1917 (7 Feb) registered cover from The Bank of Chosen to Canadian Bank of Commerce in San Francisco, franked with 2x10k Romanov adhesives, tied by HARBIN departure cds, with two different Registry labels, one in all Cyrillic, the other "Charbin Russie Poste", opened and resealed by Russian Military censor, New York transit and San Francisco arrival pmks on back, intact wax seal, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1913 1k-5r complete set of 17, used on registered cover from Revel (21.2.13) to St. Petersburg, red Registry box and "Zakaznoe" in violet, arrival (22.2.13) cds on back, intact wax seal, v.f. and attractive complete set of Romanovs on cover (Cat No. 88-104) (Image)

Est.US$500

1913 (1 Apr) registered cover franked with single 5r black brown, tied by Warszawa cds, with corresponding registry label below, sent from Commercial Agency of the Kingdom of Serbia to Milano, Italy, handstamped "valuable closed packet for 100 rubles" (amount filled in by hand in both Russian and French), intact wax seals on back, also Verona routing and Milano (17 Apr) arrival pmks, minor cover wrinkles, rare single franking on value declared cover from Warsaw to Italy (Cat No. 104) (Image)

Est.US$500

1913-17 balance of the exhibit, 26 covers or cards on 10 pages, starting with an unused photo postcard showing the stamps, Tsar Nicholas and Crown Prince Alexis, stamps used on registered covers, Money Order, Address card for a parcel to Sweden, high value franking on commercially used declared value envelopes, Postal Stationery entire envelopes, letter and postal cards, wrappers, showing Registered usages, domestic and abroad, Currency issues, surcharges, censored mail, offices in the Turkish Empire, fine and excellent nucleus for further study and expansion (Image)

Est.US$750

1919 collection on exhibit pages, showing used stamps, four covers and card (the latter with portion of address excised, registered to Tallinn, with arrival pmk), others with various overprints, one registered from Pskow to Leepaja (signed Mikulski), cover with 10r franking, tied by oval Fieldpost and Telegraph office pmk, also three covers with "North Army" issues, one registered from Polna (3 Oct 1919) to Revel, with faint Tallinn arrival pmk, extremely rare actually used cover, signed Mikulski, fine and interesting lot (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1916 (2 July) registered cover with corner cachet of "Arsene, Aftandil, Tauris, Perse", franked with pairs of 2k, 3k and 7k Romanov adhesives, all tied by Tabriz Russian Consulate departure pmk, with corresponding Registry label (in Cyrillic letters, "Tauris" by hand), sent via Petrograd to Bern, Switzerland, framed Petrograd censor cachet, backstamped (23.VII) on arrival, v.f. World War I cover sent through the Russian Consulate in Tabriz, Persia (Image)

Est.US$250

1918 (30 Aug) registered cover franked with single 50k Romanov adhesive, tied by "Shanghai Poste Russe" double circle departure pmk, repeated alongside, with bilingual "Changhai Poste Russe" Registry label, sent to Pernow, with (1.9.18) arrival on back, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1913 5pa-50pi surcharges, the complete set of 15, each tied by ROPIT Constantinople (24.IX.1913) cds on large, registered cover to Brussels, corresponding Poste Russe Constantinople Registry label below, with arrival (11.X) pmk on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and rare complete set of Romanov Levant surcharges on cover (Cat No. 213-27) (Image)

Est.US$500