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)

1859-2011, Collection in 10 albums plus stock of duplicates, well advanced incl. Airmails, territories, Ukraine, Armenia, Tuva, PO in China, etc., a few covers, ideal basis for expansion (Est. € 3’000/5’000) (Image)

1862-1951 Group of 89 covers, postcards and postal stationery, all addressed to Switzerland including registered, censored, printed matter, stampless (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1872-1927, Attractive POSTAL STATIONERY collection of 270 cards en covers, all neatly written up on pages from the early cards to late Imperial Russia, with Formula card types, Town Post, extensive Reply-Card section, Romanovs, with also St.Petersburg & Moscow address cards, Official cards, cards for armed forces, (WWI), Russian expeditionary forces in France, formula cards used by postal districts, Petrograd overprints, German occupation of Baltic Areas, Russi P.O.s abroad, etc. (Est. € 1’000/1’500) (Image)

1880-1918, Offices in Turkey Postal History. Interesting group of 96 covers and cards from an old-time specialized coll. most value in better frankings of coat of arms issues and local overprint with Beyrouth, Constantinople Jaffa, Jerusalem, Mt Athos, Rizeh and Smyrne, most being to foreign destinations. Wonderful original lot offering great opportunity for students, collectors or dealers (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)

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)

1887-1904 Selection of nine covers and cards mostly from the Baltics to scarce destinations, including Argentina, double card to the USA, re-directed to South Africa, incoming mail incl. pair of covers from Denmark to the Emperor of Russia (Est. € 300/500)

1890-1913, Lot of 29 WRAPPERS from the Russian Imperial period, mint & used, neatly mounted on exhibition pages, includes also some Russian P.O. in China a Eastern Republic (Est. € 150/300)

1890-1917, Specialised exhibition collection on Imperial Russia postal stationery double-cards with 54 items neatly mounted on pages, noted 1906 essay of 10+10k card, 1917 card with scarce vignettes, much Romanovs, and P.O. abroad, fine (Est. € 800/1’200) (Image)

1896-1917, POSTAL STATIONERY Collection of 26 mint & used money order forms and parcel post documents, a fascinating lot for the postal historian, see web (Est. € 300/500) (Image)

1917-18 WRANGEL ARMY mint collection, incl. varieties such as inverted overprints, good deal of completion, generally fine and fresh (160+), and UKRAINE mint selection with Trident ovpts (42) (Est. € 1’000/1’500) (Image)

1917-23, Exhibition collection on 72 pages (in French) displaying a study on Russian Postal tariff during this period of the Russian Revolution, noted a large array of different frankings, Saving stamps usages, internal and Foreign rates (some during a very short period), etc., a fascinating field for further research & expansion, a solid basis for an award-winning exhibition (Est. € 3’000/4’000) (Image)

1920-45, Lot of used sets and singles on group of stockcards, number of plate and watermark varieties (Est. € 240/300)

1923-90, POSTAL STATIONERY Exhibition collection with 133 mint & used items from the Soviet period, double-cards, upratings, etc., a fine lot, see web for complete scans (Est. € 400/700) (Image)

1926-66, A fine accumulation of about 80 POSTAL STATIONERY double cards, mostly unused & therefore nearly all intact with both parts together still, very few used, mostly 1930s to 1940s and generally in good condition (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1940-50, One man’s collection on the postal history of the Siege of Leningrad written up, including dozens of interesting political caricatures/propaganda covers among the approx. 150 postal history items, plenty of different censor strikes, triangular covers, colour cancellations, etc., a most interesting collection to view (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1941-1947 Selection of 19 propaganda POSTAL STATIONERY cards, mostly unused, with duplication, mostly medium to better and scarce group, (Mi P164, P165, P164, P189, P195 approx. €1’300+) (Est. € 200/300) (Image)