Sale No: 379
Lot No:1173
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel Russ.42,51
"Jelgawa ear and moose head in bridge stamp with date 24 1 19" on Russia 20k. blue/red and vertical pair 15k. brown-lilac/blue on registered local cover with handwritten r-label, rare, open on both sides, fine
Provenance: Estonia and Latvia - The Collection Harry von Hofmann (359. Heinrich Köhler Auction)
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1174
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel Russ.63B,64,6
1918, Russia Coat of arms 1k. imperforated, four singles plus 2 und 4k. perforated tied by railway cancel to private correspondence picture postcard of Polotsk and the Dvina River addressed to Orel and posted on board the Dvinsk(Daugavpils) to Orel railway with the oval cancellation "8" of that route. Franking is at the correct 10k rate with an assortment of Imperial arms stamps just three weeks before the start of the free post system. Note this card is written just a month after the Germans signed the Armistice with the Allies allowing the Soviet government to annul the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and Soviet troops were just at this time re-occupying areas of Belorussia that had been under German occupation and were to retake Minsk, just 100 miles south of this rail line, on December 14. Some ageing, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1177
Symbol:Geste
Cat No:Michel 1
918, 5 k. red, complete sheet on map K16 Pikiele, used with cds. "RIGA 29 12 18" and cancel "Riga" in every fifth row, vertically and horizontally folded between the stamps, back with hinge marks, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1180
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 1
1918, 5 K. red, complete sheet on map M 15 Doblen, mint never hinged, edge wear and small piece from the upper left edge torn, wrinkles in the margin, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1182
Symbol:Geste
Cat No:Michel 1
1918, 5 K. red, complete sheet on map N15 Mitau, with straight-line cancellation, edge wear, folded horizontally and vertically between the stamps, some tears in the margin, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1183
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 1
1918, 5 K. red, sheet on map O17 Ponedele, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between the stamps, some tears in the margin, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1184
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 2
1918, 5 K. red, sheet on map K17 Siady, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between the stamps, some tears in the margin, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1185
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 2
1918, 5 k. red, complete sheet on map K18 Telsze, mint never hinged, some separations, otherwise fine
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 190.00
Closed..Sep-18-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1186
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 2
1918, 5 K. red, sheet on map L18 Lukniki, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between the stamps, tears in both margin and stamps, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1189
Symbol:Ohne
Cat No:Michel 32P
1919, 1st Anniversary of Independence 10 k. brown/red, imperforated proof on multicoloured paper without gum with large sheet margin at right, vertical and horizontal folded, rare
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1190
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 35
1919, 1 R. green/darkred, complete sheet on sheet of unfinished 5 R. banknotes of the worker- and Soldiercouncil of Riga, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between stamps, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1191
Symbol:Brief
Cat No:Michel 36H,38
1919, Liberation of Courland 10k. diagonally bisceted and 35k. tied by cds "LEEPAJA LATWIJA -7.10.20" to postcard to Riga with arrival mark on front, somewhat stained, very scarce with only few known, unlike the other pieces, this one shows the arrival cancel on the front side, certificate v. Hofmann BPP (1986)
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1192
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 40
1919, 50 K. olive/pink, complete sheet on sheet of unfinished 10 M. banknotes of the Bermondt-Awaloff-Army, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between stamps, otherwise fine
Sale No: 379
Lot No:1193
Symbol:Postf
Cat No:Michel 41
1919, 1 R. green/yellow, complete sheet on sheet of unfinished 10 M. banknotes of the Bermondt-Awaloff-Army, mint never hinged, folded horizontally and vertically between stamps, otherwise fine