1795 Entire written from St Petersburg on November 20th, addressed to Newburyport, with clear bishop mark 3 AP on obverse, rated 70, some paper splitting, ex Dr Casey (Image)

1901 3k Stationery card cancelled IZ SCHLUSSELBURGA PARAHOD (steamship) cancel in violet, with a different type in black on 1904 picture postcard, not in the Casey collection. Rare pair (Image)

1903-05 ROSTOV-KERCH/1/AZOV STEAMSHIP cancelling pair of 2k and single 3k respectively on 2 viewcards, 1st addressed to France, 2nd internal, fair to good strikes, very scarce with only a handful recorded (Image)

1909 Picture postcard of a captured whale at the Murman Biological Station sent to St. Petersburg with 3k Arms tied by oval "1st MURMAN STEAMSHIP "a" 13 6 09" ds, with arrival cds adjacent, minor toning, fine (Image)

1910-13 Viewcards (2) franked 3k both tied by the oval violet Steamship cancel KRIMSKO-KAVKAZ LINIE Parahod' from the Crimea Caucasian Line, one out of Sukhumi, with departure and arrival cancels, other with Odessa arrival, very scarce (Image)

1910 Postcard to Christianssand in Norway franked 4k tied by 3rd MURMAN STEAMSHIP oval datestamp 7 5 10 with manuscript annotation indicating it was written on board the Boris Gleb, few minor faults (Image)

1910 Picture postcard of the cathedral at Archangel sent to Shueretskoe, near Kem, Onega Bay, datelined "Zovotaya 11/VII", with 3k Arms tied by oval "1st MURMAN STEAMSHIP "a" 13 6 09" ds, with arrival cds adjacent, minor toning, fine (Image)

SHIP MAIL IN THE BERING SEA : 1910 Large part cover front to Italy franked 20k tied by VLADIVOSTOK-NORTHERN DISTRICTS/STEAMSHIP 'b' dated 4 5 10 with registration label printed VLADIVOSTOK, with "STEAMSHIP LETTER B" and "NORTHERN DISTRICTS" inserted by hand, fine and rare (Image)

1912 Viewcards used internally, both franked 3k and tied by boxed STEAMSHIP/CRIMEAN/CAUCASIAN/LINE datestamp in blue, fine and rare (Image)

1914 Post card franked Romanov 10k by oval "ROPIT - Steamship Odessa" July 13, 1914 and straight line "Steamship Odessa". Addressed to a hospital in the Moscow district. Transit Odessa July 16, 1914, plus faint violet oval marking alongside, unusual (Image)

1915 Picture postcard of seal trappers at Archangel posted on ship to Chelyabinsk with 3k Arms tied by "1st WHITE SEA STEAMSHIP "a" 9 6 15" oval ds in violet with further strike adjacent and arrival bs, very fine, ex Dr Casey (Image)