1890-1915 Group of four covers, including 1890 cover from Yerevan via Djulfa to Persia, 1913 large registered cover from St.Petersburg to Paris, plus 1915 registered cover from Tiflis to Stockholm, mixed to fine (4)

10k cancelled by partial Odessa (Ukraine) hs on small letter-piece, very fine; cert. MIkulski (1993). (Image)

1857 10k brown and blue, extremely fine copy with very wide margins, with large part strike of rare cursive line cancellation of Berdichev (Kiev-Ukraine); extremely fine and scarce. (Image)

1857 10k brown and blue, a wide-margined copy with superb upright strike of numeral "9" of Góra Kalwaria in Poland, a very rare cancel and here probably the finest strike on Russia no 1; extremely fine and fresh. (Image)

1857 10k brown and blue, extremely fine example with very wide margins on small piece, with pen cancellation and very light strike of rare line cancellation of Novogrudok S.L. (MInsk-Belarus), only one cover with this cancel recorded by Craveri; a very attractive stamp of fresh colour. (Image)

1857 10k brown and blue, extremely fine copy with fine even margins, obliterated by superbly struck 104 dots of Belostok (Grodno Government Bialystok, today Poland); a very attractive and scarce stamp of fresh colour, of which only a single cover is recorded by Craveri, signed Buhler. (Image)

1857 10k brown and blue, extremely fine copy with very wide margins, with pen cancellation and framed cancellation; a very attractive stamp of fresh colour. (Image)

1919 (Nov 15) envelope sent registered with 1.50R on 35k pair tied by "JELGAWA / LATWIJA" cds, registration hs below, very fine and scarce cover from Latvia; signed Dr. P. Jem.

1899-1916, group of 6 covers/cards incl. rare 20k postal stationery envelope without ovpt cancelled Peking 1" cds addressed in Peking to the German Legation, two picture postcards with railway cancels incl. very clear 1909 TPO "Vladivostok 264 Kharbin" to Hungary, "Harbin 262 MANDJURIYA" on 1916 ppc to Kiev and Harbin 1907 cds on Russian ppc to Belgium, etc.

1933 Baku Commissars 40k red showing variety: IMPERFORATE at left margin, used, very scarce (Mi 461Ul, €1'500, Standart 349Pc , €1'900, Liapin 409 var. €4'000, Zverev & Gilmanov 353pa €1'500) (Image)

1935 Cheljuskin rescue, diverse values hinged or mint n.h., set used, also 1984 Cheljuskin set incl. 15k single die proof of the engraved part of the stamp. (Image)

1937 Dzerzhinsky 10k brown, two partially imperf. stamps with one showing variety imperforate at top, used, some thin spots (Mi. 566Uo €150, Standart 469Pb €160, Liapin 526 var. €150, Zverev & Gilmanov 472pc €175); and imperforate right sheet margin, used, fine (Mi. 566 Ur, Standard 469Pd, Zverev & Gilmanov 472pb, Liapin 526 var., Soloviev 552 var). (Image)

1941 Anniversary of Red Army 5k IMPERFORATE right sheet margin, used, very fine (Mi. 793A Ur, Standard 94Pa, Liapine 750 var., Soloviev 787 var). (Image)

1947 : souvenir sheet, Michel n°10a type 1 **, CV 400 euros. (Image)

1955 Airmails 2R comb perforation, IMPERFORATE right sheet margin, hinged, scarce, Mi no. 1749 A Ur, Standard no.1714Pa €470+-, Liapin no.1758A, Soloviev no.1800 Rbl.15000 (Image)

1863-66 (4k) "Packenmarke" blue-green and black, unused, good to large margins, very fine; cert. RPS (2016) (Mi. €250). (Image)

Small and attractive range of over 150+ stamps from a wide range of Zemstvos, on two stockcards and on approval pages from an old-time Russian dealer, mint and used, noted one ex Fabergé, a tête-bêche block, inverted background in block, etc., mostly fine. (Image)

Griazovets: 1880 2nd Issue 2k red, lot of six incl. one with bottom perf. 13 1/4 (from middle of sheet), one perf. 13 1/4 all around (status unknown), all mint or unused, very fine group (Image)