled "Kariisk", with 9 May arrival St. Petersburg cds below. Dzvonkevich (1842-1909), a member of the People's Will "terrorist" group, was sentenced to death for his part in the 1882 assassination of Gen. Strelnikov, the military prosecutor for southern Russia. His sentence was commuted to life of hard labor and he was imprisoned at Lower Kara from 1884 to 1890. Prisoners could send one card every two weeks. These had to be written in the third person, as if from the prison commandant. The card was then censored and signed by the commandant, Lt. Col. V. P. Masyukov of the Independent Corps of Gendarmes. In his message Dzvonkevich tells his daughter that state prisoners are forbidden to receive the magazines "Russian Thought" and "Northern Herald." The daughter, Ekaterina Dzvonkevich-Vagner, was later involved in the 1905 assassination attempt against Alexander Spiridovich, chief of the Kiev Okhrana (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:18:49 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 952
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1890 (7 Mar) 3k stationery card sent from the Kara gold fields (Transbaikal Territory) to St. Petersburg by a political prisoner N. N. Dzvonkevich, canceled "Kariisk", with 23 Apr arrival St. Petersburg cds alongside. Dzvonkevich (1842-1909), a member of the people's Will "terrorist" group, was sentenced to death for his part in the 1882 assassination of Gen. Strelnikov, the military prosecutor for southern Russia. His sentence was commuted to life of hard labor and he was imprisoned at Lower Kara from 1884 to 1890. Prisoners could send one card every two weeks. These had to be written in the third person, as if from the prison commandant. The card was then censored and signed by the commandant, Lt. Col. V. P. Masyukov of the Independent Corps of Gendarmes. In his message Dzvonkevich asks his daughter if she received the postcard he sent a long time ago. He also requests her photograph. The daughter, Ekaterina Dzvonkevich-Vagner, was later involved in the 1905 assassination attempt against Alexander Spiridovich, chief of the Kiev Okhrana, fine (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:19:03 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 953
Symbol: e
Cat No: Collection
1895 (13 Oct) Money letter (opened for display) sent from Kolyvan (Tomsk Province) to the Holy Synod in St. Petersburg, postmarked in Kolyvan (13.10.95 and 16.10) and St. Petersburg (31.10) on arrival. The postage was 47 kopecks (40 kopecks for the 1/2% insurance fee, and 7 kopecks for registration). The weight fee was waived for church mail. With intact corner seals of parish group No. 8 of the Tomsk diocese partially showing through, fine and appealing cover (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:19:18 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 954
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1906 (28 Sep) picture postcard franked with 4k red, written in Vladivostok and placed in the mailbox of a ship sailing to Nagasaki; from there it was sent overland to Kobe and then by a Japanese ship to Sydney, Australia. Postmarked upon arrival in Nagasaki (3.10.06) along with a PAQUEBOT handstamp, and Kobe (8.10). The card was sent by Arthur Eyre Dabelle who was captain of the cargo ship "SS Maori King" (Image)
Est.$150
Opening US$ 120.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:19:30 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 955
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1907 (29 Nov) cover from Sobolinaya (Transbaikal Territory) to London, franked with 1k, 2k, 3k and 4k Arms, tied by Sobolinaya
(29.11.07) cds, with additional 1.12.07 forwarding and London (30.12) arrival pmk on back. The envelope is stationery of the Nerchinsk Gold Mining Co., little toning, fine and attractive usage from a Mining company to England (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:19:43 EST
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Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 956
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1910 (6 July) cover franked with 10k dark blue, sent from Nikolsk-Ussurisk to Bremen, Germany, then returned to sender. Postmarked in Nikolsk-Ussurisk (6.7.10 and 8.8), stationery of the Nikolsk branch of the Johann Langelutje chain of general stores which specialized in machinery and furniture. With handstamp "Return" dated 5.8 and adhesive label "Unknown", filing fold away from the stamp, fine (Image)
Est.$100
Opening US$ 95.00
Sold...US$ 95.00
Closed..Feb-03-2021, 11:20:11 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 0221
Lot No: 957
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1913 (25 Oct) cover from Nizhneudinsk (Irkutsk Province) to political prisoner Vasily Konstantinovich Vorobyev in cell 153 of the Preliminary Detention Facility in St. Petersburg, franked on back with 7k Romanov, tied by Nizhneudinsk cds, with St. Petersburg (2.11) arrival, with oval censor mark reading "Examined in the Office of the Prosecutor of the St. Petersburg Superior Court," and manuscript notation "for the prosecutor of the St. Petersburg circuit court." Vorobyev (1885-1956) was a member of the Bolshevik Party. He was arrested in St. Petersburg in 1907 and sentenced to four years hard labor in Irkutsk province. In 1911 he escaped and fled to St. Petersburg, where he was later arrested and sentenced by the St. Petersburg circuit court to an additional three years hard labor. He was exiled to Yakutsk territory in 1915 and remained there until 1917 (Image)
