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TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, large margins, tied by dotted oval "9" to lettersheet with reverse side boxed "TAUROGEN 20 JULY.1858" and oval handstamp "SPEDITIONS-GESCHÄFT JOHN G. KNIEP/TAUROGGEN", to Riga, with arrival mark. Supposed to origin from (most likely) German soil and forwarded. Just 13 No.1-entires have been recorded with dotted oval (border post office) cancellations and just four similar entires with the Kniep handstamp. Certificate Mikulski (1986, not mentioning forwarder)

Note: The Forwarding Agents handstamp is discussed in Guido Craveris Census, page 11

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USTYUZHNA: 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, in combination with 1858, perforated issue 20 kopeck blue/orange, tied by 3 strikes of straight-line "USTYUZHNA" to small piece. A very fine mixed franking of greatest rarity. Just 5 pieces with a No.1-mixed franking have been recorded, this is the only one with the 20 kopeck stamp of the 2nd issue.
 

Provenance: Fabergé (Harmer,1939)  Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006) Paolo Bianchi (Craveri, 2008)
 

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WALCK (Latvia): "WALCK LIF/18", oval handstamp, almost complete strike on 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins. Very fine.

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WILNO (Vilnius, Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, cancelled by boxed handstamp. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew

Provenance: 41. Corinphila-Auction (1953)

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WILNO (Vilnius, Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to mostly large margins, tied by boxed "WILNO..APR 1858" to envelope to Warzaw, with arrival mark's. Fine and scarce. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance:  Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone, 2006) 
 

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YANOV: "103", dotted truncated triangle, clear and almost complete on 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins. Very fine. This cancellation type is very rare on No. 1. 

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THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF A PERFORATED STAMP IN RUSSIA: 1858, 10 kopeck brown and blue, tied by pen cross to entire letter, dated inside "St Petersburg 7. Jan. 1858" and showing on front boxed red handstamp with the same date, to Wasa, Finland. Very fine and fresh. An absolutely outstanding and unique item. Certificate Mikulski (1991)

Provenance: Paolo Bianchi (Craveri, 2008)

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1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, vivid colours and excellent embossing, neatly tied by dotted circular "38” to entire lettersheet without text to Libava, reverse departure framed two-line "RIGA 6 NOV. 1858”, very fine and scarce

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1865, Coat of Arms 5 k. black/reddish-violet, together with 1866 10 k. brown/blue and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, tied by two-line "BORCHAGOVA P(ostal). S(tation). 6 JANUAR 1877” (Kiev province, Skvira county) repeated on reverse with framed "ZAKAZNOE” alongside to registered envelope to Nechanitz in Böhmen, from there re-addressed with final arrival cds. "PRAG 24 1”. Two adhesives with minor imperfections, still very fine and attractive. A rare three-issue registered cover from a small office to a scarcer destination

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10 k. brown/blue with 3k. black/green, two singles, fresh colours, tied by cds "S. PETERBURG 28 JULY 1873” to entire letter without text to Athens, Greece, adjacent straightline "AFF. INSUFF.” and Russian framed two-line "FRANKING UNDERPAID”, reverse transit cds "WIEN”, "TRIEST” and arrival cds "ATHEN 8 AUG 72”, fine and unusual underpaid mail via Triest

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1866, Coat of Arms 1 k.- 30 k. complete set, vidiv colours and excellent embossing, the 30 k. with a small tone spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, signed Mikulski

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1 k. black/yellow horizontal pair and two singles, together with 1875 10 k. reddish brown/light blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds "EKATERINMBOURG 14 SEP. 1880” with framed "ZAKAZNOE” to registered envelope to Kutenberg, Austria, reverse transit cds "POSTAL WAGON N°47-48” and arrival cds., very fine

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1 k. black/yellow, 3 k. black/green and 10 k. brown/blue horizontal pair, fresh colours, tied by cds "ODESSA 23 OCT. 1872” to envelope to Marseilles, France with two-line Austrian mark "A.P.D” and blue cds "AUTR. AVRICOURT" 9 NOV 72", reverse transit Wien, Paris and arrival cds "MARSEILLES 10 NOV 72”, very fine. An interesting mail having taken the Southern Route via Austria, correctly franked at the special 24 kopek rate (incl. an additional 4 kopek fee in force for Russian mail of Southern origin)

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1866, 1 k. black/yellow horizontal pair, 3 k. black/green, 10 k. brown/blue and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "SUVALK 17 SEP. 1875” to reverse of registered envelope to Bozen, Tyrol, transit cds. "VARSAVAW 23 SEP. 1875” and arrival "BOZEN 7 10 75”, slight transportation wrinkles of no importance, a fine and most unusual four-colour franking to an elusive destination

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3 k. black/green, 5 k. black/grey-blue and 20 k. blue/orange, tied by dotted oval "S.P.B” to envelope to Paris, France with adjacent red "P.D.”, red "AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO” and transit via Prussia, reverse cds "S. PETERBURG VARSAWA STATION SEPT. 1869”, the envelope with minor faults, still fine three-colour franking, signed Maslowski

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3 k. black/green and two 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, tied by cds. "RIGA 19 DEC. 1875” to small registered envelope to Wiesbaden with red label "Eingeschrieben N°” alongside, endorsed "612” on front with framed "ZAKAZNOE” applied in red, some minor tears at the edge, still fine. An unusual combination at the 23 kopek rate

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5 k. black/lilac and 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, the former in horizontal strip of three and the later as a pair, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds "DYLITSK P(ostal) S(tation) 4 OCT. 1878” to registered envelope to Prag, framed "ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse departure and arrival cds, three intact wax seals, 5 k. at top with insignificant corner damage, still very fine. A delightful and most unusual combination franking making up the 31 kopek rate

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5 k. black/lilac vertical pair and single together with 1875 8 k. grey/carmine-rose, fresh colours, tied by cds "VALKI 27 JUIl. 1877” to small regsitered envelope to a "Poste restante” in Wiesbaden with alongside German red label for foreign incoming mail "Vom Ausland über…”, on reverse transit via travelling post office and arrival cds, minor back flap tear, very fine

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5 k. black/lilac and 1875 2k. black/red used with cds "ST PETERSBOURG 13 FEV. 1884” to 7 k. on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope registered to Montevideo, Uruguay, adjacent red registration marks "R N° St. Pétersbourg Russie.” and "R / R.O DEL URUGUAY”, arrival cds "OFICINA DEL RECOMENDADAS MONTEVIDEO 27 MARZ (8)4”. The 2 k. with trivial corner crease, otherwise very fine. A most appealing Breitfuss mail to a rare destination

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5 k. black/lilac together with 1875 2 k. black/red and 8 k. grey/carmine-rose (vertical pair and single), fresh colours, tied by cds "ROSSOSCHSK P.O. 31 JAN. 1877” repeated alongside to reverse of a registered envelope to Hamburg, on front transit cds "VOLOCHISK 7 FEV. 1877”, boxed "ZAKAZNOE” and German red label for foreign registration mail, reverse arrival horseshoe postmark "HAMBURG 25 FEBR. 77”. Minor wax seal soiling on front not detracting, still fine, an attractive three-colour franking

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