1848 St. Petersburg stationery entire envelope (123x90mm), indicia at upper right, used locally, with arrival pmk, full wax seal on back, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by rectangle of dots on small piece, margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$400

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by "237" (Hasenpot) in rectangle of dots, margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$400

1857 10k brown and blue, canceled by illegible straight-line town pmk, partly adhered on piece, margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$500

1857 10k brown and blue, canceled "174" in circle of dots (Samgorodsk), margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$500

1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, used, fresh and v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$400

1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, small closed tear at top, otherwise v.f., canceled by "106" in rectangle of dots on cover addressed to Mr. Malhamme, orderly to Count Zamoyski in Warszawa, showing complete oval "Iz Volkovysk Ot." (sent from Volkovysk) departure pmk, date "22/2" filled in by hand, red "Warszawa 13/3" and framed "1/P" (1:00PM) arrival markings on back, with clear 1976 Royal certificate. A rare, probably unique usage of Russia Number One from Volkovysk (Wolkowysk in Polish, is a city in Grodno oblast, Belarus) (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$3,000

1858 10k brown & blue, imperforate single, first stamp of the country, used on outer FL from Koretz to Riga, stamp tied by two-line Cyrillic datestamp 25 June 1858 "Koretz", with framed "Polucheno 2 July 1858", stamp with ample margins except just cut in at right, lettersheet torn and repaired, other peripheral cover faults, fine appearance, signed W.Pohl, rare, if not unique usage of Russia Number One from this small town in present-day Ukraine (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1858 10k brown & blue, tied by blue "19" numeral dot cancel on outer FL from Kovno to Warszawa, with Nov.14, 1858 departure and red Warszawa 29/11 "5 P" (5:00 pm) arrival pmks on back, usual filing fold away from the stamps, fine Russia No.2 on Jan Epstein correspondence letter (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$250

1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct numeral in dots pmk on outer FL, with framed St. Petersburg arrival datestamp on back, fine (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$250

1858 (10 June) outer FL from Riga to Pernau, franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by cds departure, arrival datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and attractive cover (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$500

1858 (28 Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Riga, franked with 10k brown & blue (interesting plate flaw showing deformed numerals at bottom right), tied by "6" in oval dots, usual filing fold (away from the stamp), departure and arrival datestamps on back, some tape reinforcements, otherwise fine (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$500

1858 20k green & violet, perforated trial color proof on unwatermarked and gummed stamp paper, left sheet margin part gutter block of four, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f. A rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 issued (Cat No. 3P) (Image)

Est.US$10,000

1858 30k carmine and green, used, v.f., with 1996 Eisold certificate, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$1,000

1858 30k carmine & green, perf. 12 1/2, tied by "121" in rectangle of dots pmk on FL used 14 May, 1863 from Taganrog to St. Petersburg, with corresponding departure and arrival pmks on back, oval "William Yeames & Co. Taganrog" merchant's cachet, tamp with a tiny pen mark and surface rubbing, fine single franking on cover, ex-Mertens, cat. $1250 (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.US$250

1871 (Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Paris, franked with single 3k and 5x5k (vertical pair and horizontal strip of five), all horizontally laid paper, tied by cds, with Vienna transit and "Autr. Strasbourg" entry cds, filing folds through the stamps, still fine and attractive 28k rate, with Mikulski certificate (Image)

Est.US$500

1873 (20 Apr) cover from Tiflis to Obergrombach, Grand Duchy of Baden, paying 15k with 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), sent via St. Petersburg, Berlin, etc., with transit and arrival pmks, backflap defective, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1877 (16 Aug) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz-Podolsk, paying 39 kopeck with 2k, 8k and 20k on front and nine examples of 1k (some defective) on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$500

1878 (17 Aug) registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$500

1878-82 selection of 12, mostly registered covers addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, different origins in the Podolsk region incl. Mogilev, Bratlav, Rakhnoveck, Vinnitsa, Berdyansk, Odessa, Shargorod, different rates made up with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k adhesives, various rates and combinations, some three color frankings, one with a block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1879 (15 Feb) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz, franked with horizontally laid 1k (single and pair) 20k (pair), used in combination with vertically laid 2k (pair), all tied by cds, with arrival pmk, horizontal filing crease through three stamps at bottom, otherwise fine and rare mixed franking (horizontally and vertically laid paper) (Cat No. 19,26a,30) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1883 (Mar) FL from St. Petersburg to Dresden, franked with 7k dark blue (corner folded over), tied by local cancel, with red departure pmk on back, redirected on arrival with Germany 10pf carmine tied by Dresden 26 May 84 cds, arriving in Wiesbaden the next day, fine forwarded letter from Russia (Image)

Est.US$250

1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r unused, disturbed gum, the latter with small flaws, fine appearance, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 39-40) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $2000 (Cat No. 39-40) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$750

1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, unused (regummed), extensively repaired, reasonable appearance of this great rarity (Only five unused examples have been recorded, all but one defective) (Cat No. 39a) (Image)

Est.US$2,500