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"BAKU-ENZELI PAROKH. 30 1 13” oval cds., clear strike on 10 k. on reverse of envelope to Ispahan with transit cds. "TEHERAN (DÉPART) 17. 11 13”, "(TEHERAN) 20.11.13” and arrival bilingual cds. "ISFAHAN. N°5 25.11.13”, very fine, also a similar cover from 1912, and 10 k. tied with manuscript cancellation and bilingual cds. "(TEHERAN) 25 XII.11” to reverse of commercial envelope from Baku to Ispahan with arrival, very fine. A scarce shipmail trio from the Caspian Sea 

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"BLAGOVESHCHENSK-NIKOLAEVSK 18 7 12 a” (type 2, large format), very fine strike on 3 k. to postcard to St Petersburg, fine and scarce ship mail on the river Amur

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"BLAGOVESHCHENSK-STRYETINSK PARAKHOD 31 9 11 b” (type 1, large format), very fine strike on 3 k., repeated alongside to postcard to Kharkov with arrival cds, in addition the second type (small format) "BLAGOVESHCHENSK-STRYETINSK PARAKHOD 25 8 07 b” on 5 k. to postcard to Austria (minor toning) and a scenic view postcard of the steamer pier at Stryetinsk on the river Shilka. A very scarce ship mail duo

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"DVINSK POLIGON VITEB. 4 VII 1911” DVINSK ARTILLERY POLIGON temporary cds. tying a 4 k., to postcard to St Petersburg, a further strike alongside, one negligible perf toning, still very fine and rare, latest date of usage recorded

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"PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 17 7 08” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY), fine strike on 4 k., repeated alongside to postcard to Bern, Switzerland, fine and very scarce

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"PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 19 4 09” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY), fine strike on 2 k. (2) to postcard to Shanghai, China with arrival cds "SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 6 5 09” and Chinese PO "SHANGHAI 6 MAY”, very fine and attractive. A very scarce combination

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"KYAKHTA ZABAIK(AL) OB(LAST) TEL(EGRAPH) OFF(ICE) 26 XI 1908”, blue cds. on 4 k. repeated alongside on photocard to the Great Northern Telegraph Corporation in Shanghai with adjacent arrival cds. "SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 21 12 08”, the card with one minor peripheral tear of no importance, very fine, also an unused scenic postcard of the city of Kyakhta. Located at the Mongolian border, the post office of Kyakhta was supposedly transferred to nearby Troitskosavsk, and continued solely as a telegraph office. An extremely rare item

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"TROITSKOE TEMP(ORARY) P. OT. SYR. DARYA. OBL(AST) 12 7. 12” cds. on unfranked postcard to St Petersburg with oval postage due handstamp "DOPLATIT TROITSKOE" for 6 kopek, some minor toning, still fine and very scarce temporary office postmark from a small settlement in the area of Tashkent

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"TROITSKOSAVSK ZABAIK(AL) OB(LAST) 4 IX 19-10” cds. (Hellrigl type 1b), repeated alongside and tying a 3 k. to postcard to Kyakhta, extremely fine, also an unused scenic postcard, scarce duo

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"TROITSKOSAVSK 12 8 13 g” cds. (Hellrigl type 2), tying Romanov 7 k. pair (one stamp teared at top before posting) to reverse of a registered envelope to Chita with arrival cds., on front a superb departure strike and the very rare registration label in Russian "Z N°660 Troitskosavsk Zabailkalskoy Obl.” (Hellrigl type 5), still fine and rare, the serial "g” on the postmark is unrecorded by Hellrigl

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"NAGASAKI 18.NOV.97 JAPAN” cds. on Russia 1897 7 k. blue and 3 k. carmine-rose on cover originating from Vladivostok with boxed "PAQUEBOT" and YOKOHAMA 22.11.97 c.d.s. alongside, via "Gensen", Korea (where the Paquebot) was applied, forwarded to Hannover, very fine, with arrival postmark 8/12/97. A very rare ship cover

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"PAQUEBOT ADEN 5.OCT.35”, clear strike on 20 k. on 14 k. deep blue carmine on maritime cover  to Aden with arrival postmark on reverse. Philatelic influenced, but an unusual ship cover, very fine

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1872, Postal stationery card 5 kopek green, used with cds "PLODSK 8 1875”, addressed to Warsaw with adjacent arrival cds "WARSAWA 7 AUG. 1875”, large blue framed "1875” (ca 47:26 mm), allegedly applied locally at departure to indicate the application of the new UPU tariff of 4 kopek, light vertical archival crease, otherwise fine

Following the implementation of the UPU tariff of 19th June 1875 (4 kopek for both domestic and international rate), the previous 5 kopek stationery cards kept on being sold at the counter and used provisionally at the new tariff. Several local post offices are known to have amended the indicium to reflect the rate change. Reference: Epstein, Postal Stationery of Russia and its Dependencies, Vol I, page 36

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 239

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1899, Empress Maria advertising postal stationery lettersheet 5 k. light lilac, Serie # 5, used with additional franking on reverse with "MOSCOW TELEGRAPH 8 MAY 1900” and alongside registration label, sent to Apolda, Germany, reverse arrival mark, very fine and scarce usage

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1899, Empress Maria advertising postal stationery lettersheet 7 k. blue, Issue # 50 (dated 1899), complete, unused, very fine

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1899, Empress Maria advertising postal stationery lettersheet 5 k. light lilac, Issue # 125 (dated 1901), complete, unused, very fine

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1863, Coat of Arms 5 k. black/blue together with Russia 1866 1 k. black/yellow horizontal pair, fresh colours, tied by cds "S. PETERBURG 1 AOUT 1881” to 7 k. on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope to London, reverse departure repeated and arrival faint oval mark "REGISTERED …”, the franking paying the correct 14 kopek rate (tariff of 20 March 1879). The envelope roughly opened, slight peripheral toning and back flap missing, otherwise very fine. A very scarce usage, from the famous Breitfuss correspondence, certificate Citerne BPP (2025)

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1919, OKCA 5 k., printed on creamy paper with text on reverse, wihtout gum, possibly a printer´s trial, very fine and unusual

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1921, 10 k. blue/red/black and two single stamps 15 k. red tied by cds. "BLAGOVESCENSK 20.2.23” reverse on registered commercial cover to Hamburg with arrival mark. The cover with transportation creased, otherwise fine

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Russia 1 r. imperforate bloc of four, used with cds "CHITA” 28 1 20" to reverse of registered envelope to Stockholm, Sweden with red transit "LONDON” and arrival cds "STOCKHOLM 30. 3. 20”, the envelope somehow creased and with wrinkles, still fine, together with Russia 1 r. imperforate horizontal strip of three tied by cds "CHITA 17 11 19” to reverse of envelope to Washigton, USA, with archival holes. A most appealing duo, showing the Kolchak rates in the Transbaikal region both during the Kolchak (November 1919) and the superseding Semenov (January 1920) regimes 

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