1766 (22 June) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, with straight-line "St.Petersbourg" ("v" for "u"), with departure and arrival (8 July) docketing, minor ageing tone spots, excellent early strike, with Dobin's (2000) certificates ("rare early postmark of St. Petersburg"). The straight-line postmark of St. Petersburg in Latin letters was introduced in 1765 and used only for one year (Dobin 01/01.001a, rarity factor "8") (Image)

Est.$1,000

1812 (26 July) complete FL datelined "Bieszenkowicze" (today a small city in Belarus), full text in French, from an officer with Napoleon's Army, on the way to Kamen, addressed Brigadier General Count de Castellane in Ardes, charged "16" (decimes), interesting contents discussing Napoleon's movements in Russia and personal matters, fine and scarce historical document, with full transliteration and German translation (Image)

Est.$1,500

1836 (1 July) FL from St. Petersburg (pre-printed business text, also written in German) to Bordeaux, red L.P.B. 5 and framed "Hollande par Thionville" and arrival cds on back, fine (Image)

Est.$200

1845 (5 May) 10k stationery entire envelope with black indicia on backflap, canceled by pen, with boxed St. Petersburg departure datestamp in red, sent to Tetyshi (Kazan gouv.), fine (Image)

Est.$150

1849 (10 Jan) cover (petition) from Odessa to Riga, with boxed two-line ornamental departure datestamp (without year), intact wax seal of the Odessa Post Office and boxed "arrived in Riga 22 January 1849", fine and scarce (Dobin 1.11, rarity factor "6") (Image)

Est.$500

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "52" (Sebezh) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, Plate II, canceled single line "Mitawa", margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Mikulski certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece, deep color and large margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., signed Kosack, etc., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "239" (Libava) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "54" (Alexandrov) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "220" (Kamrat) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled on piece by "241" (Tukkum) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled "54" (Alexandrov) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled "180" (Novoalexandrovsk) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Diena certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled by oval "Tula" postmark, margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, used, margins all around, v.f., with Mikulski certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

1858 10k brown & blue, tied by boxed "Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark" (20.7.1858) datestamp on FL to Moscow, with intact wax seal on back, fine and scarce usage from a temporary post sub-office at Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark (trade fair), still applying pre-philatelic cancel (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$500

1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "236" in rectangle of dots on FL from Goldingen to Libau, filing fold away from the stamp, fresh and v.f. Russia Number Two on cover from Goldingen (Kurland province) (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$250

1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct rectangle of dots on FL to Taganrog, written and addressed in Greek, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and attractive Russia Number two on cover (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$150

1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$250

1858 30k carmine & green, unused with original gum, hinge remnants, bright colors, fresh and v.f. stamp, rare unused, cat. $1175 (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Cat. $1175, Est.$500

1861 10k stationery entire envelopes, with embossed indicia on back, canceled "484" in rectangle of dots and sent from Kashin to Elisavetgrad, with departure and arrival pmks on front, fine internal usage (Image)

Est.$150

1862 two covers, each franked with a different 10k brown & blue, numeral dot cancels "45" (Simferopol), sent to His Excellency Aleksandr Yakovlevich Korotkevicg Bochevnoy in Astrakhan, the second "134" (Rovno) to Busk, some toning, mostly fine (Image)

Est.$100