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Postal History continued...

Poland
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
301 CVR   image1863 (August 19), Warsaw to Paris, France, “AUS POLEN ÜBER EISENB. POST BUREAU XI” exchange marking, folded letter, with contents datelined Warsaw, struck with a fine red AUS POLEN ÜBER EISENB. POST BUREAU XI / 20–8–63 double-line handstamp applied at the Prussian–Russian frontier, below this boxed P.33 Prussian accounting mark and blue crayon “8” décimes due in manuscript, further struck with circular PRUSSE ERQUELINNES / 3 / 22 AOUT 63 double-circle French entry datestamp, small red Warsaw despatch, the reverse showing neat PARIS (R. du Faubourg St. Denis) and PARIS (Distribution) receivers (22 Aug), the letter clean with minor file folds, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Portugal
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
302 CVR   image1875 (March 4), 240 réis folded letter Lisbon to Lastra a Signa, Italy, franked with three 80 réis orange King Luiz I, the stamps showing fresh colour and sound perforations and tied by barred oval "1" cancels with a clear Lisboa (4 Mar) circular datestamp alongside, struck with boxed red P.D. indicating full prepayment, addressed to Lastra a Signa presso Firenze and showing on reverse AMBULANTE MODENA–TORINO (1 Apr) transit and LASTRA A SIGNA (2 Apr) arrival datestamps, the 240 réis franking paying the pre-UPU single-rate letter (up to 7½ g) to Italy via France, minor fold and small hinge traces on back, fine and appealing. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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Reunion
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
303 CVR   image1943 (18 December), Réunion “France Libre” first-flight registered airmail, Saint-Benoît to Madagascar, franked with 5f and 50c “France Libre” overprints tied by three strikes of SAINT-BENOÎT / RÉUNION 18-12-43 c.d.s., censored and registered from Saint-Benoît to Tananarive, showing the large boxed first-flight cachet FORCES FRANÇAISES COMBATTANTES / RÉUNION – MADAGASCAR / RÉOUVERTURE LIAISON AÉRIENNE / 20 DÉCEMBRE 1943, sealed and re-sealed with Contrôle Postal Militaire censor tape and handstamps, backstamped Ambohidratrimo (23 Dec) and Tananarive (23 Dec), refused on delivery with bold violet Refusé and returned via Tamatave (26 Jan), St-Paul transit and final Saint-Benoît (31 Jan) arrival, small flap tip excised, else a scarce and desirable Free French first-flight usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
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Russia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
304 CVR   image1872 (July 11), Russia folded letter St Petersburg to Lübeck, franked with 1k black and yellow, 3k black and green, and 10k brown and blue Arms issue, the stamps fresh and tied by fine strikes of С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ VI ЭКСП. 11 ИЮЛ. (St. Petersburg) circular datestamps, showing on front the clear red "AUS RUSSLAND / FRANCO / Eydtkuhnen" exchange marking with Lübeck backstamp (25 Jul), a clean and attractive three-colour franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
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305 CVR   image1878 (April 13), 8k Arms issue triple franking on cover from Shuralinskaya (Astrakhan Governorate) to Pernov, Estonia, three single 8k grey & rose Coat of Arms issues tied by boxed two-line Cyrillic handstamp “ИЗЪ ШУРАЛИНСКА / 13 АПРѢЛЯ 1878”, sender’s endorsement in German at lower left “T. v. Schmid in Astrahan den 25ten April 1878,” reverse with ПЕРНОВЪ (25 Apr) arrival and intact red wax seal with crowned initials, small imperfections, an attractive rural commercial usage to the Baltic provinces. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$150.00
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306 CVR   image1904, Russo-Japanese War fieldpost cover, 147th Samara Infantry Regiment, from Manchuria to St. Petersburg, red-band envelope struck with the scarce violet regimental cachet “15-я РОТА 147 ПЕХОТН. САМАРСКАГО…” (15th Company, 147th Samara Infantry Regiment), processed through the Polevaya Pochtovaya Kontora of the 1st Army Corps, with a clear St. Petersburg arrival (1904) on reverse, a desirable Russo-Japanese War usage from Manchuria, scarce in this quality. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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307 CVR   image1904 (July 15), Russo-Japanese War, postcard from Tulun Station, Siberia to St. Petersburg, “Krasnoyarsk – Pavilion in the City Garden” (N. Efimov, 1904) postcard franked 3k red Arms issue, tied by "Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk Postal Wagon No. 198" c.d.s., manuscript “Iz deistvuiushchei armii” (“On active service”) at top, St. Petersburg green arrival c.d.s. (26 Aug), the message describing onward travel via the steamer Innokentevskaya, the railway around Lake Baikal and the Chinese Eastern Railway, and remarking on the dramatic Siberian landscape compared with life in St. Petersburg, a fine Russo-Japanese War period usag, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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308 CVR   image1904 (June 12), Russia official “Frei” cover Strelna to Zabern (Alsace), large official envelope endorsed Въ Германiюand, bearing violet FREI handstamp with extensive manuscript accounting notations including “3 руб.” and “8 Frs”, tied by clear СТРЕЛЬНА С. ПЕТЕРБУРГ. 12 VI 1904 datestamp at lower right, sealed on reverse by five large red wax Imperial seals, showing crisp transits Кыбарты / Ж.Д.П.О. (13 Jun) and Zabern (15 Jun), addressed to V. Moritz in Zabern, Alsace (then within the German Empire), a fine Russo–German “Frei” usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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309 CVR   image1904 (December 6), Russo-Japanese War, postcard from Harbin, Manchuria to St. Petersburg, “Chinese barber” postcard by S. Shelokov & Co. postmarked by Harbin Railway Post Office datestamp (6 Dec), struck with a clear violet intaglio cachet “Казначей / 17-й Восточно-Сибирский Запасной Батальонъ” of the Paymaster, 17th East Siberian Reserve Battalion, with St. Petersburg (24 Dec) arrival datestamp, the message datelined Harbin Camp with New Year greetings, a fine TPO card with military paymaster's cachet, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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310 CVR   image1906 (March 6), Russia registered official cover St Petersburg to Rome, oversized, franked 22k with 20k carmine and blue and 2k green and black Arms issue, both stamps fresh and tied by С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ 6 МАР. 1906 circular datestamps, bearing St-Pétersbourg No. 141 registration label and endorsed Recommandé, a large Comptabilité Centrale envelope posted on behalf of His Excellency Dmitri Philosophov, Controller of the Empire of Russia, addressed in French to His Excellency A. Majorana, Minister of Finance of Italy, Rome, scarce ministerial correspondence from Imperial Russia to Italy. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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311 CVR   image1913 (November 14), registered cover from Tayshet, Siberia to Paris, franked on reverse with two 3k red and two 7k brown & carmine Nicholas II issues paying the foreign registered rate, all tied by fine ТАИШЕТЪ (14 11 13) datestamps, the front showing red R / Taïchette registration label, addressed to 8 Rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, Paris, slightly roughly opened at right, else a clean and attractive pre-war registered letter from a small Trans-Siberian railway town. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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312 CVR   image1914–18 (December 2), 10k pair on censored registered cover from Warsaw to New York, held for three years and returned unclaimed, reverse franked with pair of 10k deep blue Nicholas II issues tied by two ВАРШАВА 1 / 2.12.14 c.d.s., front with matching violet ВАРШАВА 1 / 2.12.14 c.d.s. and R Varsovie 1 registration label, affixed with Russian military censor tape inscribed Военная цензура at left and struck front and back with boxed violet military censor handstamps, large black pointing-hand RETURNED TO WRITER / UNCLAIMED marking across front, multiple transit markings including St Petersburg (5 Dec 1914), Petrograd (6 Nov 1917) showing delayed release, New York Foreign Reg’y Div. (30 Jan 1918), New York RECEIVED (30–31 Jan), and New York (2 Mar 1918) on return, reverse with Cyrillic manuscript instruction to return to sender, minor edge and flap wear, a dramatic WWI and Russian Revolution–period registered cover retained in Russia for more than three years before its eventual return, very fine considering its arduous journey. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$110.00
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313 CVR   image1916 (16 February), registered local cover within Moscow, franked on reverse with a spectacular multiple franking of the semi-postal Legendary Russian Hero issue, comprising three 1k orange-brown & gray, one 1k red-brown & dark green on straw paper, a pair of 3k carmine & dark brown on white paper, and a pair of 3k maroon & dark green on pink paper, all tied by clear strikes of the MOCKBA 16.II.16 double-circle datestamp, front with matching MOCKBA 16.2.16 c.d.s. and red-and-black MOCKBA registration label, a highly attractive and scarce local registered usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
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314 CVR   image1917 (11 November), WWI censored registered cover from Koretz (Volhynia) to the Red Cross, Copenhagen, franked on reverse with a pair of 20k on 14k Romanov Coat of Arms surcharges, stamps and cover tied by three strikes of the double-circle KORETZ VOL. datestamp, front with matching strike and violet boxed censor handstamps applied across Russian censor tape at left, reverse showing clear KØBENHAVN 25.12.17 arrival, dual registration etiquettes, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
315 CVR   image1918 (February 18), registered WWI censored postal stationery cover from Vyazma (Smolensk) to Reval, Estonia, uprated with an imperforate 5k and a perforated pair of 10k Imperial Eagle overprints, all tied by strikes of the black double-circle VYAZMA SMOL. datestamp of 18.2.18, with boxed VYAZMA SMOL. POST & TELEGRAPH CONTROLregistration cachet at top, Russian military censor tape at left struck on both sides with violet boxed censor handstamps, reverse showing a clear REVAL (19.7.18) arrival, a scarce registered censorship usage from the final months of Imperial postal administration as Estonia passed into German occupation prior to independence, light handling wear only, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$170.00
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316 CVR   image1918 (September 23), 15k and 25k Imperial Arms issues on censored registered cover from Odessa to Minneapolis, returned unclaimed, stamps tied on reverse by Odessa double-circle datestamps, front with red-and-black Odessa registration label, violet straight-line REGISTERED, violet boxed Д. Ц. (Дозволено Цензурой – passed by censor), British-style OPENED BY CENSOR tape at left, struck with bold violet pointing-hand RETURNED TO WRITER / UNCLAIMED handstamp, backstamps including New York Foreign Reg’y Div. (29 Jan), Minneapolis Reg. Div. (1 Feb and 1 Mar), and New York oval (3–4 Apr) on return, with Cyrillic manuscript return notation on reverse, a desirable WWI and Russian Revolution–period registered cover censored in both countries, twice attempted for delivery, and returned overseas. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
317 CVR   image1921 (25 March), Wrangel Army refugee post from Gallipoli to Constantinople, cover franked with the Wrangel Army 20 000r surcharge on 1r Imperial Arms issue, tied by a large circular Russkaia Pochta / Galipoli datestamp (25 Mar), reverse showing clear Russkaia Pochta / Konstantinopol’ arrival (1 Apr), a very fine camp-to-city usage from the White émigré postal system maintained under General Wrangel for the exiled Russian forces in Turkey. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
318 CVR   image1921 (25 April), Wrangel Army refugee post from Gallipoli to Tuzla, franked with trident-overprinted 10 000r Arms pair, tied by large green Russkaia Pochta Gallipoli (25 Apr) datestamp, with further green strikes reading Russkaia Pochta / Nash Lager’ Gallipoli (26 Apr) and Russkaia Pochta Tuzla receiver of the same date, addressed to the Camp Commandant at Tuzla with directive for delivery to Kirill Vladimirovich Kramarevsky, a presentable and entirely genuine refugee correspondence showing three distinct Wrangel camp post offices, fine-very fine and desirable. (Image 1)



SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
319 CVR   image1922 (January 26), registered inflation cover from Skvyra, Kiev Guberniya to Berlin, envelope bearing on the reverse a block of ten 1000r carmine Arms, neatly tied by fine Сквира (Skvyra, 26 Jan) circular datestamps, with matching red “Сквира № 672” registration label, Berlin SW (17 Feb) arrival on reverse, typical edge wear as expected, yet overall clean and well-preserved, a scarce small-town Ukrainian registered usage and attractive franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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320 CVR   image1922 (April 28), inflation cover from Haisyn, Podolia Guberniya to Berlin, printed envelope bearing on the reverse a mixed franking of three 7 500r blue Arms and three 22 500r violet Banner issues (total 90 000r), all neatly tied by fine Гайсин (Haisyn, 28 Apr) circular datestamps with an additional matching strike on the face, a scarce small-town origin to Germany from the early inflation phase, minor edge tears and roughness typical of the period, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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