Alexandria: 1882-83 10k with blue surcharge in mint lh strip of four showing all 4 types, one stamp with tiny pinhole otherwise very fine (Ch. 7). (Image)

Alexandria: 1869-83 Nice group of mint stamps with majority of issues represented, mostly with original gum, Ch.12 faulty, mostly fine and attractive assembly (Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8-12). (Image)

Ananyev: 1875-96, Selection of 26 stamps, mostly mint/unused, incl. Ch 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, a nice assembly. (Image)

Ardatov: 1885 Envelope from Yelisavetopol to a village in the Ardatov district, prepaid on reverse with Imperial 7k and local 3k added on arrival at the head office of Ardatov and tied by a large blue cds, with TPO and railway transit cds, fine, cert. Mikulski (1990) (Ch. 8). (Image)

Ardatov: 1880 5k blue group of three in different shades, two unused one mint nh, very fine trio (Ch#4). (Image)

Ardatov: 1883 5k indigo top marginal with cross gutter block of four, mint original gum, small thin in the margin at lower right, very fine and attractive multiple (Ch. 7). (Image)

Ardatov: 1909 3k black on red paper in sheet of 12 with inverted rows, very fine (Ch. 29, 29a) (Image)

Arzamas: 1876-77 5k blue in two shades, one mint og and other unused with slight hinge stain, scarce (Ch. 3). (Image)

Arzamas: 1880 5k red shade, type 3, watermark horizontal lines, mint og, slight gum thin at lower left, fine and fresh, ex Ferrari & Fabérgé (Ch. 5). (Image)

Arzamas: 1880 5k red shade, type 4, watermark horizontal lines, mint hr, fine and fresh, ex Ferrari & Fabérgé (Ch. 5). (Image)

Arzamas: 1880 5k red shade, type 3, watermark horizontal lines, neatly used, very fine (Ch. 5). (Image)

Arzamas: 1880 5k red shade, watermark small 4x4mm cell, mint small part og with paper adherence, tiny thin spot in margin at top, fine and fresh, an exceedingly rare stamp (Schmidt RRR, 6 stamps known?; Ch. 6). (Image)

Arzamas: 1890/1905 cover sent locally franked on reverse with 5k lilac tied by violet rubber Zemstvo handstamp, fine (Ch. 9). (Image)

Arzamas: 1874-1905, Small lot of 22 stamps all in mostly good quality showing variety of colours and printings including Ch.2. (Image)

Atkarsk: 1881 3k dark violet-blue & red brown from second printing, mint hr with pencil notes in the hand of Fabergé, very fine and very rare, ex Kirchner and Fabergé, cert. Terry Page (2003) (Schmidt 11 type 2, rating "RR" with 13 examples known). (Image)

Belebey: 1908 Envelope to St. Petersburg with Imperial Eagle 7k on obverse in combination with 2k brown & blue on reverse tied by Zemstvo cds, attractive wax seal on reverse, arrival bs, very fine (Ch. 15). (Image)

Belozersk: 1919 1R mint lh tête-bêche block of 8, showing "BBLOZ" variety on stamp 2, very fine (Strebulaev#-112,T,S) (Image)

Berdyansk: 1868-82 10k group of three proofs, two on white (one green & blue, one green & grey), one in brown on buff, fine (Image)

Berdyansk: 1882 10k mint hr, small thin, fine and scarce, signed Roussin (Ch. 2) (Image)

Bobrov: 1872 3k black on lilac paper selection of 7 on album page showing types and “KOH” & “KOP with comma” varieties, some light creases, nice group (Ch. 1).

Bobrov: 1879 3k black on green paper mint hr, large margins, horizontal bends, fine (Ch. 4). (Image)

Bobrov: 1879 3k black on green in squared design, unused with good margins, very fine and extremely rare stamp (Ch.5v). (Image)

Bobrov: 1879 3k black on green in oval design, unused with large margins, some minor soiling and tiny pinhole, an extremely rare stamp, plus a forgery for reference (Ch. 5b). (Image)

Bobrov: 1879 3k black on lilac-grey paper selection of 5 items, showing types and tête-bêche pair with original gum, some minor faults, a nice group (Ch. 6, 6a). (Image)

Bogorodsk: 1871-73 Mint selection of 47 stamps from the first three issues, with multiples including Ch. 6 block of four and block of 12, Ch. 7 block of four, perforated 10k grey-green Ch. 9b, a useful assembly (Ch. 2-9, 9b, 10). (Image)