1857-58 10k brown & blue perf-14 3/4×15 tied by “Chukholma / Otpravleno” 3-line boxed ds on 1858 (Apr 25) entire to Helsingfors, reverse with “ANK” arrival ds, fine (Image)

1857-58 10k brown & blue perf.14 3/4×15 tied by “1” dotted circle 2nd experimental cancel of St. Petersburg on 1858 (Feb 11) entire to Warsaw USED ON THE FIRST DAY OF USE, with oval despatch ds adjacent, Warsaw bs, fine (Image)

1857-58 10k brown & blue perf.14 3/4×15 tied by “1” dotted circle 2nd experimental cancel of St. Petersburg on 1858 (Feb 20) entire to Warsaw with boxed despatch ds adjacent, Warsaw bs, fine (Image)

1857 10k Brown & Blue imperf., plate II, so-called unused example with pen cancel removed, large margins, very fine (Image)

1848 20k Greenish blue, small tail, 1st watermark bearing at front faint St.Petersburg Nikolaievsk vokzal 10.3.55 departure marking, at back 20k value imprint with manuscript obliteration and 2-line arrival marking 14.3.55 arrival marking of Moskva, also manuscript marking 10 Mars 1855 Petersburg, a scarce envelope, ex Kossoy (Image)

1849 Issue 10k envelope with INVERTED WATERMARK no1, obliterated with pen cross, tear into value imprint and some creases on envelope, at left red slightly indistinct 1851 postmark, fine and very rare (Image)

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1849-61 Postal Stationery group with fifteen 10k envelopes with watermark no.1, small tail, more interesting incl. 3 with shifted imprint, one with value imprint cancelled by 1859 boxed BIALYSTOK postmark; three 10k envelopes with watermark no.2; and 1848 30k envelope rose with watermark no.1, broad tail, value imprint obliterated with ink cross, poor condition; mostly ink cross obliterated value imprint, mixed to very fine (Image)

1873 Registered postal stationery envelope 10k brown with additional franking 5k + 20k bearing RAYZAN 13.YANV.73 cds to Moskva, vertical cover crease at left otherwise fine (Image)

1919 Cover franked at back Russia 15k imperforate + 35(k) on 2k Koltchak Army Issue bearing very oily oval OMSK datestamp and IRKUTSK 12.3.19 arrival marking, scarce cover (Image)

1920 Local Government Vladivostok : Ppc franked 7k on 15k perf. bearing VLADIVOSTOK 18.10.20 cds to Kazan, scarce (Image)

1924 SOVIET REPUBLIC Cover franked RSFSR 70R lilac imperforate surcharged 2k bearing VLADIVOSTOK 23.2.24 circle datestamp, scarce cover (Image)

1917 Registered letter bearing BAR POD. 26.10.17 (franking at back) and fieldpostcard with part cancel of 24.10.17 – THE LAST DAY OF RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND THE FIRST DAY OF SOVIET REPUBLIC (Image)

1918 35k blue in imperforate horizontal pair, left stamp hinge trace only, right stamp hinge remainder, scarce and very fine, (Standard 1Pa € 2600 for never hinged, Zverev & Gilmanov no.1A € 1700 for hinged, Mi no.149U) also a used pair with strongly shifted perforation (Image)

1919 Stampless O.A.S covers with narrow type F.P.O PB55 of Beresnik or F.P.O PB66 of Oberzerskaya (2), two with oval framed “PE / C / 26” or “X5” censors, the other with circular Passed by Censor cachets numbered 27R in violet and 71R in red, the latter tying “OPENED BY / BASE CENSOR No. 16” label, a few minor faults (Image)

1919 Stampless O.A.S covers both with wide type F.P.O PB 44 cds of Bakhariza, one with oval framed “PE/C/21” censor, the other with circular violet “PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 44R”, fine (Image)

1919-22, A rare group of approx. 50 mostly covers and cards (including a few money orders as well), mostly franked saving – or control stamps, 2 with revenues, as usual mixed condition but showing a wealth of different frankings of these (postally used) relatively scarce adhesives, also noted a rare & relatively late mixed issue usage of the 20k blue Kerenski postal stationary, unusual & elusive offer (Image)

1921 Registered small envelope franked at back 2R brown block of 6 bearing MOSKVA 17.8.21 cds, cert. Mandrovskiy which states that it is overfranked by 2R, very fine and very rare franking (Image)

1921 200R brown double print, 250R violet pair with diagonal mirror double print and also a tete-beche gutter, 300R green diagonal double mirror print, October Revolution unissued 200R brown and 2250R Volga Famine Issue type I & type II on pelure paper, never hinged or hinge remainder, one signed Ross, fine specialist group (Image)

1921-23, Highly appealing and interesting cover group (23) of inflation period, noted many frankings with postally used rare adhesives, mixed issue frankings with money saving stamps, ordinary & special issue combis, mass frankings, etc., mostly foreign going, a truly interesting group of which many could serve as single auction lots (Image)

1922 5000R on 1R orange (2) and on 2R brown(2), each value showing red and black INVERTED surcharge, the 2 orange values sign. Soviet Phil. Assoz., all 4 values with hinge remainder or hinge trace, fine to very fine group, (Standard € 525 for never hinged, Zverev & Gilmanov nos.28v/29v, 34v/35v € 825 for hinged) (Image)

1922 5000R on 2R brown showing TRIPLE surcharge, minim hinge traces only (Zverev & Gilmanov no. 35t € 900 for hinged), very fine & scarce (Image)

1922 5000R on 5R grey blue (2) showing INVERTED surcharge and other with DOUBLE surcharge, both hinge remainder, both signed (one ROMEKO/Paris), (Zverev & Gilmanov nos. 30v, 36v € 1000) (Image)

1923 Vladivostok Airmail 20k ovpts on perf. 1k, 4k, 5k, 10k, 10k on 7k, 15k, 20k, 20k on 14k, 36k, 35k on 2k, 50k and 70k as well as imperf. 1k (crease), 2k, 3k and 15k, very fine and extremely rare mint set, with only 25-300 of each value prepared, cert. Mikulski (1985) (Mi. €24’200) (Image)

1941-1947 Selection of 19 propaganda POSTAL STATIONERY cards, mostly unused, with duplication, mostly medium to better and scarce group, (Mi P164, P165, P164, P189, P195 approx. €1’300+) (Est. € 200/300) (Image)