1811 (1 Sep) FL to Rheims, faint straight-line St. Petersburg departure handstamp, red "R.N.4" (Rayon stamp applied in Hamburg), showing "Alemagne Par Neuss." and "Russie P Hambourg", "12" (decimes) due marking, also "1/88-52" in manuscript on reverse, interesting early letter to France, via Hamburg, signed Baudot (Image)

Est.US$150

1825 outer FL from Torino to St. Petersburg, addressed to the Secretary of the Imperial Academy of Science, with four line cachet applied at border station town of "Radziwillow" (today in Rovno district) indicating that additional fee has to be collected from the recipient, fine and rare item (Image)

Est.US$750

1841 (19 May) FL to Paris, with red "Moskou" departure datestamp, "A.E.D." (Affranchie a l'Etranger jusqu'a destination) in oval and "Pruse-Givet" alongside, "Aus Russland Franco-Tout" and "PP", Tilsit (11 June) Prussian Post Office transit, and die markings on back (Image)

Est.US$150

1858 10k brown & blue, single canceled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$750

1858-64 wove paper, perf. 12 1/2, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six, unused with full original gum, mostly l.h., 30k with small h.r., good colors and perforations, fresh and fine-v.f., scarce unused with original gum, cat. $4720 (Cat No. 5-10) (Image)

Cat. $4720, Est.US$3,000

1865 unwatermarked, thin paper, perf. 14 1/2, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six, unused with original gum, mostly h.r., good colors, usual perforations, fresh and fine set, scarce unused with original gum, cat. $6725 (Cat No. 12-18) (Image)

Cat. $6725, Est.US$3,000

1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six blocks of four, mostly sheet corner margin, one of the 30k h.r. at upper right, balance n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., few signed Romeo (catalogued as singles) cat. $3085 (Cat No. 19-25) (Image)

Cat. $3085, Est.US$1,000

1866 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, used, ample margins all around, shifted background as always, faint corner crease, still a v.f. and extremely rare stamp without the usual defects that plague this issue, cat. $3000 (Cat No. 19b) (Image)

Cat. $3000, Est.US$1,500

1879 7k gray and rose, vertically laid paper, deep colors, h.r., well centered for issue, fine and rare, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 27b) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$1,000

1879 8k gray and rose, vertically laid paper, h.r., very well centered for issue, diagonal crease, unusually fresh and v.f. appearance, rare stamp, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 28a) (Image)

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

1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, vertically laid paper, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Gebruder Senf, Diena, etc., cat. $2000 (Cat No. 39-40) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III (Image)

Est.US$250

1898 (21 Oct) cover from Nakhichevan to the Russian Monastery in Afon, franked on back with 7k dark blue, tied by departure cds, showing transits of Odessa (23 Oct), Ropit Constantinople (30 Oct), Afon (1 Nov) and Illinsky Skit (3 Nov), with oval "Doplatit" 6k due mark on front, minor cover faults, otherwise fine usage from Nakhichevan (today an exclave of Azerbaijan) (Image)

Est.US$150

1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England (Image)

Est.US$300

1902 1r light brown & orange, perf. 13 1/2, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r. at top, v.f., cat. $900 (Cat No. 68g) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.US$500

1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd, $2,000) (Cat No. 71var) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1906 5r dull blue green & pale blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., signed Mikulski (Cat No. 71var) (Image)

Est.US$500

1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed (Cat No. 79P) (Image)

Est.US$500

1909 20k and 70k, each with double center, l.h. or h.r., v.f., cat. $350 (Cat No. 82c,86b) (Image)

Cat. $350, Est.US$200

1909 35k red brown & green, variety lozenges omitted, printed on gummed side only, block of four, h.r., v.f., (Zverev $3,000) (Cat No. 84var) (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, stage essay showing central portrait vignette of Tsar Nicholas II, with black surround, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, stage essay showing central portrait vignette of Tsar Nicholas II, with black surround, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 1k rose, die proof on wove paper, h.r., marginal thins, otherwise v.f. (Cat No. 88P) (Image)

Est.US$250

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, proofs of center only, Alexander III in rose red, Nicholas II in dark blue, each with margin thins, otherwise v.f., scarce (Cat No. 90,93P) (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 15k brown & gray, bi-color die proof on wove paper, h.r., v.f. (Cat No. 95P) (Image)

Est.US$500