385. Auktion

1915, War Relief 1k.-10 k., complete set imperforate, fresh colours, unused, very fine

1915, Money Stamp 20 k. with additional 20 k. on 20 k., tied by cds. “PETROGRAD 3.1.18” to registered envelope to England with reverse transit and arrival cds., cover opened by censor, correct 40 kopek tariff, fine and scarce usage

1921, Liberation of labour 1000r. red single and 100r. orange, block of 10 and two singles, all imperforated, tied by cds. “KOLLINO 5- 9.21” to front and reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with Kaunas transit mark, some minor imperfections, scarce and attractive

1921, 1000r. red, horizontal pair tied by cds. “BARNAUL TOMSK 29.9.21” to reverse of registered cover to Lithuania with “KAUNAS 17 X 1921” transit marks, some faults, still attractive and scarce

1922, 100000r. on 250r. vertical strip of three together with 40r. on 50k. block of seven, tied by cds. “ WOLOTSCHESK RAILWAY STATION 1.2.23” to reverse of registered cover to Warsaw, fine

1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution 10r. and 40r. on 15k., each imperforated as block of six and single, tied by cds. “ULDA MINSK 3.2.23” to reverse of cover to Warsaw

1922, Worker 100r. red imperforated, two strips of five tied by cds. “WOLOTSCHISK TRAINSTATION 10.6.23” to reverse of cover to Warsaw, vertical fold, affecting adhesives, otherwise fine, scarce

1922, Philately for the Workers 1 r.-4 r., bronze overprint complete set tied by cds. “MOSCOW -1 5 23” to registered local envelope with reverse arrival, cover with minimal vertical bend, fine and scarce First Day cover

EXTRA POST MOSCOW - TIFLIS: 1844, envelope from “MOSCOW 1844 APRIL” endorded at top “per Tiflis Extra Post”, addressed to “the Chief of the Caucasus Corps, Colonel of the General Staff and Cavalier” in Stavropol, reverse arrival two-line “STAVR. 7 MAI 1844”, some negligible soiling, still very fine. A rare usage of the special closed mail courier post, certificate Citerne BPP (2024)

“P.38.”, fine strike on a folded entire from “ST PETERSBURG 10 NOV. 1864” to Rome, Prussian transit via France, embarked on a boat in Marseilles for further transmission to final destination, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.38.” Prussian marking during the second period of use (for the transit via Prussia and France to third countries, 1862-1865) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2097)

“P.41.”, fine strike on a folded entire from “BERDIANSK 15 JULY 1861” to Genova, transit via Odessa, alongside framed “PORTO”, “PRUSSE VALENCIENNES, etc., reverse red arrival handstamp “ARRIVO GENOVA 12 LUG 61”, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.41.” Prussian marking during its first period of use (up to 31 December 1861) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2106)

“P.45.”, very fine strike on folded entire from “WARSAW TRAIN STATION ST PETERSBURG 7 SEPT. 1866” to Naples, Prussian transit via France and Genoa, reverse arrival red framed “ARRIVO NAPOLI SET 66”, fine. A very scarce usage of the “P.45.” Prussian marking, recored during the third period of use (for the transit via Prussia and France to third countries, from 1866) (Van der Linden-Nr. 2113)

1866, St Petersburg City Telegram Formulars, both the blue (used) and larger 20 kopek rose (unused) types, folded and with some small faults, a very scarce duo

1898, Post and Telegraph Saving Bank booklet, complete with 22 pages, some of them with 1 to 10 roubles savings stamps tied by cds. “SOPOTSKYN SUVALK”, some minor imperfection as to be expected, still fine, scarce 

1922, 250 r. on 35 k. together with some additional franking, the later tied by cds. “MOSCOW 26 5 23” to registered envelope to Wien, a few definitives with some minor imperfections, scarce 

1911, Tribunal Service 15 k. with additional franking Romanov 7 k., both tied by cds. “LYUBIN 15 12 13” to registered court justice envelope to the small village Tatarov, some faults as to be expected for this large format, still attractive and a very scarce usage

1858, St Petersburg local postal stationery envelope 5k. blue, size 114:75 mm with indicium struck on the upper right corner, used with framed three-line “CITY POST 1858 JULY 4 / 8 Hours” applied on reverse, extremely fine and rare, signed and certificate Mikulski (1989) 

1866, 1 k. black/yellow on horizontally laid paper, tied by cds. “ST PETERSBURG 30 JULY 1881” to registered postal stationery envelope 20 kopek blue to London used with a further cds. strike, alongside framed “ZAKAZNOE” and red oval “REGISTERED 15 AU 81 LONDON”, correct 21 kopek tariff, back flap missing, still fine and scarce

1889, Imperial Arms 10 kop. blue with additional franking 3 kop. rose carmine, tied by cds. “ST PETERSBURG 24 XII 98” to registered 7 kop. blue advertising postal stationery “Empress Maria” complete lettersheet sent to Berlin, signed inside by Breitfuss (one of the Fathers of Russian Philately) with a fascinating text regarding stamps, very fine and attractive. A delightful item

“ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY POST. DIRECTOR 21.DEC.1902", very fine strike on reverse of an uprated British 1 d. postal stationery envelope from “PADDINGTON DE 31 02” to the “Minister of Foreign Affairs to His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias”, very fine, together with superb strike of the earlier type cds. “ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY DIRECTOR 15 FEV. 1889” on reverse of large part envelope, also a fair strike of the Special Office postmark of the MInistry of Forein Matters on large franked envelope (faulty), a scarce trio of mail from those special offices

“ST PETERSBURG CHANCELLERY 28 DEC. 1877 *”, lovely strike on reverse of a small envelope from “FUERTH 5 1 (1877), sent unfranked to ”Alexander II Russia St Petersburg", no charge levelled upon receipt due to the royal nature of the recipient, very fine. A very scarce special office postmark, opinion Citerne BPP (2024)

“TABRIZ RUSS(IAN) CONSULATE 20 8 16 *”, two clear strikes tying a 20 kopek Romanov franking on a registered envelope to Iorev Lifland, Russia, departure cds. repeated on front alongside the scarce registered label from the consulate, censor marks and reverse arrival cds., back flap roughly opened as well as transportation traces, still fine and scarce

35 k.- 5 r. complete set tied by cds."OMSK 14 7 20" to overfranked registered envelope to Bogoslovskoe with arrival cds. alongside, one adhesive with corner fault and cover opened on three sides, still fine

1919, Omsk issue 35 k. on 2 k. perforated, vertical pair tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK 21 () 19” to envelope to USA via Japan, alongside framed violet censor handstamp, correct 70 kopek tariff, some wrinkles and minor imperfections, still fine and scarce

35 k. on 2 k. perforated, block of three and single with additional Coat of Arms 15 k. block of four, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK 10 7 20” to reverse of registered envelope to USA, alongside transit and arrival cds., correct 2 roubles tariff, fine