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  • Lot# : 349 Russia

    Russia to to the Netherlands 1668 (Sept. 30): Entire letter with full content in Dutch, sent presumably from Moscow to Amsterdam as the text mentions the Big Fire of Moscow during the Moscow uprising, when the White City and Kitai-gorod was burned down.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 350 Russia

    1775 (March 20): Entire double rate letter from St. Petersburg to Beaune endorsed 'fco Wesel', struck with superb framed ST. PETERSBOVRG despatch in black (Dobbin 0.02 = 8 pts.). Reverse with Russian charge '44' kopeks in manuscript and obverse with superb strike of PAR MASEYCK in red applied in Sedan on entry (Van der Linden fig. 2137). Manuscript 'dl' at top denoting doube letter and charged with '4' Brabant sols and, at right "3#2 = 32 sols x 2 = 64 sols to pay. A fine and attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 351 Russia

    1781 (Sept 30): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Dresden, struck on despatch with fine 'ST. PETERSBOVRG' handstamp in black (Dobbin 0.01B = 8 pts.), endorsed 'fr(anco) Baruth' at lower left. Manuscript 4-36 kopek charge on reverse. Small closed tear in face panel but an attractive and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 352 Russia

    1781/92: MOSCOV in black on 1781 (Nov. 30) partially paid '5' letter to Hodimont as well as on 1792 (Feb.11) letter with full content to "Cannstadt bey Stuttgart", Württemberg with red tax marking, fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 353 Russia

    1785 (Aug 15): Entire letter from Moscow to Lyon, France struck at upper right with 'MOSCOV' despatch handstamp in black (Dobbin 0.02A = 7 pts.) with flap showing Russian rate '39-44' kopeks. Manuscript 'frW.' at lower left (franco Wesel), MASEYCK handstamp of transit in black and rated '32' sols to pay upon receipt. Some damp aging but not unattractive and a fine strike of a scarce marking. Ex collection Adler.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 354 Russia

    1786 (Nov  3): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Dresden, struck on despatch with fine 'ST. PETERSBOVRG' handstamp in black (Dobbin 0.01B = 8 pts.), endorsed 'fr(anco) Baruth' at left. Manuscript 4-36 kopek charge on reverse. An attractive and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 355 Russia

    1790 (Oct 4): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Hodimont, Belgium, 'près d'Aix la Chapelle', struck on despatch with fine 'ST. PETERSBOVRG' handstamp in black (Dobbin 0.01B = 8 pts.), endorsed 'frW' (franco Wesel) at left. Manuscript 1-44 kopek charge on reverse and red '11' groschen Prussian credit, charged '7' stuyvers on arrival both marked on obverse. An attractive and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1480 Russia

    1745 (Jan 21): Entire letter from Kronstadt with the despatch notation displaying well on flap, mailed to Venice endorsed 'per Vienna' and disinfected on arrival with browning evidence, charged '8' (kreuzers) due upon delivery. A rare and extremely early entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1481 Russia

    1851 (Aug 4): Disinfected entire letter from Odessa to Trieste, from the "Department of Health, Quarantine of Odessa", informing that a passenger on a ship from Trieste currently held in quarantine had died in the Lazaret in Odessa; with complete red wax seal of the Office on reverse. An unusual and rare document.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1482 Russia

    1828 (Oct & Nov): Disinfected entire letters (2), both from Taganrog bilingually addressed to Trieste, each disinfected on enrtry at Cracow, Poland and each struck there with origin handstamp "Russie" in black (Van der Linden fig. 2470). Reverse with Triest arrival datestamps in blue, both entires with a journey time of roughly 40 days. Fresh and fine cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1483 Russia

    1830 (Aug 22j/3 Sept): Disinfected entire letter from Odessa to Genova, carried outside the mails to Brody with manuscript Forwarding Agent notation on reverse "Basileo G. Pasuoli, Brody 7 7bre 1830" and struck on obverse with oval framed BRODY / IN GALIZ in black. Disinfected at Novara with large oval Eagle cachet "R. Giunta Sanitaria di Novara" in bright blue. Opens well for Exhibit display, scarce.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1484 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19x+20x
    1875 (April 15): Entire letter from Moscow via Odessa to Constantinople bearing 1866 3 kop. green and 5 kr. lilac (2) on hor. laid paper, tied by Moscow 5th expeditiya cds's with Odessa transit cds (April 19) alongside, reverse with "KONSTANTIN 21 APR 75" arrival cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 12). Interesting cover showing the combination of 10 kop. Russian mainland and 3 kop. local city rate for Constantinople.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1485 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19x+20y+22y
    1872 (May 17): Lettersheet from St. Petersburg to Lyon bearing 1866 3 kop. green on hor. laid paper and 5 kr. lilac, a slightly discoloured example and 20 k. blue and orange, both on vert. laid paper, tied by St. Petersburg cds's with framed PD in red, Prussian 'AUS RUSSLAND' and blue French entry cds alongside, reverse with French TPO and Lyon arrival cds's (June 2). Front shows '5½' (Sgr.) weiterfranko from Prussia to France. An interesting combination of both laid papers, signed 'Prof Win(terstern)'.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1486 Russia

    Russo-Japanese War 1904 (July ..): Red band cover despatched at the Mukden Fieldpost P.O., reverse with postage free handstamp in violet, sent to Kegel Estland gubernia with arrival cds (1904, Aug. 7) on reverse. The addressee is the Baronesse de Tiesenhausen an old Baltic German nobility family.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1487 Russia

    1905 (Aug. 8): Picture postcard with Baikal motif to Warsaw bearing 4 kop. definitive tied by "MANCHURIYA 260 CHITA" oval TPO datestamp with Warsaw arrival cds's alongside. Nice item from the Chinese Eastern raileay line.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1488 Russia

    1905/10: Group two items with railway cancellations incl. 1905 stationery envelope to the famous trading house Kunst & Albers in Vladivostok, the indicium cancelled by "KHARBIN 263 VLADIVOSTOK" TPO oval datestamp, in addition 1910 picture postcard to France with Nikolsk-Ussuriysk train station cancellation. Two nice items from the Far East.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1489 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 47
    SHIP MAIL 1908: Ship mark "RIBINSK-NISCHNI 1 3.VI.1908" and "RIBINSK-NISCHNI 3 10.VI.1908" on two picture cards, each franked by 3 k. rose-red, fine
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1490 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 65;66
    SHIP MAIL 1910: Oval ship mark "ASTRACHAN-NISCHNI 8.7.." on picture card with 4 k. red to Begium and "NISCHNI-PERTH 2.6."on picture card with 3 k. carmine to Tyumen, Russia, fine.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1491 Russia

    1913, Romanov 7 k. brown tied by oval railway hs. "HARBIN-MANCHURIA 262 18.10.13" to picture postcard "Salut du chemin de la Chine Orientale" to Germany, fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1492 Russia

    Tannu-Tuva 1943: 22nd anniversary of the Touva People's Republic, 25 kop. grey-blue in a strip of five, printed at the Kizil newspaper press on strips of paper trimmed off the local newspaper, due to serious wartime paper shortages, only perforated 11.5 horizontally without gum as issued. Liapin 141 / Gi 134.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1497 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 1
    1858: 10 kop. brown & blue imperf., lot six values in mixed condition incl. one from plate I, one with faint pen cancellation, two with pen crosses, three with prephilatelic cancellation incl. circular Riga obliterator.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1498 Russia

    1858/1913ca: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused in mixed condition incl. 1858 10 kop. brown & blue imperf. (3), 1864 definitives perf. 12½, 1866 definitives vertically laid paper, 1884 definitives without thunderbolts 3.50 & 7 rub., in addition 1866 ROPiT definitives, and Poland with 1860 10 k. blue & rose, two examples cancelled by numeral four rings.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,050 CHF

    Lot# : 1499 Russia

    1858/1991: Collection & lot thousands stamps used/unused from Imperial Arms definitves, RSFSR with 'Philately for the children' surtax issue, 1930's commemorative issues, Airmail & Zeppelin issues, postage due, in addition Russian Levant, Civil War issues such as Denikin, Wrangel, Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Batum, Ukraine, Central Lithuania, postwar bogus issues, and post Soviet ovpt. sheets, in five albums.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1500 Russia

    1858/1991: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused incl. early Arms definitives, St. Peterburg local stamp, later Imperial definitives, civil war issues, Batum, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Transcaucasia, Ukraine, RSFSR, USSR commemorative issues with Zeppelins and Chelyuskin expedition, in addition post-USSR issues of the independent republics.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1501 Russia

    1865/1960: Collection with several hundred stamps, mostly used with some better compl. sets after 1930, incl. 1935 3rd International Spartakiade, airmails with Zeppelin issues as well as some souvenir sheets, in two stockbooks.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1503 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 4686/4691+4788/4791+4872/4877+4927/4928+4940/4941+4949/4954+
    1977/80: Olympic Sets in complete sheets of sixteen with two complete sets of each sheet from December 1977 to April 1980, all fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Mi = € 3'136.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1504 Russia

    1858/1955: Lot with almost 70 covers and cards inkl. few covers used in Poland, incl. picture cards with better material, registered covers, interesting cancel and franking, postal stationery cards with additional franking, destiantion, fieldpost II. War and incoming mail, to that 24 Red Cross souvenir sheets Polish camp Dachau.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1505 Russia

    1877: Two covers from Russia via Odessa to Mount Athos incl. cover with 5 & 3 kop. from railway station, and registered cover of the 4th weight rate from Rostow. Covers soiled but interesting postal history as registered mail to Mount Athos from these early years is rarely seen.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1506 Russia

    1886/1939c.: Covers/cards (47) with some fine Imperial registered covers incl. 1913 4 k. card from Irkutsk to Geneva, 1915 Charity issue covers to Switzerland, 1916 Censored registered cover from Batum to Marseille, Romanov issue covers with Censored usages, Soviet usages mostly to Switzerland etc. An interesting assembly.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF
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