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)