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  • Lot# : 6629 Russia

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    1858 (May 21): Cover from Zhitomir to Warsaw, bearing 1857 10 kop. brown & blue imperf. from Plate I, a fresh and fine adhesive with large regular margins all round, tied by prephilatelic boxed "ZHITOMIR 21 MAY 1858" datestamp. Seal excised from the reverse, nevertheless an attractive and fresh usage. Cert. Mikulski (1998) Mi = € 5'000.rnNote: Pre-philatelic postmarks were used between March and July 1858 when numeral dotted obliterators came into use throughout Russia.rnProvenance: Agathon Fabergé collection, Harmers, London, 20 Nov 1939, lot 123.
    Starting bid : 2,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6630 Russia

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    1858 (Jan 12): Cover from Riga to Libava, bearing 1857 10 kop. brown & blue imperf. from Plate II, in a vivid shade, fresh with large margins all round, attractively tied by central pen stroke, reverse with boxed  "RIGA 12 JAN. 1858" datestamp. A very early usage from the first month of issue, prior to the cancellation of the new adhesives by prephilatelic handstamps Mi = € 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Pavlovsk, 96. Corinphila sale (March 1996), lot 4443.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6631 Russia

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    1858 (Apr 29): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, bearing 1858 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 14½, a fresh and fine adhesive, tied by the second experimental numeral obliterator '1' of St. Petersburg with oval despatch datestamp in red alongside. Reverse with Warsaw arrival and distribution postmarks in red (May 17). An attractive cover. Cert. Mikulski (1991).rnNote: Numeral dotted obliterators came into use in St. Petersburg earlier than in the rest of Russia. At the beginning two types of experimental obliterators were used, this second type between February and June 1858.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 480.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6632 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 5
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    1865 (Aug 15): Envelope from Taganrog to Constantinople, endorsed "with steamer from Odessa", bearing 1858 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 12½, three fresh and fine single adhesives, tied by crisp "TAGANROG 15 AUG. 1865" cds's in black. Vertical filing fold well away from the stamps, a very fine cover. rnNote: The rate to the Levant was 10 kop. per Loth for Russia and 20 kop. for ROPiT.rnProvenance: Collection Fabergé.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 700.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6633 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 6
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    1860 (Oct 27): Double rate cover from Rostov to St. Petersburg, bearing 1858 20 kop. blue & orange perf. 12½, tied by rectangular dotted numeral '119' of Rostov. Reverse with Rostov despatch and St. Petersburg arrival cds's (Nov. 5). Part of backflap missing, some wear to the cover, nevertheless an attractive usage. Cert. Mikulski (1994).
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 170.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6634 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 7
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    1868 (Aug 28): Double rate envelope from the small village Vosniesienskij Posad to Rouen, France, bearing horizontal pair 1858 30 kop. red & green perf. 12½, tied by crisp cds's, PD in red and French entry "PRUSSEE ERQUELINES 10 SEPT. 68" cds in blue alongside. The obverse shows Prussian "f 5½" (sgr.) weiterfranko in red crayon. Reverse with Moscow transit (Aug 31) and Rouen arrival cds's. An appealing cover, a very late usage of the third issue from this small village. 
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6635 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 9+14y+15y
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    1865 (Sept 16): Envelope from St. Petersburg to Vaugirard, France bearing vertical pair 1864 1 kop. black & yellow perf. 12½ in mixed franking with 1865 5 kop. black  & violet and horizontal strip of three 10 kop. brown & blue, tied by St. Petersburg despatch cds, "P.D." and Prussian "AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO 29 9 65" transit cds, both in red as well as French "PRUSSE 1 OCT. 65 ERQUELINES" entry cds in blue alongside. Reverse with datestamps of St. Peterburg city and expeditiya P.O.'s and Vaugirard arrival cds (Oct. 1). Minor toning, nevertheless an appealing three-colour mixed issue franking to pay the 37 kopek pre-1866 rate to France. Signed Sottoriva.rnProvenance:  Collection Henry C. Gibson, Eugene Klein, New York, 11 March 1944, lot 360.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 240.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6636 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 15+16
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    1866 (Dec 2): Triple rate cover from Taganrog to Constantinople, endorsed "with steamer from Odessa", bearing 1865 10 kop. brown & blue, a single example and 20 kop. blue & orange in a block of four, all perf. 14½, tied by "TAGANROG 2 DEC. 1866" cds's in black. Vertical filing fold below the 10 kop. adhesive and some perforation irregularities, nevertheless a very rare usage of the block and a fine usage to pay three times the 30 kopek rate. Cert. E. Diena (1978)rnNote: The single rate to the Levant was 10 kop. per Loth for Russia and 20 kop. for ROPiT.
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6637 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 16
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    1868 (Dec 18): Double rate cover from Warsaw to St. Petersburg, bearing 1865 20 kop. blue & orange perf. 14½, a superb adhesive with vibrant colour and strong embossing, tied by "WARSAWA 18 12 1868". Reverse with St. Petersburg arrival cds (Dec 20). Part of backflap missing, opened roughly on reverse, nevertheless a most attractive cover. 
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 750.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6638 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x
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    1877 (Aug 20): Printed matter wrapper from St. Petersburg to Cairo, bearing a vertical pair of 1866 1 kop. black & yellow on horizontally laid paper perf. 14½, a fine and fresh multiple with vibrant colour, tied by "C. PETERBURG VII EKSP. 20 AUG. 1877". Reverse with oval TRIEST transit datestamp (Sept. 1, 1877). Some toning, but an interesting printed matter item directed to the Khedive of Egypt. Cert. Mikulski (1993).
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6639 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x
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    1883 (March 26): Stationery envelope 5 kop. grey with additional franking of a horizontal pair of 1866 1 kop. black & yellow on horizontally laid paper perf. 14½, tied by "BOLDINSKOJE P.O. 26 MAR. 1883" cds and sent to Moscow, reverse with arrival cds of the next day. A most attractive item.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 260.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6640 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x+19x+28x
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    1877 (July 23): Registered cover from Tsivilsk to the court in Kazan bearing 1866 1 kop. black & yellow, 3 kop. black  & green (2) on horizontally laid paper and 1875 20 kop. blue & orange (2), each of the five stamps tied by "TSIVILSK 23 IYUL. 1877" cds. Arrival "KAZAN UTR. 27 IYUL. 1877" arrival cds alongside. Wax seal cut out from the reverse, nevertheless an appealing three-colour franking.rnNote: The correct 47 kop. rate four times 8 kop. for a cover of four loth, 10 kop. registration fee and 5 kop. for the receipt, in the 1875 tariff.rnProvenance: Collection Liphschutz, Harmers, Lugano, part III, Feb 1994, lot 2114.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 380.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6641 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x+21x
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    1874 (April 24): Fully paid entire letter from Odessa to a cheese dealer in Langnau, Switzerland bearing 1866 1 kop. black & yellow (3) and 10 kop. brown & blue, tied by Odessa despatch cds, "P.D." and boxed FRANKIROVANO alongside. The obverse shows also the '1½' (Sgr.) weiterfranco in red crayon, reverse with two Russian railway line cds's, Vienna and Burgdorf transit as well as Langnau arrival cds (May 11). 
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6642 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 19y+20ax+21y
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    1872 (March 16): Entire letter from Odessa to Montpellier bearing 1866 3 kop. black & green and 10 kop. brown & blue (2) on vertically laid paper as well as 5 kop. black & lilac on horizontally laid paper, four fresh and fine adhesives, tied by light Odessa despatch cds's. Russian oval framed FRANKIROVANO in mauve, Austrian "A. / P.D." in black and French "AUTR. AVRICOURT 2 AVRIL 72" entry cds in blue alongside. Reverse with Paris transit and Montpellier arrival cds (April 3). A fine and fresh cover with a rare usage of the vertically laid stamps. Cert. Mikulski (1994).
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6643 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 20xa
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    1878 (Jan 23): Formular postcard bearing 1866 5 kop. black & lilac on horizontally laid paper, tied by dotted numeral obliterator with two line prephilatelic "TIFLISKAYA STANITZA" datestamp alongside, sent to a book shop in Odessa, reverse with arrival cds (Jan 31). 
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 160.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6644 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 21y
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    1872 (May 2): Envelope from Warsaw to Lvov bearing 1866 10 kop. brown & blue on vertically laid paper, a fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, tied by despatch cds of the Warsaw postal administration for international mail, another information strike, POLOGNE and boxed FRANCO alongside. Reverse with "LEMBERG LVOV 15 / 5 72" arrival cds. A fine and fresh cover showing the local cross-border rate to Austria.rnProvenance: Collection Liphschutz, Harmers, Lugano, part III, Feb 1994, lot 2104.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 200.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6646 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 23x
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    1875 (Aug 15): Registered Envelope from Klin to Königsberg, Germany, bearing 1866 30 kop. rose & green on horizontally laid paper, tied by crisp Klin despatch cds. Russian framed ZAKAZNOJE - Registered handstamp and German provisional registration label for incoming registered mail used at Eydtkuhnen-Dirschau alongside. Reverse with additional Klin information strike and "BESTELLUNG 31 8" distribution cds of the Königsberg P.O. Some toning and edge wear, nevertheless an interesting item, mailed just after the foundation of the GPU with an early usage of the German provisional label.rnNote: The franking is rather arbitrary, presumably due to the rate changes related to the establishment of the new GPU rates which came into force on June 19, 1875 (Julian calendar). A registered single rate cover like the present one should have been franked with 8 kop. for the cover, 10 kop. for the registration and 5 kop. for the receipt, in total 23 kop.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 400.00 CHF

    Lot# : 6647 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 25x
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    1882 (Dec 15): Decorative envelope from Tambov to St. Imier, Switzerland, bearing 1879 7 kop. grey & carmine on horizontally laid paper, tied by fair "TAMBOV 15 DEC 1882" cds, another information strike alongside. Reverse with Swiss Ambulant and St. Imier arrival cds's (Jan 3, 1883). An appealing item with full original contents.rnNote: Between 1879 and 1889 postal rates within Russia and to other members of the UPU were identical.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 300.00 CHF
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