GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1939, free-frank letter from Leningrad to the Nagaev Bay Department of Internal Affairs (northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, Magadan Obl.), apparently prisoner's enquiry, archival holes at left, still F/VF. During the Great Purge, the Nagaev Bay was used as a transit point for newly arrived prisoners by sea to be sent further along the stage to the camps of Magadan and Kolyma, Est. $150-$200 (Image)

GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1942, registered cover from Lesozavodsk Labor Camp of Ussuri Obl. (now Primorsky Krai) to Molotov (now Perm), franked by two definitives, postmarked on arrival, VF, the Lesozavodsk Camp was a part of Dal'lag GULAG system, prisoners of this camp cutting down trees for the Ussuri Woodworking Plant, which was the biggest in the USSR, Est. $150-$200 (Image)

GULAG (Soviet Labor Camps) Correspondences. 1945, free-frank triangle letter from a woman released from a prison and returned to Kirov Obl., addressed to a prisoner of Komi Autonomous Republic Labor Camp ''Vozhael'', which was a part of Ust'vymlag system specializing in logging, several censorship markings, insignificant wear, still F/VF and rare postal history item of the Stalin Repressions, Est. $250-$300 (Image)

Postal Stationery items. 1923, Romanov Dynasty stationery postcard 4k red with obliterated portrait and Coat of Arms, All-Union Agriculture postage stamp of 2r green is on message side, fresh, unused, VF (Image)

Postal Stationery items. 1930, ''Subscribe to Soviet Periodicals'', advertising postcard 5k brown, sent from Tver to Mardakan (Baku Suburb), upon arrival cancelled by bilingual Rail Road ''Post(al) Ag(ency) on St(ation) Mardakyany'' marking, mostly VF and scarce destination (Image)

Postal Stationery items. 1939-48, six different stationery envelopes, including 10k +20k, two of 30k, two of 60k and one of 50k pre-printed stamps, all are unused, fresh and VF, Est. $150-$200 (Image)

Postal Stationery items. Occupied Western Ukraine; 1941, stationery envelope 50k blue uprated by ''Liberated Brotherly People'' 10k carmine, sent by registered mail from L'viv on February 28 and addressed to another ''Liberated Place'' - Soviet Lithuania, postmarked ''4.3.41'' at Kaunas, mostly VF and very interesting postal history item, Est. $200-$250 (Image)