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

1857 10k Brown & Blue imperf. with good to large margins, light “443” numeral of Berdiansk, very fine, signed A. Brun (Image)

1857 10k Brown & Blue imperf., plate II, bearing indistinct oval part cancellation, small to normal margins, slightly faulty example (Image)

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)

1857-58 30k Carmine & green perf.14 3/4×15 on thick paper, used with dotted numeral, fault (internal crack) otherwise still an attractive appearing example of this rare stamp (Image)

1848 Eagle with Broad Tail, wmk 1, envelope form III size: 142X116mm, sent 1857 from Rybinsk to Kostroma containing 35 silver roubles, on exhibition page (Image)

1868 Three envelopes, type 1, Size D, with bottom and side flaps pointed, unused & fine (Image)

1875 Stationery type 2, 4k green sent in 1878 from St.Petersburg to London, showing VARIETY Missing “n” on text-side, only 11 used cards recorded, small tears but very rare (Image)

1875 5k Violet, town post stationery, showing open “O” in KOPEK variety, cancelled by town post-office N°4 pmk and sent locally within St. Petersburg (Image)

1909 Stationery card type 1 card with extra 3k used in 1911 with advertisement for an insurance company sent from Irtkutsk to Amsterdam, advertisement cards cost 1k extra (Image)

1915 Double-weight 14k postal stationery uprated with 1914 Charity 1k (3) and 3k, sent from Moscow to Petrograd (Image)

1912-16 7k with yellow varnish line in complete sheet of 100, mint nh, usual trivial imperfections for a sheet, very fine, cert. Zagorsky (2015) (Image)

1912-16 15k top right corner block of four showing sheet paper join across top pair, mint nh, a very fine and rare paper variety, cert. Zagorsky (2015) (Image)

RUSSIA USED IN PERSIA: 1913 15k Romanov cancelled with very seldom seen Gombad e Kabuz Russian PO cds, that was open only for a short period during WWI, fine and rare (Image)

1930-60, Small selection on pages with useful Tannu Tuva, Soviet 1941 Meteorite variety mint and more importantly 1960 Siberian tiger (tigris altaica) essay in complete never hinged sheet of 50 printed by Czech State printing company for the Pochta SSSR, in complete sheet relatively seldom offered + 4 single essays with one colour missing respectively 1 colour shifted (Est. € 400/700) (Image)

1848-1916, POSTAL STATIONERY: Attractive exhibition collection of 230 Russian Empire items neatly and knowledgeably mounted on exhibition pages in two album, wonderful selection of earlies incl. St.Petersburg post, fascinating selection of usage and uprating, many addressed abroad, see web for complete scans of the collection (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1850-1945, Postal history accumulation of ca.140 covers/cards in an album, mostly Empire period, with advertising covers, attractive inflationary multiple frankings, postal stationery, insured receipt cards, registered, airmails, etc., an interesting group (Est. € 500/700) (Image)

1857-1999, Mint & used collection in nine volumes from N°1 onwards, most value lying in the 1930s-50s Soviet era with many never hinged sets and souvenir sheets (incl. airplane, stamps on stamps set of three, green Gymnast 1964, etc.) (Est. € 1’000/2’000)

1858-1917, Cancellation collection identified on 17 filled pages, incl. smaller towns and villages, some used abroad, etc., interesting with the possibility of some rare cancels (Est. € 1’500/2’000) (Image)

1858-1923, Small selection of Russia and related areas including several 1858 30K mint & used, small selection of Zemstvos and substantial Ukraine, fine (Est. € 500/800)

1858-1939, Mostly used collection in an album, pretty standard with better completion in the Soviet period (Est. € 400/600)

1858-1971, Excellent original mint and used collection nicely displayed in 10 home-made albums containing many thousands, including over 90 min.sheets and nicely laced with better items up to £3200 (rare type 2K worker imperf), from classic to good middle period, including charity stamps, air mail and other B.O.B. Nice comprehensive collection with later material valued very low, much value in better items. Have a good look at the early books + B.O.B. and flip quickly through the later books (Est. € 2’000/3’000).

1858-1990, Attractive Soviet Union collection neatly written up in four albums from the 1950s onwards showing better sets and singles including 1950 Stalin min.sheet, plus 14 stockbooks with a great deal of useful material from Imperial Russia to the Soviet Union including some airs, mostly fine (Est. € 1’200/2’000)