1783-1857 St. Petersburg, selection of seven stampless letters, including "St.Petersbovrg" (1783 and 1791 letters to Gand and to Celle, with Trevor Pateman descriptions, the latter signed Mikulski), others with different markings in red and black, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$750

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, with full offset of the blue center on reverse, used, large margins all around, v.f., cat. $950 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$500

1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, Odessa border postmark, large margins all around, v.f., signed Diena, cat. $950 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$500

1857 20k blue & orange, thin paper, numeral dot cancel, perfectly centered and fresh, v.f., signed Richter, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.US$500

1858 30k carmine & green, perf. 12, used in 1865 on cover from St. Petersburg to Narwa, red oval departure and Narwa arrival on front, "Banque Privee de Commerce St. Petersburg" handstamp, filing fold away from the stamp, which is fine aside from the rounded lower right corner, fine usage, cat. $1250 (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.US$250

1858 1k, 3k (2) and 30k perf. 12, all tied by "49" in circles of dots on cover from Tiflis, via St. Petersburg to Libourne, France, paying 37k, with French entry pmk applied to the 1k adhesive, framed "Aus Russland" and red "PD" handstamps, Tiflis departure pmk on back, with 1864 Paris transit and Libourne (24 Oct) arrival, overall toning, scarce and colorful usage of the perf.12 adhesives, ex-Liphschutz, Bianchi collections (Cat No. 5,6,10) (Image)

Est.US$500

1861 (8 July) FL franked with 10k brown & blue, perf. 12, tied by "497" in rectangle of dots, with Nakhichevan (now Azeri enclave) 8 July 1861 departure pmk on back, addressed to Nucha, fine and rare (Image)

Est.US$250

1870 cover (opened for display), franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by "493" in rectangle of dots, used from Aleksandropol (Armenia) to Moscow, with departure and arrival pmks on back (Image)

Est.US$200

1870 (7 Mar) small cover franked with strip of 4x1k yellow & black, single 5k gray lilac and 10k brown & blue (all horizontally laid paper), tied by "SPB" in ovals of dots of St. Petersburg, addressed to Geneva, with additional red departure pmk, red wax seal, fine and attractive cover paying 19k to Switzerland (Image)

Est.US$250

1870-71 cover and FL, one from Odessa to Austria, franked with 1k, 3k and 20k, with departure, French Entry marking and Wien arrival pmks on back; the other from Moscow to Amsterdam, with 3k ("V" in background error), 5k and 10k, showing red Aus Russian "Franco" and additional markings on back, side-flaps missing, otherwise fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1873 (2 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Paris, franked with 2x20k blue orange & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with blue French entry pmk alongside, red and black departure markings on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine cover (Image)

Est.US$150

1875 (15 Feb) Finnish 8p stationery postcard addressed to St. Petersburg, framed "Bezplat." ("Free") in red, clear arrival pmk, fine and interesting text regarding missing payment, etc., unusual item (Image)

Est.US$150

1903 registered cover from Vesyolaya Lopan to Switzerland, franked on back with 1k, 3x3k and 2x7k, paying 21k and tied by cds, with registry label "Vesyolaya Lopan" Railroad Registry label, Ermatingen arrival, fine usage from a small municipality (a selo) in the Belgorod district (Image)

Est.US$150

1918 3k stationery lettersheet additionally franked with Romanov 4k, 7k and 20k/14k surcharge, all with partial red "Abdication of the Tsar" overprints, registered locally in Ekaterina; also included is a small cover franked with 1k, 5k and 10k Postal Savings stamps, used from Kamenetz Pod. to Vilnius (Image)

Est.US$150

1918 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., cat. $400 (Cat No. 135) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$150

1918 (23 Oct) registered money envelope used locally in Simferopol, franked on back with vertical pair of 4k and single 70k Arms, containing 2 rubles, with intact (slightly toned) Registry label, possibly the only preserved money letter from Civil War Crimea (Image)

Est.US$250

1924 (7 May) registered cover from Kharkov to Canada, franked with imperf. pair of 20k Lenin Mourning Issue, Type I (narrow frame), three Philatelic Exchange surcharges added on both sides, v.f., with Montreal arrival pmk, rarer usage of Type I imperfs on cover to a foreign destination (Cat No. 268) (Image)

Est.US$500

1909 (6 Nov) registered cover from Livenhoff to Dwinsk, franked on back with 3x7k blue, also with 15k Official added on arrival and tied by 7.11.09 Dwinsk pmk, minor toning and cover defects, still a fine and rare combination, with 2013 Hovest certificate (Image)

Est.US$250

1922 100p .+ p.100 variety, n.h., usual perforations, fine, signed Goznak, cat. $600 (Cat No. B18c) (Image)

Cat. $600, Est.US$100

1909 picture postcard from England to Russia, with Wenden 9.8.09 arrival pmk at top, interesting handstamp in Cyrillic letters "Russo-American Line - Libawa-New York-Halifax" (The Russian American Line was a subsidiary steamship line of the East Asiatic Company that was in business from 1900 until the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917. In 1906 it began passenger service from Libau to New York after the Hamburg America Line acquired a controlling interest in the line)

Est.US$150

1876 2r bronze/gold, silver, two different, partly reconstructed (rejoined in the middle) settings of six, fresh colors, v.f. (Chuchin 21-22) (Image)

Est.US$400

1907 (24 Nov) picture postcard (Buryat woman) to Paris, franked with 1k and 3k Arms, tied by oval Manchuria 261 Harbin railway pmks, v.f., with arrival cds, fine card, ex-Liphschutz, with Holcombe 1992 certificate (Image)

Est.US$150

1909 (8 Oct) picture postcard (view of the border) to Kobe, Japan, franked with 1k and 2k (2), tied by oval Harbin 263 Vladivostok railway pmks, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1912 (24 Mar) cover franked on both sides with 10k and 1k Arms, tied by oval "Harbin-Vladivostok 263" oval departure pmks, repeated on back, addressed to Switzerland, with Bern (22.IV) arrival pmk, v.f., ex-Lipschitz collection, with 1992 Holcombe certificate (Image)

Est.US$200

1915 (26 July) cover addressed to Harbin, franked on back with 2k and pair of 3k Arms (another 2k stamp apparently missing), tied by ova "Harbin-Vladivostok 264" date stamps, with Chinese chops and Harbin (29.7.15) arrival, violet censor handstamp on front, some cover ageing, rare (Image)

Est.US$250