Russika: Russian Empire Postal History Russika: Russian Empire Postal History
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1457
Symbol: Used
Cat No: Russika 7
1886 3+3k Open Letter, Postal Stationery, 5th Issue, Postal Request, Reply from Abroad, UNIQUE, 28 May, 1886, London – Riga (Image)
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1458
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Cat No: Russika 49
1890 (29 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Derpt (Tartu) Locally addressed cover, franked with 2k bisect, with blue Derpt cds on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1459
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Cat No: Russika 62
1891 (18 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Locally Addressed Cover in Saint Petersburg, franked with bisect of 2k cancelled by a round black St. Petersburg Local Post numeral postmark '9', Signed (Image)
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1460
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Cat No: Russika 145
1917 (28 Sep) Bisect 2k Censored Postcard from Zlatoust (Railway Station) to Veszprem (Hungary), franked with 2.5 x 2k, Rare (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1461
Symbol:
Cat No: Russika
1917 (29 Apr) Russian Empire, Russia, Censored Cover with LOCALLY perforated 5k pair, from Petrograd to Corgemont (Switzerland), with Censorship tape 'Petrograd Military Censorship', violet square handstamp '89', blue rectangular censorship handstamp, Extremely Rare (Image)
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1462
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Cat No: Russika 2 var
1858 (17 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Riga to Liepaja franked with 10k (1857-58 issue), White spot near '10' in left lower corner, Dotted Numeral '38' Cancellation, Riga Postmark, Certificate (Image)
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 850.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1463
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Cat No: Russika 2
1858 (12 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Letter without attachments from Odessa (Odesa) to Warsaw franked with 10k (1857-58 issue), Dotted Numeral '6' Cancellation, Boxed two-line Odessa Postmark, Red cds on Reverse side (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1464
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Cat No: Russika 5
1861 (27 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Parnu (Estonia), with Dotted Numeral ‘1’ Cancellation, paper embossing on the back side, ink postal marking '27', franked with 10k (1858 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 45.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 45
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1465
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Cat No: Russika 5
1864 (7 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Moscow to Orenburg, franked with 10k (1858 issue), with red wax seal on the reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1466
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Cat No: Russika 6
1862 (4 Oct) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Riga, franked with 20k (1858 issue) tied by dotted cancellation, with red Saint Petersburg cds on the front side and red wax seal 'Russian insurance company, 1897' on the reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1467
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Cat No: Russika 6, 12, 13
1866 (8 Jun) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Riga to Paris (France), carried by railway mail car № 26, franked with 3k, 5k (1865 issue) and 20k (1858 issue), with blue cds, red Franco transit postmark, red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) handstamp, crayon postal marks, blue oval sender's cachet 'G.W. Schröder & Co., Riga', Signed, Certificate (Image)
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1468
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Cat No: Russika 14d
1866 (9 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Saint Petersburg to Alavus (Finland) via Vyborg, franked with 10k (Rare color, Russika 14d, 1865 issue), with black boxed transit marking, red cds and blue merchant's oval handstamp 'Stoll & Schmidt, St. Petersburg' (Image)
Opening US$ 55.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1469
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Cat No: Russika 16, 19, 19 Td
1870 (22 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Taganrog to Genoa (Italy) via Moscow, franked with 5k (1866 issue) - SHIFTED Background, 30k (1865 issue), with red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) handstamp, blue oval commercial handstamp, blue Italian cds on the front side and red Moscow cds, red diamond-shaped postmark on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1470
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Cat No: Russika 18, 19, 20
1868 (1 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam (Netherlands), franked with 3k, 5k and 10k (1866 issue), with Red Franco exchange marking, blue merchant's oval handstamp 'C. F. Heissler, St. Petersburg' and crayon postal marks on both sides (Image)
Opening US$ 35.00
Sold...US$ 35.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 35
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1471
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Cat No: Russika 19, 20
1870 (17 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Petergof (known as Petrodvorets) to Augsburg (Germany), franked with 5k, 10k (1866 issue), with red franco exchange marking, red numeral crayon postal marking and wax seal on the reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1472
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Cat No: Russika 20, 20 k12
1870 (21 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Saint Petersburg to Helsingfors (Helsinki, Finland), franked with 10k (1866 issue) - white spot under '0' of Denomination, with black boxed transit marking, black 'Steinkuhler & Co., Saint Petersburg' oval handstamp on front side and printed imprint of company on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1473
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Cat No: Russika 26
1872 (26 Apr) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Odessa to Loano (Italy) via Berlin (Germany) and Milano (Italy), franked with a pair of 10k (1868-75 issue) - thick 'Л' in 'ЛОТА' and BROKEN Frame in lower left corner, with black boxed 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) and Franco handstamps, numeral crayon marking and black oval sender's cachet 'Andrea Smaich, Odessa', black wax seal on the reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 35.00
Sold...US$ 55.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1474
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Cat No: Russika 27
1872 (29 Dec) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Marseille (France) via Paris (France), carried by railway mail car № 93, franked with 20k (1868-75 issue) - wide denomination in lower right corner, with red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) and Franco handstamps, Paris blue cds, numeral crayon postal marks and blue commercial cachet (Image)
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 45.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 45
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1475
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Cat No: Russika 17, 18, 26
1872 (7 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial double-weight cover from Narva to Saint Petersburg, franked with 1k, 3 x 3k (1866 issue), 10k (1868-75 issue) - small '1' of denomination in lower right corner, with blue oval commercial 'Bolton & Co., Narva' cachet and red wax seal on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1476
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Cat No: Russika 17, 18 Er, 20
1870 (28 Aug) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Parnu to Berlin (Germany) via Riga, franked with 1k (1866 issue), 3k (1870 issue) - Background 'V' instead of '3' and 10k (1866 issue), with blue Franco transit marking and black wax seal on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 210.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1477
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Cat No: Russika 21 var
1873 (9 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Moscow to Lyon via Paris, franked with 20k (1866 issue) - Deformed '2' of Denomination in lowe right corner, with blue Paris transit cds, red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) handstamp, blue oval commercial cachet on front side and red diamond-shaped postmark on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 35.00
Sold...US$ 75.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1478
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Cat No: Russika 19, 28
1872 (7 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Official Judicial Triple-Weight Cover from Orlov to Vyatka, franked with 5k (1866 issue) and 30k (1868-75 issue), with red wax seal on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 210.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1479
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Cat No: Russika
1874 (10 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover locally addressed in Moscow, with Dotted Numeral ‘2’ Cancellation, franked with 5k (Image)
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 55.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1480
Symbol:
Cat No: Russika
1875 (23 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, with Dotted Numeral ‘2’ Cancellations, franked with 2 x 5k (Image)
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 85.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1481
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Cat No: Russika
1875 (13 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Ghent (Belgium), with a round handstamp 'Paid', with gray-blue monogram on the flap, handstamped registration marking in circle with number '25' on the back side, franked with 2 x 5k (Image)
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1482
Symbol:
Cat No: Russika
1874 (24 Jun) Russian Empire, Russia, Open Letter from Rybinsk to Moscow, franked with 5k (Image)
Opening US$ 3.00
Sold...US$ 16.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 16
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1483
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Cat No: Russika 19, 30
1876 (23 Dec) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Mourning Cover from Pultusk to Paris (France) via Warsaw, with handstamped registration marking, blue crayon postal marking, postmark 'Railway Mail Car № 27-28' on the back side, franked with 3 x 5k (1866 issue), 8k (1875 issue), Wax Seal (Image)
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1484
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Cat No: Russika 29
1877 (4 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Postcard from Mitau (now Jelgava) to Riga, franked with 2 x 2k (1875 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1485
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Cat No: Russika 29, 29 k2, 30
1878 (26 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Riga to Bordeaux (France) via Erquelinnes (Belgium), franked with 2 x 2k (1875 issue) - 2nd 2k with small '2' of denomination in upper right corner, and 2 x 8k (1875 issue), with blue transit cds and blue oval sender's cachet of 'F. Holm, Riga' (Image)
Opening US$ 35.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1486
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Cat No: Russika 30
1879 (14 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Riga to Amsterdam (Netherlands), with oval blue handstamp 'John Rucker & Co Riga', franked with 8k (1875 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 14.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 30
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1487
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Cat No: Russika 30
1876 (4 Nov) Russian Empire, Cover from Michalowice to Zakrzow, via Skalbmierz, cancellations with a pre-stamped handstamp, embossed with a monogram from the back side, franked with 8k (1875 issue), Pre-adhesive postmarks on both sides, very late date of use of the pre-stamp (Image)
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1488
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Cat No: Russika 30
1877 (11 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Official Judicial cover from Saint Petersburg to Riga, franked with 8k (1875 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 10.00
Sold...US$ 12.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 12
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1489
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Cat No: Russika 31, 32
1878 (24 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Balta to Kamianets-Podilskyi, with handstamped registration markings '№ 272', '№ 215', franked with 5k, 10k, 2 x 20k (1875 issue), Wax Seal (Image)
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1490
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Cat No: Russika 17, 20, 32
1878 (26 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Official Judicial Registered cover from Balta to Kamianets-Podilskyi, franked with 1k, 10k (1866 issue) and 20k (1875 issue), with red official wax seal on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1491
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Cat No: Russika 35, 35 k1
1881 (20 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Saint Petersburg to Paris (France), franked with 3x 7k (1879 issue) - large coat of arms, with blue Paris cds, black boxed registration handstamp and crayon numeral postal marking (Image)
Opening US$ 18.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1492
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Cat No: Russika 35, 35 k8
1880 (6 Oct) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Tula to Riga, carried by railway mail car №15 - 16, franked with 7k (1879 issue) with BROKEN Coat of Arms (Image)
Opening US$ 4.00
Sold...US$ 18.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 18
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1493
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Cat No: Russika 35
1882 (14 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow, franked with 3 x 7k (1879 issue) - light SHIFTED Centers, with crayon postal marking (Image)
Opening US$ 10.00
Sold...US$ 12.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 12
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1494
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Cat No: Russika 35
1882 (10 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Mourning Cover from Moscow to Verona (Italy), with pink and black registration handstamps, postmark Railway Mail Car '№ 25', round blue company handstamp 'City of Moscow Gas Company Limited', franked with 3 x 7k (1879 issue), Wax Seals (Image)
Opening US$ 18.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1495
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Cat No: Russika 37, 38
1885 (9 Feb) Russian Empire, Russia, Postcard from Warsaw to Mechelen (Belgium), with blue vertical handstamp 'B. Heinrich w Warszawie', franked with 1k, 2k (1884 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1496
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Cat No: Russika 39
1889 (7 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Postcard locally addressed in Saint Petersburg, franked with 3k (1884 issue), Cancellation of the city post office of St. Petersburg with a numbered postmark with a figured element inside (Image)
Opening US$ 4.00
Sold...US$ 12.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 12
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1497
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Cat No: Russika 41 Te
1887 (1 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Livorno (Italy), franked with 7k (1884 issue), Cancellation of the city post office of St. Petersburg with a numbered postmark with a figured element inside, Background on top of the frame (Image)
Opening US$ 12.00
Sold...US$ 14.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 14
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1498
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Cat No: Russika 41 - 42
1884 (24 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered double-weight Cover to Kowel, franked with 7k and 14k (1884 issue), with red wax seal on reverse (Image)
Opening US$ 16.00
Sold...US$ 18.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 18
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1499
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Cat No: Russika
1897 (20 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Yeniseysk to Bern (Switzerland) via Moscow, franked with 3 x 1k, 7k (Image)
Opening US$ 3.00
Sold...US$ 7.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 7
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1500
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Cat No: Russika
1901 (26 Aug) Russian Empire, Russia, 7k Postal Stationery Cover from Berdychiv (Kiev Governorate) to Segeneiti (Eritrea, Italian colony, East Africa) via Asmara (Eritrea), additionally franked with 3 x 1k, Wax Seal, Rare route (Image)
Opening US$ 9.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1501
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Cat No: Russika
1901 (27 Jun) Russian Empire, Russia, Russian Navy № 14. Semi-armored frigate 'Memory of Azov', Picture Postcard from Odessa (Odesa) to Siena (Italy), marked 'Ferma-in-Posta', franked with a pair of 2 x 1k (Image)
Opening US$ 8.00
Sold...US$ 12.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 12
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1502
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Cat No: Russika
1904 (10 May) Russian Empire, Russia, German company 'Koch & te Kock' (office in Oelsnitz, Saxony), Commercial Postcard printed matter from Saint Petersburg to Livorno (Italy), franked with pair 2 x 1k, Cancellations with a numbered postmarks with a figured element inside (Image)
Opening US$ 12.00
Sold...US$ 16.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 16
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1503
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Cat No: Russika 56
1900 (18 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Red Cross Picture Postcard from Saint Petersburg to Paris (France) franked with 4k (1889 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 18.00
Sold...US$ 35.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 35
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1504
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Cat No: Russika 60
1900 (16 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Moscow to Bruxelles (Belgium) with red registration label, with round registration handstamp, with round incoming registration number '446' handstamp, and with blue crayon postal marking, franked with 1r (1889 issue) (Image)
Opening US$ 55.00
Sold...US$ 55.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1505
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Cat No: Russika 56, 57
1902 (2 Dec) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Red Cross Picture Postcard from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Samedan (Switzerland) with red registration label, with violet and black registration handstamps, franked with 4k and 10k (1889 issue), (14k total) (Image)
Opening US$ 90.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Jul-23-2026, 10:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 54
Lot No: 1506
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Cat No: Russika 61
1894 (11 Jun) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Odessa (Odesa) to Berlin (Germany), franked with block 10x1k (1889 issue), (10k total) (Image)
