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1878, Russo-Turkish war, "POLEVOE POCHTTOVOE OTDELENIE 26 MAR 1867", clear strike on lettersheet with reverse side paper seal of the 45th Infantry Battalion. Very fine and scarce. Opinion Todd AIEP (2016) 

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1899, Empress Maria advertising postal stationery lettersheet 7 k. blue, Issue # 67 (dated 26 March 1899), used with additional franking with "S. PETERBURG 23 VII 1899” and provisional red label alongside, sent to Hungaria with reverse arrival cds. "VERBO”, minor tear at top and light vertical bend, still fine and most unusual usage with the provisional label

"TRANSPORT RECEIPT 1856 March 5th”, large format document (211x273mm) for the ackowledgment of receipt of a parcel available for collection at Simferopol, minor imperfection and peripheral wear, still fine and most unusual 

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1858, Coat of Arms 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by dotted rectangular "270” to entire letter to Saratov with reverse departure two-line "ARZAMAS SEPT. 29 1858”,  and front arrival large cds "SARATOV 18(58) OCT. 3”, very fine. A very scarce usage

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1858, 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by dotted rectangular "130” LUTSK to envelope to Helsingfors with reverse arrival boxed "ANK 3 10”, on back flap superb departure two-line "FROM LUTSK OTPRAB. (LIENE) 7 SEPTEMBER 1859”, extremely fine

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1 k. black/yellow, 3 k. black/green and 5 k. black/deep lilac (2), fresh colours, tied by small posthorn cds. "SMOLENSK JAN. 1882” to reverse of small registered envelope to Groß Basel, Switzerland, on front German label for foreign registered mail "Vom Ausland über Eydtkuhnen-Dirschau Eingeschrieben” and Russian framed "ZAKAZNOE”, reverse transit via travelling post office and arrival cds. "BASEL 23 I 82”, very fine 

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3 k. black/green and 10 k. brown/blue, tied by cds. "ODESSA 11 JAN. 1874” to fully paid first weight step lettersheet to Messina, framed "FRANKIROVANO” and oval "OPLATCHENO”, reverse transit via Travelling Post Office 47-48 (line Zhmerinka-Volochisk) and arrival, very fine, together with 10 k. brown/blue tied by cds. "BERDIANSK 15 MAR. 1875” to underfranked first weight step to Nice, France, endorsed "via Varsawa” and marked with red two-line "AFFR. INSUFF. ETR” and Russian boxed NEVNOLN OPLATCHENO", transit via Varsawa and Erquelines, reverse arrival, very fine. A scarce and most interesting duo displaying both correct and underfranked rate from the Black Sea and Azov Sea regions via Odessa and the Polish route 

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1868, 3 k. black/green, vivd colours, neatly tied by red cds "S. PETERBURG CITY POST 19 MAY 1872” repeated alongside to formula card (first issue), fine text in French on reverse "Please be kind enough to come at my place to finish our negociations…”, superb and very scarce usage

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5 k. black/lilac and 1875 2 k. black/red, each of vivid colours, neatly tied by cds. "BOROSSENSKAYA P. S BESSARABIA 28 AOU. 1882” to registered 7 k. grey postal stationery envelope to Corsier sur Vevy, Switzerland, endorsed on front "via Novoselitz” with framed "ZAKAZNOE” alongside, reverse Russian transit cds. "NOVOSSELITZ 31 AOU. 1882” and Austrian "OESTERR. NOWOSIELITZA 12 982, arrival cds. ”VEVEY 15 IX 82", extremely fine. A scarce registered outgoing mail from Russian Bessarabia 

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5 k. black/lilac, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds "REVAL 2 JUNE 1872" repeated alongside to formula card (first issue) addressed to Gapsal with adjacent arrival cds, one perf tip with a tiny tone spot, the card with some minor water stains on reverse, still fine. An extremely scarce usage of the 5 k. on vertically laid paper showing the inland formula card rate in force from 1st January 1872

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1868, 20 k. blue/orange, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "POSTAL WAGON N° 21-22 6 JAN. 1873” (Odessa-Kazatin line) to folded entire to Montpellier, France, framed "FRANKIROVANO” (franked), red "P.D.”, reverse Russian TPO 47-48 and TPO Breslau-ODERBERG, blue entry cds. "ALLEMAGNE ERQ. PARIS 22 JANV. 73”, extremely fine

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7 k. grey/carmine, vertical pair of fresh colours, tied by superb two-line "ST SHUMOVSKAYA MARCH 20 1879” to double weight step envelope to Simbirsk with reverse arrival cds on the same day, slight peripheral toning of no importance, fine. An exceptionally early use of the 7 kopek value issued a few days before

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1914, WWI mute cancel four `Circle of Rays´ superb strikes tying a 14 kop. Romanov to registered envelope to Riga with violet censor on flap "Opened by the censor”, very fine, also two-circle mute cancel on 3 kop. punctured stationery card from Zabeln, very fine, a nice duo

Provenance: Harry von Hofmann (359th Heinrich Köhler auction, 2015)

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1857/89, mostly used collection starting with three singles Mi.-Nr. 1, furthermore Mi.-Nr. 2-3y, somewhat different condition

1858/1923 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, some better values throughout with Mi.-Nr. 2, 5-7 and 22y-23y used, a few forgeries and dubius postmarks noted, slightly mixed condition, a useful lot, neatly housed in one stockbook

1858/1991, mostly used collection, nicely arranged with better items, some back of the book in 9 Lindner albums in 2 large boxes

1858/1966, used collection with some beter material in  2 Schaubek albums

1859/83 (ca.), collection of over 70 covers and cards, encompassing many rates and franking combinations, starting with a fine group of early numeral cancels with rectangular dotted "235” VINDAVA", "243” FRIEDRICHSTADT", "390” WENDEN, circular dotted "1” ST PETERSBURG", "2” MOSCOW, "24” MITAVA, "38” RIGA, oval dotted "9” TAUROGGEN, Polish four-ring cancel "182” LODZ, etc. many better items with Mi.-Nr. 6 tied by dotted circular "2” MOSCOW on double weight step lettersheet to St Petersburg, Mi.-Nr. 19xF as additional franking tied by cds. "LIBAVA 9 JUIL. 1870” to lettersheet to Amsterdam, postal station cancellations with 8 kopek stationery envelope used with scarce framed three-line "St: KLOMNITSY CENTR. G. 1878”, Mi.-Nr. 18x and 23x tied by cds "SLONIM 19 FEV. 1876” to registered envelope to Grodno (certificate Mikulski), some multiple rates to foreign destinations including 43 kopek (1869 lettersheet to Genova), 18 kopek (1871 lettersheet to Switzerland), 35 kopek (1870 lettersheet to Genova with the 5 kopek scarcer greyish-blue shade Mi.-Nr. 20xb), 7 kopek (1879 envelope to Heidelberg), 2 kopek (1883 international printed matter rate to Württemberg), local rates with1 kopek and 5 kopek (Mi.-Nr. 18x five times used with geometrical numeral "4” ST PETERSBURG), 63 kopek (1878 6th weight steps registered cover), some attractive three- and four-colour frankings including 39 kopek franking tied by two-line "SOSTRORITZ SPB GOV. MAY 30 1877” to registered envelope to St Petersburg, etc. Some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in good condition, a stunning assembly

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1860/1990 (ca.), used, unused and mint never hinged lot in 10 albums/stockbooks and small box with glassines