WORLDWIDE TPO GROUP: A small box containing a range inc. Austria 1909-25 group of PCs inc. (6 Mar.) 1915 PC (some staining) with fine "Zensurier/Bahnpostampt" cachet in black, Russia 1919-26 trio of PCs with "Vokzal" station pmks plus later group p.stat envs. with Arctic ship pmks/cachets, Sweden 1897 to modern range of TPOs (200+), Switzerland 1882-1906 group of five PCs with Ambulant/Bahnpost pmk and much more similar material. Plus Lithuania group of 1990s 'PAQUEBOT' covers (c180), etc. (c900 items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, PAQUEBOTS, RAILWAY MAIL (Image)

20th CENTURY 'PAQUEBOT' CARDS & COVERS: Carton with the mainly 1960s-80s range of cards & covers with worldwide 'PAQUEBOT', ship cachets and related maritime markings. An extensive range (c1500 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

20th CENTURY 'PAQUEBOT' CARDS & COVERS: Two lidded 'postcard' boxes with the mainly 1960s-90s range of cards & covers with worldwide 'PAQUEBOT', ship cachets and related maritime markings. Sorted alphabetically by worldwide port of arrival. An extensive range (c1000 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

'UNION CASTLE' SHIPPING LINE PICTURE POSTCARDS (INC. PAQUEBOTS, ETC.): Two large (and heavy) postcard albums with the extensive 'Union Castle' shipping line PPC collection arranged alphabetically by ship name from SS Armadale to RMS Windsor Castle. Mix of unused & used (mostly GB or South Africa frankings) with some Paquebots and other maritime markings (c700 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

SHIPPING LINE PICTURE POSTCARDS WITH WORLDWIDE PAQUEBOT MARKS: Large (and heavy) album with the mainly GB KEVII to QEII shipping line PPC collection (Cunard, P&O, Orient Line, Pacific Line, etc.) with worldwide 'PAQUEBOT' or other maritime marks (c420) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

SHIPPING LINE PICTURE POSTCARDS WITH MAINLY GB PAQUEBOT & RELATED MARKS: Large (and heavy) album with the mainly GB KEVII to QEII shipping line PPC collection (Cunard, Booth Line, Orient Line, White Star Line, etc.) with GB 'PAQUEBOT' or other maritime marks inc. WWI and later forces, censor mail, dumb cancels, etc. (c420) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS (Image)

USSR & SOUTH AFRICA-ANTARCTIC SHIPPING: Two albums featuring one album of USSR Ship Post Office cards/covers from Black Sea Fleet, Baltic Steamship Company, Murmansk Shipping Company, etc.) & one album of South Africa Antarctic voyage covers (from mv RSA & mv S. A. Agulhas) & merchant shipping covers (c225 cards/covers) Cross Reference: SHIPS/SHIPPING, PAQUEBOTS, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)

ESTONIA - RAILWAY THEMED PPCs (INC. TPO & STATION CANCELS, ETC.): Written up range with 1923-39 group of railway themed PPCs & covers with TPO or station d.s. inc. (29 Mar.) 1923 PPC franked 2½m tied fine "NARVA-TALLINN/POSTVAGUN" d.s., (30 Mar.) 1923 PPC franked 2½m tied fine "TALLINN-PARNU/POSTVAGUN" d.s., (24 Dec.) 1923 unfranked PPC with "T" in circle p.due mark & ms '5mk' alongside & near fine "PARNU-TALLINN/POSTVAGUN" d.s., etc.; 1929-44 group of railway tickets and waybills; 1991 small group of post-soviet commemorative p.stat covers with TPO pmks. (c75 items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAY MAIL, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, ESTONIA (Image)

ESTONIA - EARLY RAILWAY & TPO COLLECTION: Small collection of early 20th C. PPCs depicting Railways & Station scenes (listing of all the c.30 stations accompanies) and 1922-38 range with TPO marks & Railway Station PO marks. (c.80) Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, PICTURE POSTCARDS, ESTONIA (Image)

FINLAND - EARLY TPO COLLECTION: Fine range of 19th. & early 20th. C. PPCs and Postal Stationery cards displaying a range of TPO marks on cards c.1879-1934. (c.60 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, FINLAND (Image)

LATVIA (& LITHUANIA) TPO & STATION MARK COLLECTION: A small box containing the all periods collection of Latvian TPOs on cards & covers from the earliest TPOs in the Latvian Republic of the 1910s through to 1980s inc. (14 July) 1912 PPC with Riga-Tukkum TPO, (1 Oct.) 1909 PPC ex Dvinisk (North West) railway station PO to Paris, etc. Also, small range of all periods Lithuania TPOs. Plus range of Station cancels & small group of railway worker identity documents, etc. (c200+ items) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, GERMANY, RUSSIA, LITHUANIA (Image)

LEVANT - RUSSIAN COMPANY FOR STEAM SHIPPING AND TRADE (ROPIT) P.H. GROUP: Range of ROPIT period cards (inc. p.stat.) & covers inc. early period (15 May) 1880 env. (a little rough around the edges) franked 7k tied Taganrog cds to Constantinople with various TPO/RPO transit d.s. on the reverse along with wax seal indicating sent by one M. G. Chekhov uncle of Russian author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, etc. (11 cards/covers & 16 stamps) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL, SHIPS/SHIPPING, LEVANT - RUSSIAN (Image)

RUSSIA - 19th & EARLY 20th CENTURY RAILWAY BONDS & POST-WWII TPOs COLLECTION: A small box containing the attractive 1882 to 1914 range of unredeemed Railway Bonds (c40) and the written up range of post-WWII TPO covers - many on attractive p.stat envs. inc. 1970 4k p.stat. env. with Yanov-Chernigov TPO d.s. [Yanov being the station for the town of Pripyat for Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Station!], etc. Plus a few other related postal and ephemera items. A nice group (c130 items) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL, EPHEMERA, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - GREAT SIBERIAN WAY & LAKE BAIKAL PPC COLLECTION (MANY USED WITH TPO D.S.): The written up collection of PPCs (some used with TPO d.s.) featuring the Great Siberian Way inc. 1904 Russo-Japanese War period with TPO postal wagon Chita-Irkutsk d.s. & military pmk in purple alongside, 1907 with TPO postal wagon Irkutsk-Kransnoyarsk d.s., 1918 with Chelyabinsk-170-Perm TPO d.s. (rated "F" rare), etc. or Lake Baikal inc. 1914 to Vladivostok with Chita-242-Irkutsk TPO d.s., 1916 to Moscow with Irkutsk station d.s., 1917 with Manchzhuriya station d.s., etc. (c130) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - THE GREAT SIBERIAN WAY, RAILWAY SCENES, ENGINES, ETC: Collection of pre-1916 PPCs depicting scenes of Railway construction, Bridges, Siberia topographicals, Trans Siberian & other Railways, some featuring trains, e.g St. Petersburg-Moscow Express, etc. Mostly unused. (c.75) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - EARLY POSTCARD MISCELLANY - ST. PETERSBURG, ADVERTISING, CENSOR MARKS, ETC: Collection of 19th & early 20th.C. PPCs incl. group of c.85 cards displaying varieties of the St. Petersburg 'Numeral' cancels. Complete listing provided, noting several scarcer e.g. 13 & 14 types. Also, a collection of c.45 Singer Sewing Machine Co. advertising cards depicting the work of various artists, noting set of 6 Mazurowski's 1812 War series. Lot also incl. group of c.35 WWI PPCs with censor marks incl. scarcer Far Eastern types. Inspection recommended. (Total c. 165 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, RUSSIA (Image)

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN RAILWAY P.H. COLLECTION (INC. TPOs): The written up collection of 19th & 20th Century Imperial Russia railway P.H. (with most TPOs identified by Robinson cat. refs.) inc. early (9 Jan.) 1869 EL ex Moscow to St. Petersburg franked 10k tied TPO post wagon cds "No. 1-2", rare 1872 & 73 pair of ELs ex Odessa to Berlin franked 10k tied TPO post wagon "No. 21-22" with TPO "No. 47-48" transit cds on rear (each being different types), etc. Plus 2 railway worker "free travel" photo id. passes. An extensive range of routes and hence TPO d.s. (c150 items) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - PRE-WWII TPO & RAILWAY STATION P.O. COLLECTION (PLUS EPHEMERA): The written up collection of cards & covers in two binders with the pre-WWII collection of TPO (c100 items) & railway station PO d.s.'s (c100 items) inc. (21 Jan.) 1922 env (opened for display) regd. to Berlin franked 1000r (10, block of 8 on rear & pair on front) with Odessa Ekspediciya transit TPO d.s. [provisional mark of 1920-22 for Odessa-Talnoye via Kiev route], etc. Plus small group of stamps & small range of ephemera inc. railway ID photo cards, tickets, pocket timetables, etc. (200+ items) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAYS, EPHEMERA, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - EARLY RAILWAY STATION P.O. (VOKZAL) MARKS: Shoe box with the collection of 19th. & early 20th.C PPCs displaying non-TPO Railway Station P.O. marks. All cards identified in pencil according to Kiryushkin & Robinson "Russian Railway Postmarks" and sorted numerically. Some cards rated "E" or "F" (rare). Mostly fair to fine. (c.350+ cards) Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, PICTURE POSTCARDS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - GG & Co SUVORIN REAL PHOTO RAILWAY & VOLGA MAP CARDS. Pre 1922 unused (47) and used (32) route maps, plus 15 railway glamour and train images on PPCs, many of the used with TPO/Vokzal postmarks identified by the vendor (legibility variable). (94 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - RAILWAY STATIONS: Small box with the collection of 19th & early 20th C. PPCs depicting Railway Stations of Imperial russia. Mix of used and unused, a few with TPO/Station cancels. Alphabetical listing of all stations (over 90 different) accompanies the lot. (c.105) Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, PICTURE POSTCARDS, RUSSIA (Image)

USSR RAILWAY POSTMARKS ON POSTAL STATIONERY: Postal stationery postcards with postmarks of Railway POs, and other postal stationery with Railway Machine Cancels. Generally very good condition. (c500 items). Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)

RUSSIA - 1905-1918 MILITARY HOSPITAL TRAINS: Group of mostly used WWI period PPCs presenting a range of Hospital Train & FPO marks. Group includes two fine Russo Japan war examples incl. Siberian Army Hospital Train No. 50 mark in violet. (c.23 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)

IMPERIAL RUSSIA TPO's - ROUTES 1-39: The collection of early 20th.C. PPCs, sorted by TPO Route no. with every card marked in pencil with Robinsons' identification number. Scarcer marks noted. (c.200+) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)

IMPERIAL RUSSIA TPO's - ROUTES 40-100: The collection of early 20th.C. PPCs, sorted by TPO Route no. with every card marked in pencil with Robinsons' identification number. Some better subjects noted incl. 'Map' types, Railway Stations, Ships, etc. (c.200+) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, RUSSIA (Image)