1876-1914, Small group of medium to better incl. a forgery of the rare Buzuluk 3k blue, mixed to very fine (9) (Image)

1890-1906 ZEMSTVO: Stampless telegraf letter sheet (1890) and 1 ppc (1906) bearing Zemstvo cancels of Tsymlyansk and Mokrensk (Image)

1896-1910 ZEMSTVO: Group of 8 unused postal stationery envelopes (Bronnitzky, Soroki, Bogorodsk, Rzhev, Volchansk, Ostersko & Kadnikov) and 5 Zemstvo covers used from Osa (Perm), Ustsysolsk (Vologda), Cherdyn (Perm), Kadnikov (Vologda), mostly very fine group (Image)

BUGULMA (Samara): 1911 Imperial 3k postal stationery card franked with 1903 2k blue / rose to Moskva, card and adhesive faults but scarce combination usage, Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev catalogue no.15 (Image)

LOKHVITSA: 1899 3k yellow / brown, used with ink cross, with usual pin hole, at left 2 small margin tears otherwise fine and very rare as nearly all of the about originally found 70 pieces are with a violet control cachet of the Lokhvits Rural Post Office and apparently 3 are known unused, one of the most unusual and mysterious adhesives of the Zemstvo Issues (Image)

PERM: 1918 Picture postcard franked Perm 15k red with oval indistinct Zemstvo postmark alongside violet PERM ZEMSKAYA POCHTA 12.9.18 cds, scarce item, Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev catalogue no.20 (Image)

PETROZAVODSK (OLONETS): 1912 Picture postcard franked 1908 1k brown bearing Petrozavodsk Zemstvo cds alongside Zaryeka arrival marking, corner fault of adhesive otherwise very fine, Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev catalogue no.8 (Image)

ROSTOV on Don: 1872 Stampless (official) cover bearing at back Zemstvo boxed departure postmark of Taganrog Stantsiya to Rostov na Don with bluish green arrival marking, both are superb quality postmarks (Image)

RYAZHSK (Ryazan): 1887 3k black on lilac in vertical block of 14 never hinged, 2nd vertical row showing : “large dot – like double point – after K of 3 K.”, usual gum creases, very fine, scarce block, (Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev catalogue no.2) (Image)

SHATSK (Tambov): 1889 3k black on rose in horizontal gutter tête-bêche strip of 8, outer adhesive at left & right hinge remainder, others never hinged, a scarce strip showing all the 4 types (Image)

SHATSK (Tambov): 1884 3k black (value inscription without dot at the end) in vertical block of 8 showing different types, some gum staining, scarce block (Image)

SOLIKAMSK (Perm): 1887 2k black on rose in block of 6 never hinged (2 values with hinge remainder), usual gum creases, very fine, (Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev catalogue no.1) (Image)

ZENKOV (Poltava): 1900 1k bronze in bottom block of 8 (showing 1st stamp variety: “1” shifted to the right) and top right corner pair, mint with paper remainder at back, also 1910 1k green in left margin block of 6 showing 1x “roman I instead 1”, never hinged + 1 single zemstvo of Byezhets (with error shifted letters) and a block of 4 of Velsk (Image)

ZADONSK (Voronezh): 1883-1886 5k black on green with “talon” at left in vertical right margin strip of 6 (representing the vertical end-row of the sheet), unused (without gum), staining but scarce block, (Gurevich/Poltorak/Strebulaev no.6) (Image)