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1862/1908 (ca.), Russian Ship Mail, group of 3 envelopes and 2 cards, including ship mail in the Amur region and in the Far East, noted "BLAGOVESHCH(ENSK)-NIKOLAEV PARAKHOD 25 6 08 b” (type 1, small format) on 14 k. postal stationery envelope to Germany, "TSURUGA JAPAN ” as arrival cds on 3 k. stationery card and additional 1 k. with adjacent framed "PAQUEBOT”, stampless mail with reverse label of the ROPIT Head Office in Odessa, etc., mostly fine. A useful specialist lot

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1872/1918 (ca.), Imperial Russia Travelling Post Offices, magnificent collection of well over 475 covers and postcards, expertly arranged by line numbers, many clear strikes with an abundance of scarce postmarks rated E-G by Kiryushkin & Robinson, plenty of better items with "POCHTOVYI WAGON N°265 16 XI 1902” PORT ARTHUR-KHARBIN tying a 10 k. on reverse of envelope to France with heading from wine merchants in Port Arthur, "69” SAMARA-TASHKENT (in 1916), "195” VERKOVYE-MARMIZHI (in 1899),  "220” VYATKA-KOTLAS (in 1906), "259” CHITA-MANCHULI (in 1910), scarce "261” MANCHULI-KHARBIN (x3), "262” KHARBIN-MANCHULI (x2), "263” KHARBIN-VLADIVOSTOK", "266” KWANCHETSY-KHARBIN, a fine group of the Chardjuy line, provisional type cds. "153” KHABAROVSK-KETRITSEVO (unrecorded in K&R), the collection follows with unnumbered travelling post offices with "BORZHOM-MIKHAILOVO (x2), ”MOSCOW-GOLITSINO", "NIKOLO KOZELSK-APOSTOLOVO”, rare "SAMARKAND-CHARDJUY” (in 1895), etc., mail from the Tsarskoe Selo line,  together with a selection of Finnish mail. Some occasional as to be expected, overall in good condition, an overwhelming specialist assembly that would be difficult to duplicate, in three albums

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1877/1914 (ca.), Imperial Russian Temporary Post Offices, the impressive collection of over 80 covers and cards, including seasonal offices, exhibition and military camps, strong  section of civilian trade and vacation resorts, many better items noted with "KORF ESTL.”, "KAZAN PRIVOLZHSKOE”, registered envelope from "KUYALNITSKI LIMAN”, also "KOSTROMA-VISTAVKA” (EXHIBITION) 1913, "SKOBELEVSKI LAGER”, "VLADIMIRSKI LAGER”, a strong group of the Nizhny Fair postmarks including a scarce usage of the cds. "NIZHNI GOROD YAR MOR.” on parcel card in 1905 (minor soiling), etc., somewhat mixed condition as to be expected, an engaging specialist assembly, expertly described on album pages

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1878/1917, Imperial Post Offices in Siberia and Transbaikal, collection of over 140 covers and cards, highly specialized with postmarks and cancellations, many clear strikes, some better items with 1910 registered postal stationery envelope from "BORZYA ZAB.”, 1915 censored envelope from "DARASUN ZABA. OBL.” to France, 1903 postcard from the small office "KABANSKOE ZABAIK. OB.”, 1917 postcard with scarce red oval "DOPLATIT NERCHINSK” (postage due Nerchinsk), 1910 postal stationery card with framed straightline "ST. ZAIGRAEVO”, also Dzhalinda Amour, Innokentievska Amour, Post Saint Olga, etc., together with some scenic view postcards, parcel cards, etc.,  slightly mixed condition, neatly housed and expertly described in one album

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1880/1918 (ca.), Imperial Russia Railway Post Offices, splendid collection of circa 400 covers and cards, expertly arranged with many clear strikes and fine usages including from small railway offices, noted strong section of the Moscow stations postmarks, an abundance of better items with "ST. MONASTIRISHE KAZATIN UMAN 19 8 14" ” 4 k. registered postal stationery card with additional franking to Liverpool, "RAZYEZD N°22 MOSC. KIEV. ST. -5. 5. 16” on franked registered parcel card to a soldier of the 115th Artillery Division, forwarded via "FIELD POST OFFICE N°46 14 5 16”, "ST. MOLODNIKI” (in 1916), "MOSCOW RYAZAN-URALSK ST.” (in 1906), "PLF.NEMME CEV.ZAP.” (in 1913), "PETROZAVODSK STATION” (in 1918), "ST. RABSHTYN” (in 1907), "ANDIZHAN STATION” (in 1912), "ARIS STATION” (in 1916), scarce "ST. BILIMBAI PERM” (in 1917), "ST. DUBENALKEN LIBAVO GAZENP P” (in 1914), "ST DUBITSA PRIVISL.” (in 1913), Chinese Eastern Railway with rare "ST. KHANDAOSKENTSY KIT.-VOST. ZH.” (in 1913) and "KHARBIN PIER STATION”, "KHARBIN” (x 4), etc., together with some registered mail, some occasional fault, overall in very good condition. An outstanding holding, expertly described and neatly housed in three albums

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1890/1918, Factory Post Offices in Imperial Russia, attractive collection of 28 covers and cards, some better items with clear postmarks including franked registered envelope from "PESSOCHENSKI ZAVOD 15 1 12” to Germany with very scarce factory registration label, also 1914 postcard from "RUBEZHANSKI ZAVOD KHAR.”, 1915 card from "ARCHANGELO-LASHINSK. ZAV. PERM”, 1914 parcel card from "CHUSOVSKOI ZAV. PERM”, 1908 postcard from "GUS ZAVOD RYAZANSK”, 1916 envelope from "ASHA-BALASHOVSKI ZAV. UFIM.”, 1905 postcard from "YUREZANSKI Z. UFIM. G.”, 1911 money order form "IZHEVSK ZAV.”, etc., mixed condition. An impressive specialist lot

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1891/1900, Russian Mail to Latin America, fine group of 9 registered covers, some good destinations with Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile, San Jose in Costa Rica, Buenos aires in Brasil, better routes with registered envelope from "VLADIVOSTOK 21 NOV. 1890" to Rio de Janeiro with transit cds "NAGASAKI 21 DEC 1891”, "REGISTERED 25 DEC 1891 YOKOHAMA”, New York transit registration etiquette and reverse arrival (some faults), etc., slightly mixed condition

1892/1914, Russian Ship Mail collection of 50 covers and cards including steamships illustrated postcards, many clear strikes with a fine range of postmarks types and serial numbers, all arranged by shipping lines with their reverse directions, noted Astrakhan-Nizhni, Batum-Odessa (including the earlier single cds. types with serial "1” and "7”), scarcer Odessa-Alexandrovsk, Kazan-Astrakhan, Perm-Nizhni, Rybinsk-Nizhni, also cds. "PAQUEBOT HULL SP 5 09” tying 2 k. pair to postcard to England, etc., except for the occasional fault, overall in good and fresh condition. A usefull group, neatly housed and expertly described on album pages

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1914/15, WWI Mute Cancels, collection of 24 covers and cards, many different including some scarcer `Key´ and circular "R” types, also some registered mail, one signed Mikulski, mostly very fine

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1858, 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 12½ on entire letter from St. Petersburg to Wasa Finland, a fresh and fine adhesive, cancelled by numeral obliterator '1' of St. Petersburg with despatch datestamp in red alongside. An attractive cover

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1884, 3.50r black & gray and 7r black & orange, on vertically laid paper, used with c.d.s. postmarks, the 3.50 r. with further red pen stroke, each with small violet handstamp on reverse, trivial flaws, else fine and scarce.

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1944, first flight registered cover from Moscow to Damascus, Teheran Conference 3 r. and 30 k. tied by MOSCOW 17.1.44 c.d.s., french Poste Aux Armees 21.1.1.1944 arrival mark on reverse, additional markings including bilingual France Libre Mission Militaire en U.R.S.S. and red FF cachet, violet french censor Syria. Fine and scarce

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"FRAUENBURG” cds in blue, fair strike on 1868 10 k. brown/blue to envelope to Moscow, blue dispatch cds repeated on reverse with arrival cds "MOSCOW 15 JUNE 1872”, very fine

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