1854-1929 Entire letters, covers and cards with prestamp letters; 1871-74 stamped letters to France, Denmark or Constantinople; 1900 Red Cross postcard; c.1900 USA newspaper wrapper with circular censor (?) cachet; 1910 7k lettercard disallowed with "O" handstamp; 1907 Perm River Steamer cancel; 1929 registered cover from Alma-Ata to France, etc. (13).

1918-22 Covers bearing stamps of Ukraine, Georgia or the Far Eastern Republic, the last cover torn though still an attractive use of imperf 2k block of ten, the Georgia cover with some faults to the reverse. (3).

1956-2002 Postal history in 18 volumes with many illustrated postal stationery covers and New Year postcards, special cancels, F.D.Cs, two volumes of post-1990 covers with unusual Ukraine including local issues and handstamps, etc. Also Russian thematic collections with stamps and covers, some photos, postcards and ephemera, on the themes of Lenin (9 volumes), World War Two (4 volumes), 1917 Russian Revolution (2 volumes), Heroes of the Soviet Union (3 volumes), Russian shipping history (4 volumes) and sailing ships, and worldwide thematic collections of sailing ships (6 volumes) and lifeboats. An extensive lot in several boxes. (48 albums).