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7020

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about 1910, great lot of (16) small and large stock cards all with overprints, used and unused, great catalogue value, no guarantee for validity of some of the overprints, fresh and desirable, VF-XF! Estimate 800€. (Image) (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (imaged) (imagee) (imagef) (imageg) (imageh) (All Images)

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Estimate € 800

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6733

1916, French Military in Russia, from PETROGRAD 7 11 16 to TARKI, CAUCASUS, addressed in Cyrillic to a Russian military engineer (???????? ????????), first line of address referencing TARKI, a historically strategic stronghold on the western Caspian coast in the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, known as a former seat of the Kumyk Shamkhalate and of logistical importance to the Russian Imperial defense in the Transcaucasian theatre, second line of address reads Ego Wojecokarodno, a rare personalized military form meaning to his military relative, suggesting either a kinship-based officer network or an informal expression of camaraderie within the armed forces, envelope franked with 10 kopeck dark blue definitive issue of the Russian Empire, tied by PETROGRAD 7 11 16 circular date stamp, additional violet cachet MISSION MILITAIRE / COMMANDO 1 / PETROGRAD in French, sender identified in Latin script as Monsieur l’Ingénieur Prudhomme, likely a French military officer or liaison attached to the French Military Mission in Russia, a body established in 1916 to support the Russian war effort against the Central Powers, cover sent during the period of Allied coordination with the Russian Empire in World War I, a scarce postal artifact documenting Franco-Russian military collaboration shortly before the destabilization of the Russian front, the destination TARKI lies within a geopolitically sensitive zone involved in both Imperial and local ethnic conflicts, notable for the presence of both Russian Imperial postal franking and French military cachet evidencing diplomatic-military activity, Prudhomme may have been part of French efforts to coordinate engineering or artillery training, as French officers were embedded in advisory roles across Russia at this time, excellent combination of military, diplomatic, and postal interest, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€.

Automatisch generierte Übersetzung:
1916, französischer Militär in Russland, ab PETROGRAD 7 11 16 zu TARKI, Kaukasus, adressiert in kyrillisch an einen russische Militäringenieur (? (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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6734

1917, From the French Military Sanitary Mission in Russia to Dijon, then redirected to St. Maurice, France, cover sent by Lt. Mayor, French infantry officer, handwritten sender note on reverse reading Mission Sanitaire Française en Russie, originally directed to Dijon (COTE D’OR arrival cancel in black), later redirected to 41 rue du Val d’Osne, St. Maurice, Seine, carried via MILITARY MAIL with no franking required, violet double-circle handstamp MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE EN RUSSIE dated 18 SEPT 17, envelope made of laid paper, sealed with crossed flap, rare and historically significant diplomatic correspondence from French presence on the Eastern Front during the collapse of Imperial Russia, linked to the broader geopolitical dissolution of the Russian Empire following the February Revolution and in the lead-up to the Bolshevik October Revolution, this piece is associated with the final months of the French Military Mission's involvement, reflecting France’s attempts to support the Eastern Front and stabilize the crumbling Russian front lines, notable given the disintegration of the Russian army and the withdrawal from the war in 1917, Lt. Mayor likely part of French efforts to coordinate with Russian medical and military structures during a time of great upheaval, historical figures such as General Henri Berthelot and General Niessel led such missions during this period, this redirection within France also illustrates internal military postal logistics and communications in wartime conditions, a highly desirable postal history artifact combining military, diplomatic, and geopolitical elements of World War I postal communication, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 600€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 600

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6860

1951, from RIGA to NEW YORK, 25 kopeks stamped stationary uprated with 2 rubel stamp, cancelled RIGA 24 3 51, handstamped Recommande in red at top, registration label RIGA R.S.S. de LETTONIE No 592 at left, blue PAR AVION etiquette at left, violet NEW YORK arrival cds dated APR 2 1951, on reverse with NEW YORK arrival postmark visible, message in Latvian dated 17 III 51 on reverse, no censor marks present, postwar Soviet registered airmail to USA, correct franking for period, ex Kugel, VF-XF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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7023

1857, 10 K, brown and blue, used, excellent condition, XF! Schätzpreis 900€. (Image)

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Estimate € 900

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7024

1871, from Moscow to Geneva, Switzerland, three-color franking with 10 kopek blue and brown, 5 kopek black on lilac and 3 kopek black on green definitive issues of Russia, all showing imperial eagle design, cancelled with MOSKVA cds, red circular FRANCO 71 handstamp on front indicating full prepayment at origin, reverse bears two MOSKVA transit cds in black, red rhomboid MOSKVA handstamp, small black GENEVE 17 MAI 71 arrival cds, correctly franked for the foreign letter rate via direct Russian-Swiss mail route, excellent example of early post-Franco-Prussian War correspondence from Russia to Western Europe, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 600€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 600

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7025

1898, 3 K red postal stationary from Russia with 1x5C postage due and 2x5C from 1882 issue from Switzerland, the stationary runs from KIEW/today Ukraine to Geneve - address crossed out and then redirected to London, cancelled KIEW and GENEVE, with 5/05 blue tax remarks, very interesting stationary with insufficient franking and then additional postage to London, scarce and exceptional item, VF-XF! Estimate 800€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 800

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7026

1876, money order from KURSK via ODESSA to MOUNT ATHOS/Greece via ship, reverse with 5 wax seals, dispatch KURSK and transit ODESSA, an interesting and very desirable letter, XF! Estimate 800€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 800

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7027

1916, from Helsinki to Wiborg, addressed to Wava Grönlund, Populo, envelope franked with Russian Imperial issues for use in Finland, 5p green and 10p red (2), each with Russian imperial eagle and inscription in Cyrillic, tied by HELSINGFORS 28.XII.16 machine cancel, cencored opened at left, domestic mail within the Grand Duchy of Finland under Russian rule, posted during heightened tensions prior to Finnish independence, rare example of imperial Russian stamps used for internal Finnish correspondence in the final year of the Romanov regime, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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7028

65I

1910, 3k, red, on postal card sent to TIFLIS, cancelled with double oval ship cancel from the Wolga fluvial line ASTRACHAN - NISHNI/23.6.1910, one more perfect strike alongside, arrival cancel TIFLIS, interesting and desirable, VF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

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Estimate € 400

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7029

1916, 3k, red, on postal card from NISHNI-NOWGOROD sent to TAMBORG, cancelled with double oval ship cancel from the Wolga fluvial line ASTRACHAN - NISHNI/29.6.1916, one more perfect strike alongside, unclear arrival cancel, interesting and desirable, VF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

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Estimate € 200

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7030

1920, From Yekaterinburg, cover franked with 3 kopeck red Imperial Arms definitive bearing black handstamped surcharge 1 ruble, tied by ???????????? ??????? 20.4.20 circular datestamp, address handwritten in Cyrillic, internal RSFSR mail during inflationary civil war period, use of surcharged tsarist issue due to shortages of new printings, historically relevant example of early Soviet-era internal communication, XF! Estimate 400€.

Automatisch generierte Übersetzung:
1920, ab Sverdlovsk, Brief freigemacht mit 3 kopeck rot kaiserliches Wappen Dauerserien mit schwarz Handstempelaufdruck 1 ruble, übergehend gestempelt mit ??????? (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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7031

1909, 1+2+2+2+3 K, (5) inluding one pair, on letter from St. Petersburg to Schönenwerth, cancelled St. Petersburg 29.9.09, reverse with arrival Schönenwerd 15.X.09, fresh letter in perfect condition, XF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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7032

1917, CHEREPOVETS to VIENNA, POW correspondence card cancelled with black VOLOGDA 280 PETROGRAD 280 29 10 17, handstamped violet triangular ZENSUR ABTEILUNG WIEN, no franking per POW regulations, nice POW mail from Russia, historically notable route originating in CHEREPOVETS, under the administrative influence of the Russian Empire during the First World War, the card traveled via VOLOGDA and PETROGRAD (now Saint Petersburg), key hubs of the Russian postal and military censoring system in 1917, amid the upheaval of the October Revolution, the correspondence is consistent with the mail rights granted to Austro-Hungarian POWs detained in Russia, and reflects the reduced communication permissions under The Hague Conventions, the censor marking ZENSUR ABTEILUNG WIEN links the piece to the Austrian Central Censorship Office overseeing prisoner mail in Vienna, a process involving personnel such as Oberleutnant Dr. Alfred Hutterstrasser, known for organizing field censors for POW correspondence, the routing via VOLOGDA, a central node for POW redistribution and internment, including camps at Vologda and Kharovsk, underlines the logistical complexity of war correspondence in late Imperial Russia, ex Kugel, VF-XF! Estimate 200€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 200

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7034

P122, 75 (4)

1913, from Kegel to Berlin Suedende, uprated Russian postal stationery card 7 kopecks with additional franking of four 3 kopeck red Nicholas II issues on reverse, tied by four clear KEGEL ESTL. 10 2 13 circular datestamps, boxed EINSCHREIBEN cachet, red and black registration label 282 Kegel, addressed to Hermann Meyer, Mariendorferstr. 27, arrival backstamp BERLIN-SUEDENDE 26 2 13 with time code 6 7 V indicating morning delivery between 6 and 7 am, clean and attractive registered usage from Russian Estonia to Germany shortly before World War I, ex Kugel, XF! Schätzpreis 400€. (Image)

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Estimate € 400

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7035

1919, from Petrograd to Winslow England, censored registered cover franked with 10 kopek Imperial Arms issue, blue boxed censorship marking in Cyrillic, boxed registration label with number 9, clear PETROGRAD 21 3 19 cancel, multiple transit marks including LONDON 30 MAR 19, addressed to Joseph Eichman, long folded letter enclosed in Dutch, on front with repaired tear in the envelopepaper is not effecting the stamp, dated 17 January 1919, written from revolutionary Petrograd during early Bolshevik rule, the letter describes daily survival conditions under war communism, lack of supplies, improvisation in automobile repair workshops, and the writer’s emotional connection to family abroad, also references psychological strain, reconstruction efforts, rationing and repression, rare surviving example of personal civilian correspondence during the Russian Civil War under Bolshevik censorship, the letter offers direct insight into post-revolutionary hardship and humanitarian resilience, ex Kugel, VF-XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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7036

323

1921, Russian exile Army, cover from Gallipoli to Constantinople, franked with 10000r on 4k carmine Imperial stamp (Scott 100, Michel 76), bearing a black Ukrainian Trident overprint and later surcharged by the Wrangel postal administration in exile with the ornate blue 10000r overprint, tied by clear blue circular ???????? / 31.III.1921 (Gallipoli) cancel, reverse with neat Russian Post Constantinople arrival mark dated 2 AVR 1921, the stamp shows a minor perforation flaw at the corner perf at top left which is not of high relevane, otherwise an unusual and attractive postal usage of a mixed-overprint stamp during the post-revolutionary Russian émigré period, the dual overprint (first Ukrainian, then Wrangel) reflects the chaotic re-use of philatelic stock in the refugee camps of the White Army in exile, the entire is well preserved with good color and clear markings, the letter was transported by the Marmara sea, across the Dardanelles, on a civilian or French-controlled vessel, as was typical for mail from the Russian military refugee camp in Gallipoli to Constantinople, this mode of transport was standard due to the lack of organized overland postal infrastructure during the White Army's exile in Turkey, a rare combination and an excellent example of Wrangel Army field post from Gallipoli., VF-XF! Estimate 2.000€.

Automatisch generierte Übersetzung:
1921, russische Exilarmee, Brief aus Gallipoli nach Konstantinopel, freigemacht mit 10000 R. auf 4k karmin kaiserlich Briefmarke (Scott 100, Michel 76), mit einem schwarz Ukrainische Dreizackaufdruck und später überdruckt von dem Wrangel Postverwaltung in Exil mit dem verziert blau 10000 R. Überdruck, entwertet mit klarem blau kreisförmig (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

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Estimate € 2000

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7037

1928, from Moscow to Munich, registered airmail cover franked with (3) different Soviet definitives featuring bust of Lenin in green 1k, blue 4k and red 40k, tied by MOSCOW cds 9.10.28, red bilingual label PAR AVION, red registration label MOSCOU No. 138 and boxed german label MIT LUFTPOST BEFÖRDERT LUFTPOSTAMT BERLIN No. 2, addressed to Germany, reverse with transit and arrival cds BERLIN C 12.10.28 and MÜNCHEN 13.10.28, very scarce and attractive early Soviet international airmail usage, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 300€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 300

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7038

1930, philatelistic express letter with mutiple stamps from different editions from Moskow to Düsseldorf, red Express label, reverse with arrival Düsseldorf 17.3.30, a stunning letter, ex Kugel, VF-XF! Estimate 400€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 400

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7039

1932, from Moscow to Užice Yugoslavia, registered cover franked with five different stamps including 18 kopek red definitive, 14 kopek green definitive, 16 kopek blue Mayakovsky Memorial issue, and scarce vertical imperforate pair of the 10 kopek Worker and Farmer Soviet Constitution issue from the lower margin with large margins all around, tied by MOSKVA 23 2 31 CDS, red boxed registration label R MOSCOU No 45 at upper left, vertical RECOMMANDE handstamp, addressed in Cyrillic to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, this rare use of an imperforate variety on cover adds significant philatelic interest, sent during the First Five-Year Plan under Stalin, combining ideological themes and practical definitive franking, outbound Soviet registered mail to Yugoslavia is uncommon, especially with such marginal unissued material in postal use, close to large margins, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 500€. (Image) (imagea) (All Images)

Estimate € 500

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