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  • Lot# : 700 Russia

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    1858: 10 k. brown & blue showing wide to broad margins, tied with pen cancellation on attractive outer letter sheet to Rostow. On the reverse partial two line 'Pereslavl 12 ... 1858' and non-readable cds. Signed Eisold BPP and cert. Hovest BPP (2005).
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 701 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 2
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    Town Post 1863: 5 k. black & blue unused, in a complete sheet of 100 stamps incl. the re-engraved cliché on the 46th stamp and a plate variety on the 41st stamp not yet described. The outer margin shows some splitting and below the 5th stamp row some perfs are stabilized by hinges on the reverse. All four subsheets of 25 are intact, 90 stamps are unmounted og. Standard catalogue = $ 4'500 for the single stamps only.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 702 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 6,10,14y
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    1866 (March 17): 1858 20 k. blue & orange, 1864 3 k. black & green, and 1865 5 k. black & violet, tied with cds of St. Petersburg on cover (opened on three sides) via Prussian TPO 'Aus Russland über Bür. XI' and French entry 'Prusse - Erquelinnes' to Paris. Red 'P.D.' shows full pre-payment. A fine combination three colour three issue franking. Signed Bühler and cert. Hovest BPP (2006) Standard catalogue = $ 900.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 703 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19+20+21y
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    1872 (Jan 12): 3 k. black & green and 5 k. black & lilac, both with horizontally laid paper as well as 10 k. brown & blue (2), vertically laid paper, tied by cds of the 1st St. Petersburg Expeditiya on franco outer letter sheet to Reims (Jan 13). In addition, St. Petersburg - Warsaw train station cds, red Prussian and black French TPO cds's.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 704 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19x,23y
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    1872 (Jul 19): 3 k. black & green, horizontally laid paper (corner fault) and 30 k. rose & green, vertically laid paper, tied by cds of the 7th St. Petersburg Expeditiya on franco envelope to London (Aug 3). In addition, St. Petersburg - Warsaw train station cds, red Prussian TPO cds and London arrival marks as well as a Weiterfranco notation. Slight vertical fold in the envelope away from the stamps. Cert. Mikulski (1989) Standard catalogue = $ 1'500.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 705 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19x,28
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    1879 (March 3): 3 k. black & green, horizontally laid paper and 1875 20 k. blue & orange with pl. flaw 'cross-shaped T', tied by St. Petersburg cds on reg'd cover to Dresden (March 17). In addition, a Russian Zakaznoje registration mark, a German entry registration label 'Vom Ausland über Eydtkuhnen-Dirschau' and two German transit and arrival cds's Standard catalogue = $ 800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 706 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 26x,26xIII
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    1878 (Aug 16): 8 k. pink & grey (2, one with the plate flaw 'COCEM'), tied by cds's of TPO 47-48 on envelope to St. Petersburg with two special arrival marks on reverse from Aug 18 evening and Aug 19, 8 a.m. Standard catalogue = $500.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 707 Russia

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    1864/82: Collection of 40 entires & one cover front with stamps of the 1865 - 1879 issues as well as nine stampless entires, dispatched with one exception in St. Petersburg. In general an above average quality group with many interesting destinations, plate flaws and stamp combinations. Several opinions and certificates Hovest and Mikulski.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 708 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 2x
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    1858 (March 8): 10 k. brown & blue, perf. 14½ x 15, 1858 issue, tied with dotted numeral mark '1' (type 3 of the main PO) on letter sheet with red framed datestamp of St. Petersburg alongside, sent to Moscow. Cert. Hovest (2005) Standard catalogue = $ 800.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 709 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 6
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    1869 (Oct 19): 20 k. blue & orange, perf. 12¼ x 12½, 1858 issue, tied with dotted numeral mark "1" (type 3 of the main PO) on letter sheet with red cds of the 1st Expeditiya alongside, sent to Moscow Standard catalogue = $ 900.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 710 Russia

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    1880 (May 8): 1 p. stationery UK postcard, tied with duplex mark '159' from Glasgow to St. Petersburg, postmarked alongside on arrival rare mark of the 8th expeditiya (Baillie & Peel type 2C2). Blue Russian 'Frankirovano' on the reverse. Ideal strikes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 711 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 57E,58A,59A,60A
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    1905 (May 3): Charity postal stamps for the orphans of soldiers killed during the Russo-Japanese war, compl. set of four with the rare 3 k. perf. 13½ x 11½ on reg'd formular card from St. Petersburg to Dresden (May 18). The registration label shows the error 'St.-Pétersbougr'.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 712 Russia

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    1913 (Feb 27): 2 k. green (strip of 3) and 7 k. brown (pair) Romanov commemorative series on a reg'd envelope to Berlin (March 15). The item was reg'd in the machine at the St. Petersburg main PO and shows the corresponding machine mark (Baillie & Peel type 8J1). Cover opened roughly at top.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 713 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 2y,5
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    1858/63: Group of six covers with 10 k. brown & blue, 1858 issues, either perf. 14¼ x 15 (1) or 12¼ x 12½, (5), tied with dotted numeral marks "1" (type 2 or 3 of the main PO) with red datestamps alongside. An interesting selection. One cert. Hovest BPP (2005) Standard catalogue = $1'800.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 714 Russia

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    1860/1914: Group of 200 covers and cards from the 1st to 7th as well as from the 9th Expeditiya of the St. Petersburg PO. A wide variety of postmarks incl. some rare strikes. Much above average condition.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 715 Russia

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    1859/82: Four covers (three from abroad, one internal), all postmarked on reverse with four different variations of the rare arrival mark of the 8th expeditiya in St. Petersburg (Baillie & Peel types 2C2). Superb strikes.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 716 Russia

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    1886/1914: Selection of 50 covers, sent either reg'd, as value letter or as cash on delivery from St. Petersburg showing a large variety of tariffs, labels, and postmarks for the additional services. The lot includes an 1899 provisional label of the Warsaw train station, a large group of lilac registration marks from the main post office as well as from several city and telegraph PO's, a registration machine mark from the Nikolaj train station, and international parcel cards.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 717 Russia

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    1888/1916: Five cash on delivery envelopes, three registered letters and four value letters, all in large formats with different frankings and labels, all dispatched from St. Petersburg.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 718 Russia

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    1900/14: 35 reg'd covers showing a large variety of 'St.-Pétersbourg' registration labels used at the 1st Expeditiya.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 719 Russia

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    1907/15: Collection of 200 covers and cards from the diff. St. Petersburg otdyelenies from no. 1 to 66 (postmarks Baillie & Peel types 4A16, 4G-4K) including reg'd, cash on delivery, and value letters as well as parcel cards. Incl. also rare peculiarities such as 'blank' registration labels.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 720 Russia

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    1893 (Aug 14): 10 k. stationery envelope with additional 10 k. blue arms definitives, dispatched as reg'd letter at the 4th city PO and sent via London (Aug 29) to Oxford (Aug 30). The registration number is marked with a very scarce rubber mark '17 IV. OTD.' (Baillie & Peel type 8D7).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 721 Russia

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    1895 (Feb 7): 14 k. stationery envelope with additional 1 k. orange (3) and 3 k. red arms definitives, dispatched as reg'd letter at the 4th city PO and sent to Hamburg (Feb 22). The registration number is marked with a very scarce rubber mark '40 IV. OTD.' (Baillie & Peel type 8D7).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 722 Russia

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    1898 (June 29): 3 k. stationery postcard, cancelled with a perfect figural mark of the 15th sub-office of the city post (Dobin &  Ratner no. 03-15-02), sent to Mikkeli in Finland (July 12).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 723 Russia

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    1863/70: Group of four entires and one stationery with the St. Petersburg city post 'S.P.B.' cancellation; in addition four used 5 k. black & blue city post stamps used and a block of four mint ones.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 724 Russia

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    1881/1905: Collection of town post datestamps on 100 covers, picture postcards, postal stationeries and receipts, incl. Baillie & Peel types 3B and 3F4 of the town post expeditiya with codes 1 - 10 (code 10 unknown to B&P) as well as Baillie & Peel type 4A cds of the otdyelenies no. 1 to 32 in a large variety.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 725 Russia

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    1870/1914: 110 covers and cards with datestamps and figurative marks of the St. Petersburg city post, incl. Krag machine cancellations and reg'd covers.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 726 Russia

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    1880/1900c.: Collection of about 250 stamps, all postmarked with figurative cancels of different sub-offices of the St. Petersburg city PO's, including a type table of PO no. 1.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 727 Russia

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    1881/1903: Collection of 180 stationeries and covers, all cancelled with figural marks of the sub-offices no. 1 to 9, 11, 13, 14 to 16 of the city post (no. 16 on a detached stamp). A large selection of ideal strikes on fine quality material.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 728 Russia

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    1894/1912: Collection of 30 covers and stationery envelopes from St. Petersburg city post PO's (18) and the main PO (12), sent all reg'd. Incl. a selection of 13 pink provisional 1899 labels and a 1899 reg'd item from the postbox. A fine selection.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 729 Russia

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    1899 (Oct 27): 1 k. orange (corner fault), 3 k. red, and 10 k. blue arms definitives on a reg'd sample mail to Hannover. The item shows a white 1899 provisional registration label of the 1st telegraph office and a corresponding black registration mark 'St. Pétersbourg 1' (Baillie & Peel types 8D6 and 8E6).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 730 Russia

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    1899 (April 20): 3 k. stationery postcard, cancelled with figural mark of the telegraph office no. 31 (Dobin type 04-31-05) and sent to Helsingfors. In addition two detached horizontal pairs of 1 k. orange arms definitives showing both types of the 'XXXI' mark.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 731 Russia

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    1901 (April 26): 10 k. stationery envelope with additional 2 k. green, 3 k. red, and 5 k. lilac arms definitives, postmarked with figural marks of the telegraph office no. 31 (Dobin type 04-31-04) and sent to Wiesbaden. Vertical fold away from the stamps and some toning. In addition a picture postcard with the same cancellation. A very scarce mark. 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 732 Russia

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    1888/1912: Collection of 35 covers and stationery postcards from St. Petersburg telegraph PO's, sent primarily reg'd. This selection shows a high variety of the different PO's, including six white and two pink provisional 1899 registration labels.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 733 Russia

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    1913 (July 29): 10 k. blue Romanov commemorative stamps (2) on a reg'd envelope to Berlin (Aug 13). The item was reg'd in the machine at the PO at the Tsarskoe Selo train station and shows the corresponding machine mark (Baillie & Peel type 8J4v2) as well as a handstamp 'Taken from the automat' on the reverse. Vertical fold away from the stamps.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 734 Russia

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    1914 (April 28): 7 k. blue arms definitives (3) on a reg'd envelope to Hannover-Linden (May 12). The item was reg'd in the machine at the PO at the Nikolaj Railway station and shows the corresponding machine mark (Baillie & Peel type 8J4v1) as well as a handstamp 'Taken from the automat' on the reverse. Attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 735 Russia

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    1872/1922: Group of 40 covers and cards, dispatched at the PO's at the Nikolaj, Warsaw, and Vitebsk train stations in St. Petersburg and at Helsingfors - St. Petersburg postal wagon. Great lot with a multitude of postmarks and registration labels.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 736 Russia

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    1907/13: Nine covers and postcards from or via Moscow to St. Petersburg showing 'S. Peterburg MSK' postmarks with serial numbers '1' (7) or '2' (2). This mark is related to mail arriving from Moscow by train.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 737 Russia

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    1905 (May 12): Picture postcard dispatched without stamps in St. Petersburg. A rare blueish postage due label and a postage due doplatit mark were applied at the 1st Expeditiya and the card was forwarded to Warsaw.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 738 Russia

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    1905 (Sept 14): Picture postcard dispatched without stamps in St. Petersburg. A  red postage due doplatit mark and a rare grey postage due label were applied, the non-applicable lines on the label were struck through, and the card was forwarded within the city.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 739 Russia

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    1908 (May 19): 4 k. red arms definitive, glued around the edge of a picture postcard and tied on both sides with the cds's of a temporary PO established during the St. Petersburg navigation congress.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 740 Russia

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    1834/1914: Selection of 40 covers, cards and other postal items, presenting a variety of uses like official mail with closure labels, taxation, special postmarks like "Mail Department of Her Majesty", use of revenue stamps, value letters, or additional handstamps like "Taken from the postbox".
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 741 Russia

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    1882/1917: Selection of 60 covers and cards showing postmarks from suburban PO's of St. Petersburg like Sestrozk, Lakhta, Gatshina, Luga, Strilna, Shlisselburg, Kronshtadt, Ligovo, Tzarskoje Selo, Pavlovsk, Narva, Pulkovo, or Peterhof incl. a cover with 1899 provisional label and incl. eleven items with small numeral marks of the Tzarskoje Selo suburban train.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 742 Russia

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    1895/1918: Group of 60 covers and cards showing different labels and marks from St. Petersburg. This includes red triangles for redirection, rare grey-violet labels for under-franked mail (3), doplatit postage due marks from different PO's, different types of address verification labels (spravkas), registration letter receipts and address search stationery cards used and unused. In addition a group of patriotic and advertising labels and postcards with advertisement imprints. A fine selection.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 743 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 108A
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    1915 (Nov 8): 15 k. red-brown Romanov commemorative money stamp used as postage stamp on a reg'd envelope within Petrograd. The item was reg'd in the machine at the main PO and shows the corresponding machine mark. Very nice combination of a rare machine mark and the local use.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 744 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 176x,180
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    1922 (April 4): 7500 r. on 250 r. first RSFSR definitives (horizontal gutter pair with plate number) and 22500 r. definitives (vertical pair) tied with Petrograd cds's on reverse of a reg'd envelope to Berlin (Apr 14). The registration mark on the front of the cover is a combination of a one-liner 'St. Pétersbourg' handstamp and a numerator mark; this combination can be found as a temporary substitute only for few months at the beginning of 1922.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 745 Russia

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    1914/17: 120 covers, postcards, and parcel cards from different Petrograd PO's, showing reg'd use, censorship marks and closing labels, tariffs.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 746 Russia

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    1918/36: Group of 50 covers and cards, dispatched from different POs in Petrograd and Leningrad, with German and Russian censorship, reg'd and value letters, inflation frankings, interesting tariffs.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 747 Russia

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    1939/48: Selection of 50 Soviet Fieldpost covers and cards, many related to the Leningrad siege showing censorship and propaganda imprints and marks; in addition some unused Soviet propaganda items incl. 'Pakhomov Leningrad 1942-1948' lithography postcards as well as German original photographs from the theater of war.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 748 Russia

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    1898/1910c.: Group of 21 picture postcards from rare early series, incl. newspaper motifs (6), embossed cards (7), or golden frame series (6).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 749 Russia

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    1899/1914: Group of eight picture postcards with motifs related to postal services such as postmen or the main PO building.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 750 Russia

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    1905/10: Five panorama picture postcards of St. Petersburg, four of used, one was sent through several countries; in addition two picture postcard sets mailed abroad.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 751 Russia

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    1917: Interesting group of 13 photo postcards depicting events in Petrograd at March 23 (burial of victims of the February Revolution) and April 18 (May 1st demonstrations); ten sent reg'd to Paris in 1917 and partially damaged on the picture side.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 752 Russia

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    1865 (May): Complete eight-page leaflet in German language listing and describing the steamer lines between St. Petersburg, Reval, Finland, and Stockholm. Very early time table, printed in St. Petersburg.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 753 Russia

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    1942: Small booklet (8.5 x 6 cm) with a panorama photo series of Leningrad during the siege by the German Wehrmacht showing all important buildings and industrial facilities with their distance. Pictures obtained obviously with a special telescope camera.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 754 Russia

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    1844/68: Group of seven ship's papers from New York, Amsterdam, London and Antwerp, all to St. Petersburg.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 755 Russia

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    1908/10c.: Two different topographic books 'Souvenir de St. Pétersbourg' depicting the showplaces and landmarks; in one book one finds in addition a large series of contemporary advertisements, from car to stamp dealers. Both books are in good condition but for some toning and rubbing of the covers.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 756 Russia

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    1786: Entire from Leipzig to Riga, sent back with handwritten notion 'Unknown letters are not accepted if not in a cover" (in German). No postmarks on this item.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 757 Russia

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    1793: Entire letter from Kronstadt  to Providence, Rhode Island, rate marking in red, directional ship markings, straight line N. YORK. SEP. 24 transit, Mss. arrival note, fine and rare item of Transatlantic Mail.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 758 Russia

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    1851: Matched pair of covers addressed to Prince Sayn-Wittgenstein in Tiflis, carried diplomatically from Germany to St. Petersburg, circular  M.I.D. mark of the Foreign Ministry applied, then entered into the mail system as shown by S.P.BURG circular cancel (Dobin 01.01.2.01), ideal for display of front and reverse.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 759 Russia

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    1855c.: Stampless, fully prepaid envelope, posted in Tiflis, closed on reverse with the official wax seal 'Value letter correspondence Tiflis Gubernia Mil. Postkont.', in addition large oval 'Sent from Tiflis' datestamp (Dobin type 51.1.13) from Sept 27, transit 'KRAKAU 13 /11' cds and 'WAIBLINGEN 16 / 11 / 5.' arrival cds, on front add. 'RUSSIE.' one-line mark and porto calculation of this early value letter to Germany.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 760 Russia

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    Armenia 1856: Cover with extensive contents, in French and Russian, weak IZ ERIVANI 1856 JUN ... OTPRAVLENO despatch cancel (Zakiyan Type 8) and arrival cancel of St. Petersburg POLUCHENO 1856 / 28 JUN (Dobin 01.03.4.05), both on reverse, roughly opened but a rare item.  
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 761 Russia

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    1863 (Nov 26): Lady's envelope, sent stampless as franco cover with cash prepayment from Rostov/Don via Prussian T.P.O., Badischer Bahnhof (Border Baden - Switzerland) and Basel to Lausanne (Dec 21). An interesting cover prior to the use of stamps for Russian mail abroad.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 762 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 12y+13y+15y
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    1865: Imperial Arms 1 k. black & yellow-orange, 2 k. black & green, and 10 k. brown & blue, tied by 'Potshtovij Vagon No. 3 19 Jul 1872' cds (St. Petersburg - Warsaw line T.P.O.) on part entire via Prussia to Berne Switzerland (Aug 3) with red Prussian transit and Bern arrival mark. A colourful  and fine item.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 763 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 13y+18x+21x
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    1865: 3 k. black & green (vert. pair), 1866 1 k. black & yellow (vert. pair) and 10 k. blue & brown, tied by 'RIGA 29 IYUN 1871' cds with red Prussian transit 'AUS RUSSLAND ' cds alongside on cover to Langnau/Switzerland with arrival cds on reverse (July 14).
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 764 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 15y
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    1865: 10 k. blue & brown, tied by 'POTSHTOVIJ VAGON no. 27-28 29 NOYA 1872' cds (Warsaw - Aleksandrov T.P.O. line) with red Prussian transit 'AUS RUSSLAND' cds alongside on outer letter sheet to Langnau (Switzerland), arrival cds on reverse (Sep 13).
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 765 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 16y
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    1865: 20 k. blue & orange, tied by St. Petersburg cds (July 8, 1872), with red framed 'PD' and blue French entry mark alongside on entire to Paris.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 766 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18+20+21
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    1874: Entire letter from Odessa to London franked by 1866-75 1 k. black & yellow, 5 k. black & deep lilac and 10 k. blue & red-brown all tied by "Odessa" cds's in black, reverse with Postal Wagon transits (47-48 and 21-22); front with superb strike of framed " WFr 1½" in red applied in Aachen (Van Der Linden unlisted) and London arrival (Nov 14). File fold away from adhesives, a scarce and attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 767 Russia

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    1866: 5 k. Russia issue, colour trials on watermarked and gummed paper in all the known colours: orange, red, green, violet and blue (Standart catalogue, page 66), fresh appearance. Each stamp signed Mikulski.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 768 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19x+21x
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    1866: 3 k. black & green (hor. pair) and 10 k. blue & brown, tied by 'ODESSA 16 IYUN. 1873' cds, with circular violet 'OPLATSHENO', German framed 'AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO' and British orange 'LONDON E.C. PAID' alongside on entire to London (July 2).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 769 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19y
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    1872: Outer letter sheet from TAGANROG  to Genoa, with transit cancels, franked strip of three 1 k. on vertically laid paper, one stamp stained, but a rare franking Mi = EUR 300 for the stamps. Provenance: Collection Mertens.                         Collection Bianchi.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 770 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 20ya
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    1872: Formular card from Berdyansk to Odessa, neatly franked and cancelled 5 k. lilac and black on vertically laid paper, a rare stamp on cover or card Mi = EUR 300 for the stamp.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 771 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 21x
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    1866: 10 k. blue & brown, tied by 'ODESSA 27 MAR. 1875' cds, Russian 'OPLATSHENO' (Paid) but French 'AFFR. INSUFF.' alongside, on entire to Montpellier, Russian and French transit and arrival (Apr 14) marks on front and reverse.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 772 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 26x
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    1875: 8 k. grey & lilac, tied by Warsaw cds (Aug 6, 1875) on outer letter sheet to Langnau (Switzerland), arrival cds on reverse (Aug 20).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 773 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 38y
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    1884: 3 r. 50 kop without thunderbolts, three used copies with minor faults and one Fournier Forgery with forged MOSCOW NIKOL Zh D cancellation Mi = EUR 2'400.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 774 Russia

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    Russo-Japanese War 1904: Commercial cover to Paris, franked 10 k., headlined Vladivostok, but with Harbin Field Post Office cancellation (Tchilingirian & Stephen T. 7, rated "RR" on civilian mail), Harbin Commandant's seal and Paris receiver.              
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 775 Russia

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    1903c.: 1 k. orange arms definitive, tied by figural mark of the 15th city PO on charity envelope of the St. Petersburg Red Cross committee within the city, red cds alongside. Russian Art Nouveau decoration of the cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 776 Russia

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    1905 (Apr 13): 10 k. blue arms definitive, tied by cds's of Kublitsh Viteb(sk) Gubernia on charity envelope of the St. Evgenia foundation (Red Cross) to Berlin. Russian Art Nouveau decoration of the cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 777 Russia

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    1906 (Jan 1): 1 k. orange arms definitive, tied by Kiev cds on charity envelope of the St. Evgenia foundation (Red Cross). Russian Art Nouveau decoration of the cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 778 Russia

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    1909 (March 27): 1 k. orange arms definitive, tied by St. Petersburg cds on charity envelope of the St. Petersburg Red Cross, sent within the city. Russian Art Nouveau decoration in multipe lithography, maybe the most attractive of the Red Cross charity envelopes; artist N. Sultanov.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 779 Russia

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    Romanov Tercentenary 1913: Pre-printed Money Transfer Form for gifts to be sent to the Grand Duke Mikhail in honour the Icons of St. Bogoroditsa Feodorovskaya, perfect, never hinged mint condition and rare. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 780 Russia

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    1915: Registered cover, value declared, from Moscow to Golutvin Mosc. G., roughly opened, franked  3 r. 56 k., all on front, and including rare use of 2 r. Romanov on cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 781 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 110-111
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    1916: The scarce 1 and 2 k. Currency stamps each in two never hinged, post office fresh, blocks of four for display of front and back (16 stamps) Mi = EUR 392++.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 782 Russia

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    1881: United Kingdom passport for D. B. Thornton, signed Earl Granville, fine condition in original leather holder, used for travel to Russia and franked with red St. Petersburg 40 k. Prigorod stamp, one of the rarest St. Petersburg fiscals (Barefoot 12 = £ 100), probably a unique item. Handle with care!
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 640 CHF

    Lot# : 783 Russia

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    1882: General Fiscal issue, colour and gum trial on unwatermarked paper, two copies, one hinged with original gum and one unused mint with full original gum, allowing display of front and back, faults to top perfs on one copy and paper crease to other as normal for these trials.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 784 Russia

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    1913: Consular Fiscals, group of ten stamps: 1 k., 2 k., 10 k., 50 k., 75 k. 1 r. 50, 2 r. 25, 3 r., 5 r. and 7 r. 50. Except for the 2 r. 25 all are never hinged mint.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 785 Russia

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    Northern Army Unissued Currency 50 k. Currency Stamp, inter-panneau block of eight, intended to be folded and gummed together, never hinged and rare in this undivided form. Provenance: Collection Alexander Epstein.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 786 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 1-8
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    Western Army 1919: First Issue, the set of eight lightly hinged, signed Riep, reliable for this issue (Riep prepared the 1925 catalogue of the von Scharfenberg Western Army collection). Only 342 sets of this scarce issue are supposed to be possible. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 787 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 9-11
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    Western Army 1919: First Issue overprinted on Liberation of Riga set and affixed to blank philatelic cover, genuine cancel of JELGAWA LATWIJA "a" 11 10 19, authenticated on reverse by the Jelgawa postmaster with his seal and later by the dealer Koningsfest. Useful item for expertising this difficult issue.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 788 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 8A
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    Kuban 1920 (Aug 14): 25 r. on 5 k. red perf. (vertical strip of four) of the Kuban definitive issue, tied with cds of Briyukoovetsnaya Kuban, on front of parcel card, sent to Kolomna (Oct 14). Trophy use of the Kuban stamps under Soviet rule.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 789 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 8A,4B
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    Kuban 1920 (Jul 6): 25 r. on 5 k. red perf. (vertical strip of three) and 1 r. on 3 k. red (horizontal pair) of the Kuban definitive issue, tied with cds of Armavir Kuban, on front of parcel card, sent to Arkadak Saratov Gubernia (Aug 24). Trophy use of the Kuban stamps under Soviet rule.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 790 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 11A,2B,Russia 63
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    Kuban 1920 (May 25): 25 r. on 25 k. green & violet perf. (block of four) and 50 k. on 2 k. green imperf. of the Kuban definitive issue as well as 1 k. orange perf. Imperial Arms definitives (vertical pair), tied with cds of Ekaterinodar Kuban on front of parcel card sent to Moscow. As the 1 k. stamps were valued as 1 r., the tariff of 102.50 r. was correctly paid.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 791 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 4B,Russia 72IIB
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    Kuban 1920 (Dec 4): 1 r. on 3 k. red imperf. (part sheet of 40) of the Kuban definitive issue and 20 k. blue & red imperf. Imperial Arms definitives (3), tied with cds of Olginskaya Kuban on front and reverse of compl. undelivered parcel card. Fine combination use of trophy Kuban stamps and revalued Imperial stamps.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 792 Ukraine

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    Mariupil Issue 1919: 35 k. on 10 sh. Ukraine General Issue, complete sheet of 100, overprint displaced upwards, valuable for plating Mi = EUR 5'000++.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 793 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 1B,Russia 77B
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    Denikin 1920 (June 16): 5 k. yellow (irregular cut block of 24) Denikin definitives and 1 r. orange & brown (two horizontal pairs) Imperial arms definitives, tied with cds of Petrovsk, Dagestan oblast, on front and reverse of parcel card, sent to Moscow (Jul 17). The 5 k. stamps were valued as 5 r. each, resulting in the correct 97 r. fee. Trophy use of the Denikin stamps. Stamps on reverse are detached for presentation purposes. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 794 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 2B,8B
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    Denikin 1920 (May 27): 10 k. green (two blocks of four) and 3 r. red-brown & green (gutter pair) Denikin definitives, tied with cds of Groznyi, Terskaya Oblast, on front and reverse of parcel card, sent to Staraya Lebezhaika, Saratov Gubernia (June 14). Following the Soviet postal rules of March 1920, the 10 k. stamps were valued as 10 r. each, resulting in the correct 86 r. parcel fee. Trophy use of the Denikin stamps in Groznyi which was occupied few months ago. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 795 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 2B perf.
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    Denikin 1920 (June 1st): 10 k. green (unoficially perf. 9½ : 10) Denikin definitive, valued as 10 r. and tied with cds of Voznesensk-Rudnik, Yekaterinoslav Gubernia on money transfer card, sent to Ivan, Orlovsk Gubernia (June 15). Trophy use of the rare perf. Denikin stamp. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 796 Russia

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    Denikin 1919 (Jun 26): Ednaya Rossiya 10 k. green, 15 k. red and 35 k. blue (2 and strip of three) in combination with Imperial Arms 3 r. 50 definitives imperf (8, as horizontal strip of four, vertical pair and two single subjects), overprinted with Ukrainian Tridents and tied with Grishino cds on front and back of money transfer card to Rostov/Don, stamps punched for sure devaluation. Great combined use Denikin and Trident stamps.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 797 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 7B,8B
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    Denikin 1920 (Apr 20): 2 r. violet & yellow and 3 r. red-brown & green (horizontal strip of five) Denikin definitives, tied with cds of Rostov / Don on front and reverse of parcel card, sent to Serdobsk, Saratov Gubernia (May 3). Trophy use of the Denikin stamps by a soldier of the Red Army in Rostov which was occupied three month ago. A fine item. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 798 Russia

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    Far Eastern Republic 1920: Local letter franked on reverse Imperial 3 k. perforated, cancelled VLADIVOSTOK "b" 9 10 20, used at the Gold Kopeck rate just before the introduction of DVR overprinted adhesives, very scarce and significant item for the postal history of the DVR.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 799 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 12A
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    Far Eastern Republic 1920: 1 r. perforated overprinted "DVR", fine used with part Vladivostok cancel, signed Dr. R. J. Ceresa in green.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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