1858-2002 Mint and used collection in four albums including 1858 perf 141/2 10k (2), perf 121/2 set of three, 1864-65 perf 12 and perf 141/2 sets all used, 1922 obligatory tax set unused, 1922 Philately For Children overprint set with perf 1k mint and 2k - 10k used, 1923-25 definitives with perf 14 15k used, perf 12 1r used, perf 10 5r used, 1929-32 1r imperf used, 1932-33 15th Anniversary of Revolution 35k mint, 1933 Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition pair used, air stamps with 1931 North Pole flight sets perf and imperf mint, 1932 Airship Construction Fund perf 14 15k mint, 1934 Stratosphere Balloon set mint and Airship Travel set used, 1935 Moscow to San Francisco Flight 1r on 10k mint, Soviet sets virtually complete with 1955 Spartacist Games set used and many better miniature sheets mint and used. Also civil war issues, British Occupation of Batum (with better handstamped surcharges, offered "as-is"), Wenden (14), a few Zemstvos, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Tuva, Transcaucasia, Ukraine, extensive Mongolia and post 1990 issues from various former Soviet Republics. S.G. å£10,000++. (1,000s). Photo on Page 258. (Image1)

Russian Levant. 1865-1918 Mint and used collection on pages including 1865 10pa mint (no margins, ink spot) and 2pi blue used (S.G. 5, å£1,300), 1865-67 10pa rose with vertical and horizontal background networks in blue both used (S.G. 6, 8), 1909 ROPIT Anniversary set, overprint issues for Beyrouth, Constantinople, Dardanelles, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Kerassunde, Metelin, Mount Athos, Rizeh, Salonica, Smyrna, Trebizonde, largely complete, general issues with scarce 100pi on 10r used, also unissued ROPIT overprints. S.G. å£3,500 (approx). (216). Photo on Page 278. (Image1)

1920 Stampless picture postcards all endorsed "O.S" or "on service afloat", seven cards showing views of the Crimea all written by a lady (probably a nurse) from Sevastopol to Ireland with "ARMY POST OFFICE / Y1" skeleton (2) or double circle c.d.s (4) applied at Constantinople, or a London 10 c.d.s + "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED" handstamp + machine; the other card depicting H.M.S "Centaur", the message headed from the ship and including "am now in South Russia", also with a London 10 c.d.s and the "Received From H.M Ship" handstamp. (8).