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Lot# : 1561 Russia
Lot# : 1562 Russia
1857 (Dec): 10 kop. deep brown & blue, a used example with huge margins all round, neatly cancelled by "1" numeral in concentric rings of Warsaw in black. Choice and absolutely superb. Signed A. Diena. Cert. R. Mondolfo (1969) Mi = € 1'000.Starting bid : 200.00 CHFHammer price : 1,600.00 CHFLot# : 1563 Russia
1858 (Feb 25): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Saratov bearing 1858 10 kop. brown and blue perf 14¾ : 15 (one nibbed perf), tied by 'experimental' type 2 dotted numeral '1' obliterator in black with boxed "S.P.Burg / 25 FEB 58" despatch datestamp in red and large "Polucheno v Saratov 16 MAR" arrival cds in black alongside. A very fine and fresh entire from the well known Kokujev correspondence to Saratov, a very early usage of the second type of the St. Petersburg experimental numeral obliterator, it is known from February 19, 1858. Cert. Mikulski (1996).Starting bid : 400.00 CHFHammer price : 550.00 CHFLot# : 1564 Russia
1865 (July 17): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Chatillon-de-Michaille, France bearing 1858 30 kop. red & green as well as 1864 1 kop. black & yellow (2) and 5 kop. black & violet, all perf. 12½, four fresh and fine adhesives, tied by the hexagonal numeral '11' obliterator of the PO at the St. Petersburg station of the SPB - Warsaw railway line, a matching cds on reverse, and "P.D." in red alongside the franking. Obverse shows in addition a perfect strike of Prussian "AUS RUSSLAND / über BÜR XI EDK BRG / FRANCO 30 7 65" entry cds in Eydtkuhnen in red and French "PRUSSE 1 AOUT 65 ERQUELINES" enty cds in blue. Reverse with Paris transit, Paris-Lyon ambulant and arrival (Aug 2) cds's, it shows a 'f8' (sgr.) weiterfranco note in blue crayon for postage beyond Prussia. A most attractive entire showing the pre-1866 rate to France. Signed Bolaffi.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 3,400.00 CHFLot# : 1602 Russia
1865/1965c: Lot 24 cover/postcards incl. 1855 Entire letter written during the Crimean War in St. Petersburg, transported with private courier to Liége, Belgium and despatched there to Sentier, Switzerland, picture postcard from Manshuria railway station to Shanghai, motif Field service in a White Russian Airbase, Russian aviator with autograph and Airplane crash during WWI, patriotic and propaganda covers during WWII, also some Airmail ODVF charity vignettes and a solid collection of used stamps from the Empire to Soviet times.Starting bid : 200.00 CHFHammer price : 400.00 CHFLot# : 1603 Russia
1915/17c: Lot 150 formular and stationery postcards, primarily from POW's of the Austro-Hungarian army in the Russian empire, few directed to Russian POW's in Austria, sent primarily to Bohemia, Moravia and Hungary and coming from the camps in Central Asia and Siberia. Cards show the usual plethora of postmarks and Austrian nad Russian censorship handstamps from Tashkent, Irkutsk, Omsk, Blagoveshchensk, Samara ...Starting bid : 150.00 CHFHammer price : 160.00 CHF
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