RUSSIA: 1850s-2000s, Extensive mint and used accumulation in 13 volumes and numerous cigar boxes, only somewhat organised, assembled by a collector always looking for good quality (Est. € 800/1’200)

RUSSIA: 1866-1964, Clean fresh mint and some used collection in a single Scott specialised album with a nice showing of good sets, especially from the 1920s to ’50s with semipostals, airmail, Offices in China and Turkey, mainly fine to very fine and well worth a careful inspection (Est. € 600/900)

1884-1920, Small group with 11 ZEMSTVOS, 7 imperial stamps perfined, 1920 100R block of six showing partial impression on 3 stamps, 1914 Saving book to buy a Singer sewer machine, 1866 10k in pair + 3k tied by St Petersburg 01.08.75 cds to registered cover to London, arrival ds 17.08.1875, fine (Est. € 200/300) (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)

1740-1864 RUSSIA – PREPHILATELY: DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL MAIL: Exhibition Collection on about 26 pages showing the different rates and examples according to the different contracts depicting ingoing, outgoing and transit mail – a very nice collection with generally items much above average quality (Image)

1801-1965 RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION: Enormous holding of postal stationery, also many covers and cards, large part with T.P.O. cancellations but noted many other interesting items, hundred’s…with emphasis on the Imperial period, noted also some adhésives, mixed to very fine, in 5 boxes and some loose in glassines

1805-91, RUSSIA: Accumulation of mostly prephilatelic covers and/ or stampless foreign going mail, mostly to Austria, German areas and France, interesting specialist group

1815-63, RUSSIA: Group of 7 stampless covers to Netherlands, noted Libau & Riga origins, various pmks & rating, very fine, see web

1828-1865 RUSSIAN POLAND: Accumulation of 18 prephilatelic or stampless covers (private & ex-offo), noted several interesting ones, also 2 covers franked 10k Russia with 4-line boxed Warszawa numeral cancel

1840-70, RUSSIA: 32 stampless covers addresssed to Rothschild in Paris, France showing various postmarks, tax, cancels, several from Libau, Riga, etc., plus a few others, see web (Image)

1848-1902 GEORGIA: The Postal cancellations of TIFLIS, GEORGIA: exhibit collection in album showing a selection of stamps displaying the various cancels used over the period, and 42 covers/cards, noted 1848 cover with the very rare first pmk of Tiflis, very fine (Image)

1852-1942 IMPERIAL RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION: Accumulation of over 80 covers, cards & postal stationaries (nearly all Imperial Russia, a few Soviet) noted scarce destinations: Persia, East India, Argentina, diverse elusive postmarks, money letter 1880 from Slavyanoserbsk, also noted Bukhara, many registered (incl. registered stationaries) and / or other interesting frankings, generally fine to very fine, an interesting lot to search through (Image)

1853-67 RUSSIAN POLAND: 24 covers from POLAND addressed to Rothschild in Paris, France showing various postmarks, tax, cancels, etc., see web (Image)

1856-1920 RUSSIA: Exhibition Collection on the St.Petersburg-Moskva and SPB – Varshavi line on over 130 pages, many covers and diverse better frankings, noted also several better cancellations, also noted 1x no.1, mostly fine to very fine (Image)

1856-1930s RUSSIA, RSFSR, SOVIET UNION, etc., never hinged, hinged and used, small lot noted some medium & / or specials, in folder-type stockbook

1857-1906 RUSSIA: Exhibition Collection in 2 SAFE albums on 63 exhibition pages noted many medium to better and / or beautiful covers, also diverse better values beginning from no.1 (3 loose values and 1 cover), 2nd issue all values used, 3rd issue (perf.12 1/2) 10k & 20k with Poland postmarks, etc., etc., mixed to generally fine (Image)

1857-1917 RUSSIA: Chiefly used Imperial Russia collection on pages including large margined N° 1, also 1858 perf. 12 1/2 30k (cert.), 1864 3k (cert.), later useful sets, some mint (Image)

1857-1990 RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION: Duplication in 8 stock books noted 3 stockbooks with pre 1960 material, noted some medium to better (mostly used) material, also some Mongolia, mint hinged, never hinged and used

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)

1857-2012 RUSSIA – SOVIET UNION & RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Accumulation of mostly covers/postal stationery/postcards from prestamp to modern, section mounted on leaves with Royalty interest, also some stamps

1858-1876 RUSSIA – POSTMARKS: Exhibition Collection on the dotted numeral postmarks (on and off cover) including all types: round, rectangular, hexagonal, truncated triangle (so-called diamond shape), oval and another hexagonal type for the railway stations & TPO’s, mostly on 10k – a beautiful exhibit with many rare and / or beautiful postmarks (Image)

1858-76, Insured mail exhibition collection on 14 pages showing stampless (up to 1904) and several covers with frankings and a scarce 1864 receipt, attractive exhibit (Image)

1858-1917 IMPERIAL RUSSIA: Duplication in large stockbook, mint never hinged, hinged and used, including also Charity issues, mostly fine to very fine

1858-1918 RUSSIA : Cancellation collection on small album pages mainly dotted numerals & Russian Poland ring type numerals + some camouflage WWI pmk’s, mixed to very fine (Image)

1858-1920 RUSSIA Duplication in stockbook of définitives (eagle issues), charity (war orphans, etc.), etc., never hinged, hinged and used