1856 Cover from St. PETERSBURG to New York, manuscript routing via Lübeck and Ostende, transit marking Aachen and arrival New York, each in red, margin creases and tears through ink staining, interesting cover (Image)

1858 Folded letter dated Koszowata (now Ukraine) to Rothschild brothers in Paris, straight-line “RUSSIE,” red “PD”, blue entry cds “Autriche 2 Erquelines,” Lemberg & Krakau transits, Paris arrival, fine (Image)

1890 IMPERIAL MAIL: Envelope bearing large seal cachet in blue “Correspondence Imperial” and addressed to Her Majesty the Empress of Germany, at back arrival marking BERLIN C KABINETTS-P.A. 17.4.1890, scarce and unusual item (Image)

1894 ALEXANDER III, decorated mourning souvenir envelope sent registered bearing 7k(2) + 3k(2) + 10k from VARSHAVA to German Reich and a 7k postal stationery morning envelope for the death of Alexander III, unused (Image)

1809-47 BALTIC AREA: Selection of 14 covers with postmarks of RIGA, DORPAT (5), PERNOV, REVAL (7), noted several different types, large & small straight lines, circle date stamps with types, an interesting specialist group, ex Ingvar Pettersson (Est. € 150/200) (Image)

1818-31 INCOMING MARITIME MAIL TO THE BALTICS: Selection of 7 covers from the Netherlands and Great Britain, noted Ship letter London via Rotterdam, London via Hamburg, Edam and Amsterdam, all to Narva, a specialist group, ex Ingvar Pettersson (Image)

Important Essay for the First Issue 1856 10k + 1k Unadopted essay in green & rose, cut octagonally, clear margins, very fine and extremely rare exhibition showpiece (Standart UD5b) (Image)

1848 10k Envelope, deep black imprint of the first edition of the 1st printing, watermark reversed, pen-cancelled cross at back and with indistinct MOGILEV ink coloured cancellation on front, at back manuscript Mogilev and day marking, rare stationery from the earliest printing, very fine, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 20k Dark Blue envelope, broad tail, 1st watermark inverted, from the first printing of the 1848 issue, pen cross obliteration, at back manuscript departure annotation TVER 8.6.50 and boxed VORONEZH, plus POLUCHENO dated 11.6.50, backflap slightly strengthened by hinges, rare early stationery, cert. Mikulski, unpriced used by Lobachevsky or Standart (Image)

1848 30k Red 1st issue envelope, broad tail, 1st watermark inverted, unused, some strengthening by hinges in flap folds otherwise very fine and fresh, scarce, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848-49 10k Grey Black envelope, 2nd watermark, value imprint type IV (similar to type I which has wide tail, but in this case with a small tail), also unusual small spacing between 1 (of 10 kop) and double-point, used with an official seal of the Governor of Tobolsk. According to Mikulski one of the great Imperial stationery rarities, rated as unique by Lobachevski cat., cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 10k Envelope, imprint with small tail and 1st watermark, used to POLAND, to Chobanin near Wieruszow, YAROSLAVL 16.YANV cds alongside WARSZAWA transit markings in red, two vertical bends of no importance otherwise very fine with unusually clear postmarks, scarce cover (Image)

1849 10k Black 2nd issue envelope, small tail, 1st watermark, bearing at front 2-line CHOLM 22.4.57 departure marking and at back St.Ptsbg. Polucheno 25.4., ex O. A. Fabergé with purchase notation from 1924 at back, scarce postmark, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1849 10k Black 2nd issue envelope, small tail, with 1st watermark, obliterated by black pen cross, at front red boxed St.Petersburg 16.8.56 departure marking, also showing manuscript departure notation at back, addressed to Rannenburg (Riasan Gub.), very fine, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1849 10k Black 2nd issue envelope, small tail, first watermark inverted, obliterated by black pen cross, USED IN POLAND, bearing at front red MARYAMPOL 2.10 (1857?) departure marking and at back Warszawa 5.10 arrival marking and red delivery marking 9/R for delivery at 9h00 in the morning; such stationery used in Poland before 1860 is quite scarce, cert. Mikulski (Image)

CRIMEAN WAR, 1848 20k Blue envelope, small tail, 1st watermark, bearing at front departure 2-line MOSKVA 1855 DEC.24, addressed to Bakhtschisaraj to be forwarded to General Butermian, Central Command of South Army with manuscript “via courier mail,” not only rare stationery but also of historic importance, ex O. A. Fabergé, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 20k Blue envelope, small tail, 1st watermark, departure marking of MOSKVA 10.2.56 on front, addressed to Saransk and obliterated by pen cross, quite rare, ex O. A. Fabergé and still with his pencil annotations at back (purchased in 1925), cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 20k Greenish Blue envelope on thin paper, small tail, 1st watermark inverted, obliterated with VOLOGDA 20.9.68 cds, same postmark at front and arrival marking PETROZAVODSK 28.9.68 at back, closed opening tear at backslap else very fine and rare, very late usage, ex Fabergé, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 20k Greenish Blue envelope, imprint with small tail, 1st watermark inverted, unused, very fine (Image)

1848 20k Blue envelope, small tail, 1st watermark inverted, unused, very fine and scarce, ex Fabergé (bought in 1907), cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 30k Red 2nd issue unused envelope, small tail, 2nd watermark, very clear and strong embossing, ex Fabergé, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1848 30k Red Carmine, 2nd issue, small tail, 1st watermark inverted, used with pen cross and at front 2-line departure pmk MOSKVA 1856 Okt.30 to Odessa, EXHIBITION RARITY – less then 10 envelopes of the 30k used are known of which maybe 2-3 have the inverted watermark. Bought by the Faberges already in 1906 (annotation inside), it came only once to auction, at the first Faberge auction in Finland after O. A. Fabergé’s death in the early 1990s and remained since then as one of the jewels in the Oaktree collection. According to Mr. Mikulski’s well respected opinion, this is the nicest of the few used 30k envelopes in existence; cert. Mikulski (Image)

1849 10k Envelope with small tail, 1st watermark inverted, used from ESTONIA to St. Petersburg, bearing 2-line departure cancel of REVEL 10 MART 1854 and POLUCHENO 14.3.54 arrival marking (Image)

1855 10k Black imprint, 4th issue with small tail, 1st watermark, cancelled with dotted rectangular numeral 378 of Ostrov, at front OSTROV 13.8.60 departure cds and at back St.Ptsbg. 14.8.60 arrival marking, very fine and quite scarce with numeral obliteration, unusually clear impressions, cert. Mikulski (Image)

1861 10k Black envelope, small tail, 2nd watermark, size 143 x 85mm, flap cutting typ IV, sent to TO FINLAND, obliterated by S.PETERSBURG 2. OKT 1868, at front, red St.Ptsbg. departure mkg and Finnish arrival mkg ANK 17.10., very fine and very clear postmarks (Image)