1801 cover addressed in Polish to a junior officer in Kiev, showing on back a straight-line "Zhitomir" in Cyrillic (used only 1799-1801), nearly intact wax seal, minor age stain at top, rare cover from Zhitomir (a city in Ukraine, but with considerable Polish population) (Image)

Est.$500

1860 (4 Sep) cover franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by a well struck "134" numeral in rectangle of dots, with corresponding ROWNO departure pmk on back, addressed to a Countess Choloniewska in Janow (via Berdyczew), overall toning, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$150

1860 10k rose and light blue, canceled "1" in concentric rings, exceptional centering for issue, nice colors, variety showing outer line completely missing, also defective inner frame and partly omitted numeral at bottom left, signed Wiatrowski (Fi.1a) (Cat No. 1var) (Image)

Est.$500

1863 Russia 10k stationery entire envelope, embossed indicia on back, canceled by "135" in rectangle of dots, with corresponding "Starokonstantinov" departure pmk on front, addressed to Warszawa, with red arrival and "3/P" (3:00PM) on back, wax seal removed, overall toning, rare usage from Starokonstantynow (Image)

Est.$250

1865 (25 Mar) outer FL franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "224" in concentric rings, with decorative "Turek" departure pmk alongside (date filled in by hand), red Warszawa arrival pmk on back, filing fold through the stamp, otherwise fine usage from Turek, with merchant's cachet at left (Image)

Est.$150

1865 Russia 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by "16" in concentric circles on large part of outer FL from Ruda Gozowska to Warszawa, with bilingual departure handstamp alongside, faint arrival markings in red, fine appearance (Image)

Est.$150

1867 Russia 3k green & black (2) and 20k blue & orange (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "235" in concentric rings on outer FL from Ozorkow to London, with corresponding departure pmk (date filled-in by hand) alongside, "Aus Russland uber Eisenb.Post.Bur.XI" Franco," red "PD" and London arrival, all markings on front, stamps defective, still a fine cover from Ozorkow (Bojanowicz rated "5") (Image)

Est.$150

1868-70 three outer FLs, each franked with a different 10k brown & blue, canceled by numerals in concentric rings including "182" (Lodz), "253" (Plock) and "278" (Sosnowiec), each with bilingual departure cds, addressed to Warszawa and Riga, minor flaws, otherwise fine group of Russia used in Poland (Image)

Est.$250

1870 Russian 10k stationery entire envelope with indicia at left, canceled "162" in concentric rings and addressed to Helsingfors, Finland, with boxed "ANK 18/1" arrival alongside, fine usage from Radomsk to Finland (Image)

Est.$250

1871 Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper) tied by "1071" numerals in truncated triangle of dots on outer FL from Tomaszow to Warszawa, with merchant's departure datestamp and Warszawa (8 Dec) arrival markings, rare usage from Tomaszow (Image)

Est.$250

1871 Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper) tied by "1115" numerals in truncated triangle of dots on cover from Khmelnik, via Kielce, Lublin and Piaski to Suchodaly, with departure and arrival datestamps in Cyrillic letters on back, overall toning, scarce triangular cancel from present-day Ukrainian village to Poland (Image)

Est.$250

1871 (11 June) outer FL to London, franked with Russia 1k, 5k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1034" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, with corresponding "Ozorkow-Kalish" two-line departure datestamp in Cyrillic, merchant's oval in blue, red "Franco Aus Russland" and arrival pmks, filing fold through the middle stamp, still a fine cover from Ozorkow to England, showing rare pre-philatelic markings (Image)

Est.$250

1871 (1 Aug) FL to Berlin franked with Russian 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Warszawa-Vienna Cyrillic departure cds, repeated below, with "Aus Russland Franco" handstamp alongside, small stain (wax seal), fine 14k rate from Warszawa to Berlin (Image)

Est.$150

1872 (27 Nov) FL (written entirely in Yiddish), franked with Russia 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1097" numeral in truncated triangle of dots, corresponding "Szydlowiec" two-line departure datestamp in Cyrillic (struck twice on back), Warszawa arrival on front, rare (Image)

Est.$250

1874 Russia 10k stationery, small entire envelope (slightly reduced at top) with additional 3k franking, canceled "1043" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, addressed to France, with boxed "St. (station) UNEYEV" (Uniejow), with Kalisz transit, Postal Car and French arrival pmks, rare usage of the "1043" numeral cancel from Uniejow (Image)

Est.$250

1875 10k stationery entire envelope with indicia at right, canceled by "1173" numerals in truncated triangle of dots, sent to St. Petersburg, with Chorzele April 12 1875 departure datestamp struck twice on back, also St. Petersburg arrival (19 Apr), filing folds and some toning, rare cancel and undoubtedly extremely rare usage from Chorzele (a town near the Orzyc River in Przasnysz County, in the Province of Masovia) (Image)

Est.$250

1875 (13 Dec) registered cover franked with Russia 1k, 10k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), tied by "1017" numerals in truncated triangles, with corresponding "Jablonie gouv. Warszawa" departure datestamps in Cyrillic on back, with Warszawa arrival pmk, also in Cyrillic at top, cover is missing the backflap, otherwise fine and splendid cover from Post Station Jablonie, ex-Faberge collection, with 1998 Mikulski certificate (Image)

Est.$1,000

1908 (1 July) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, franked with pairs of 3k and 7k, tied by oval Warszawa Railway Station pmks, with corresponding Registry label in French, v.f., with Braunlage arrival pmk on back (Image)

Est.$150

1914 (27 Jan) registered value letter headed "Institute for Small Pox Vaccine", transmitting 40r (106fr) franked on back with 10k, 20k and Romanov 4k red, tied by departure cds, intact wax seals and Wien arrival pmks, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1916 unissued "Gen-Gouv. Warschau" overprint on 3pf Germania, h.r. at top, v.f., extremely rare, signed Schmutz (Image)

Est.$500

1918 Lublin issue, inverted overprints, set of three used on piece, fine-v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg, cat. $180 (Cat No. 27a-29a) (Image)

Cat. $180, Est.$100

1918-19 3hal on 3h olive gray, perf. 11 1/2, two blocks of four, n.h., v.f., signed Dr.Kronenberg or Rachmanow (Fi. 3,600zl) (Cat No. 30b) (Image)

Est.$500

1919 80h orange brown, overprint inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Schmutz, Mikstein, etc., cat. $325 (Cat No. 49a) (Image)

Cat. $325, Est.$150

1919 25pf green, printed on both sides, imperforate vertical pair, v.f. (Cat No. 137var) (Image)

Est.$100

1919-20 imperforate varieties, three singles and two pairs, each double impression, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$150