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  • Lot# : 1803 Ukraine

    1918: General Issue Currency Stamp, 50 sh. red in complete sheet of 100, folded once, never hinged. Rare in sheet form Bulat  = $ 500++.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1804 Ukraine

    1918: Podillia Trident Type XIVb on 2 k. imperf. (Bulat 2075) as block of 25 (5 x 5) with one double overprint (Bulat 2075a), clearly showing the work of a left-handed clerk, unusual, fresh mint with fault to back of one stamp Bulat = $ 505.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1805 Ukraine

    1918: Poltava Trident Type Ia in violet on a complete pane (25) of 2 k. perf. (Bulat 943), eleven stamps showing weak and missing strikes corrected by application of Poltava Ib in black (Bulat 943d), a rare multiple. 
    Provenance: Collection Lindenmeyer  
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1806 Ukraine

    1918 (April 4): Imperial Arms 25 k. green & violet perf. and 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf., tied by KUBANSKOYE KHERS. G. / VOL. PRAV. cds's to reverse of large-format cover, sent from the rural administration of Kubanskoye with its cachet alongside to Odessa (May 4). 5th weight rate cover in the January UNR rate, sent about one month after Odessa was captured by troops of the Central Powers. Shortened a little bit on top.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1807 Ukraine

    1918 (May 11): 5 k. mauve, 70 k. brown & orange and 1 r. dark-brown & orange Imperial Arms definitives, all perf., tied by Skvira cds's to reverse of large-format registered envelope, sent from Skvira notarial office with large red wax seal to Kiev District court with Kiev arrival mark alongside (May 13). 1.75 rouble tariff for a registered cover in the sixth weight group of UNR rate from January 15, 1918, sent briefly after occupation of Ukraine by troops of the Central Powers.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1808 Ukraine

    1918 (June 12): 25 k. green & lila and 50 k. violet & green (block of five) Imperial Arms definitives, all perf., tied by Berdichev cds's to reverse of large-format registered envelope, sent from Berdichev notarial office to Kiev District court with Kiev arrival mark alongside (June 13). 2.75 roubles tariff for a registered cover in the tenth weight group of UNR rate from January 15, 1918.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1809 Ukraine

    1918 (July): Two different combinations of revenue stamps (20 & 5 k. and 10 & 15 k.) used as definitives, tied by Korets Volhynia cds's to reverse of two covers, sent to Novograd.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1810 Ukraine

    1918 (Sept 5): Eight different Imperial Arms definitives perf. & imperf. with Poltava Trident overprints (three with inverted ovpt.) on overpaid local registered cover within Poltava. Philatelic but from the rarest district. Opened on three sides for better display. Signed U.P.V.
    Provenance: Collection Dr. Seichter with his notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1811 Ukraine

    1918 (Sept 10): Imperial Arms definitives, 25 k. green & lila, 50 k. violet & green and 70 k. brown & orange (two blocks of ten, strip of four and two singles), all overprinted with Podolia type Tridents, tied by blue Dzhurin Podolia cds's to front and back of parcel card with 200 rub. cash on delivery, sent to Taganrog (Sept 13). Some faults of stamps glued to the edge, no punching.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his handwritten notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1812 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 2): Imperial Arms definitives, 2 k. green perf., 3 k. red imperf., 70 k. brown & orange perf. and 1 rub. dark-brown & orange imperf. (two strips of three), all with Odessa type Trident overprints, tied by Voznesensk Kherson cds's to front and back of parcel card with a cash on delivery of 50 roubles, sent to Olevsk Volhynia (Oct 3). Scissor cut into stamps as usual.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1813 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 3): Imperial Arms definitives, 10 k. blue and 70 k. brown & orange (vertical pair), all perf. and with Kiev type Trident overprints, tied by Berdichev cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Kiev but finally returned to Berdichev.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1814 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 3): Imperial Arms definitives, 1 rub. dark-brown & orange imperf. (one and vertical pair), all without Trident overprints, tied by Sarny Volhynia cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Stepan Volhynia (Oct 15). Stamps punched as usual. Stamps without Tridents were no more valid after October 1918, but they were used on this card.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1815 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 4): Postal archive document describing and fixing a 40 k. shortage on a Money Transfer Order with 20/14 k. blue & red Imperial Arms (pair) with Odessa type Trident overprint added to this item, cancelled with pen stroke.
    Provenance: Collections Sapozhnikov, Epstein and Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1816 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 12): Imperial letter card 10 k. on 7 k. ovpt, further overprinted with Podolia type 1a Trident, cancelled with Vapnyarka Podolia cds and directed to Poltava, no arrival mark. Although with full message this letter card is presumably philatelic and cancelled to order as the letter rate was 25 k. However this is the only example known of this usage. Shown in Ceresa, Vol. 2 Ukraine, Parts 14/19 Podolia, p. 270 and plate CCCLII.
    Provenance: Collections M. Shmuely and Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1817 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 18): Imperial Arms 50 kop. red-brown & green, perforation clipped prior to use, with local Trident of Novozybkov hand-drawn in violet ink (Bulat # 2460 for imperf. 50 k., valuation $ 160 for used stamp), tied by Novozybkov cds to cover with another strike on reverse.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1818 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 22): Imperial Arms definitives, 15 kop. violet & blue imperf., 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf. (2) and 3.50 r. perf. (vertical pair), all with different Odessa type overprints, tied by Nikolayev cds's to front and back of parcel card with insurance and cash on delivery at the same time, sent to Skvira Kiev Gub (Oct. 25). Stamps without punching, but imperf. stamps show some sort of local perforation.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1819 Ukraine

    1918 (Nov 2): Imperial Arms definitives, 1 k. orange (strip of five), 3 k. red (strip of five) and 15 k. violet & blue, all with Kharkov type Trident overprints plus Ukrainian definitives 10 sh. light-brown & 20 sh. dark-brown, tied by Rylsk Kursk Gubernia cds's to registered letter, sent to Tworkau Germany with arrival mark on reverse (Nov 28). This Southern part of Kursk district belonged to Ukraine in the borders defined by the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Nice cover with the back completely covered with advertisements.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1820 Ukraine

    1918 (Dec 7): Imperial Arms definitive, 7 r. dark-green & pink imperf. with Kiev type I Trident overprints (Bulat no. 48) in a block of four, tied by Belilovka Kiev Gub. cds's in blue to reverse of Money Transfer Card, sent to Berdichev (Dec 21). Stamps not punched, a very attractive MTF card. Signed Bulat BPP.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1821 Ukraine

    1919: Kyiv I Broken Trident on 50 k., 1 r. and 3 r. Romanov, used on separate small pieces all cancelled 20 1 19, each expertised ZELONKA UPNS. These stamps are unlisted in both Seichter and Bulat and are the only recorded examples.
    Provenance: Believed to be ex Collection Ivan Bobyn.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1822 Ukraine

    1919 (Jan 25): Imperial Arms definitive, 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf. and 3.50 r. brown & green perf., both with Kiev type II Trident overprints, tied by Uman Kiev Gub. cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Ternovka Podolia (Jan 29), forwarded to Ladizhin Kiev Gub. (Feb 2). Stamps not punched or cut.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1823 Ukraine

    Kherson type Trident overprints, 1919 (May 10): Eight perf. and seven imperf. Imperial Arms definitives (no duplication), all overprinted with red local so called Kherson or Hetman type Trident overprints (Bulat ex # 2364/2384, six stamps valued -.- in used condition), tied by Kramatorskaya Khar. cds's to reverse of registered cover to Vershtgorodsk Kiev Gub (May 30) with green COD label instead of a registration label on front. In spite of its philatelic nature a fine item with this rare issue. Signed Maslowski.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1824 Ukraine

    1919 (May 23): Two Imperial arms 7 k. blue stationery envelopes with Kharkov type Trident overprint (Bulat #97) with additional franking of Kharkov type overprinted 5 r. dark-blue & green perf. (Bulat # 750) and 7 r. dark-green & pink imperf. (Bulat # 757), respectively, tied by Ukrainian style 'KHARKIV 3' cds's and sent as value covers with green labels to Moscow with arrival marks on reverse (May 26). One signature Dr. R. Ceresa.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1825 Ukraine

    1919 (June 12): Money Transfer Card, used from Nikitovka Yekaterinoslav Gub. for the transfer of 5'000 roubles to Rostov/Don (June 14). The postage of 50 r. was paid in cash, a violet handstamp was added to indicate this fact.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1826 Ukraine

    1919 (Aug 19): Imperial Arms 1 r. dark-brown & orange with Podilia Trident overprints (22, partially in larger units), tied by Valnyarka Podolia cds's to front and reverse of telegraphic Money Transfer Form (local Kiev issue with inverted Arms symbol), sent to Shargorod Podolia with arrival cds on reverse (Sept 16). Some creases but a fine compl. Money Transfer Form.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1827 Ukraine

    1920 (July 18): Large page from a Savings book, franked on front with two counter sheets of 25 stamps each of Imperial Arms definitives 50 k. violet & green and four counter sheets of 25 stamps each of 70 k. brown & orange, all with Trident overprints, in addition on reverse Ukrainian definitives 50 shahiv red (block of 20), in total a sum of 100 roubles, all cancelled by blue-black Vapnyarka Podolia Gub. Archive punching holes and other imperfections to be expected from an item of that sheer size.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1828 Ukraine

    1920: Imperial Arms definitives 2 k. green imperf. and 3 k. red perf., both in vertical pairs and overprinted with Ukrainian Tridents, tied by cds 'KROLEVETS 9.12.20' to reverse of registered cover sent to Moscow with arrival mark (Dec 15) alongside. Late use of Trident overprints in the USSR to pay the registration surcharge in the 'postage-free' rate system.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1829 Ukraine

    1921: Money Transfer Card and a fragment, both franked with Trident overprinted Arms definitives allowed by Soviet postal administration as 'Trophy' stamps of the reoccupied Ukraine, revalued 1 : 100 in March 1920. Some faults but still a fine late Trident use.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2692 Ukraine

    1918: Trident issues, 64 page stockbook of Forgeries, very varied with more interesting types, many with Seichter or Bulat condemnation handstamps, over 2500 stamps, ten covers and cards, excellent lot for specialist.  
    Provenance: Collection Zelonka.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 2693 Ukraine

    1918: Specialised collection 170 used/unused stamps, incl. multiples all with Podilia Tridents showing clear handstamp strikes with identifications and detailed notes. A very good lot Bulat = $ 1'100+.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2694 Ukraine

    Kyiv 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused Kyiv ovpts on single adhesives and multiples up to sheets of 25, incl. single and multiple handstamp usages, Arnold and Svenson types, ovpts on Chainbreaker, Romanov, Postal Saving and better Imperial arms stamps up to 10 rub. perf. definitives, showing varieties such as center offsets or inverted Tridents, in addition Ministerial ovpts on Romanov commemorative stamps, closes with a group of forgeries or doubtful adhesives. A fine assembly in a 28 side stockbook, incl. items unlisted and unpriced in Bulat catalogue, few stamps punched Bulat = $ 8'600+.
    Note: This and the following seven Lots are from the collection of Alexander Epstein, well-known for his publications on Ukrainian postal history in the 1917 - 23 period. This collection was formed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s - 70s and so could not be submitted to Dr. Seichter or other recognised experts. However, the collection was carefully formed and the great majority of the material is genuine. Forgeries are marked as such.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2695 Ukraine

    Kharkiv 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps and mutiple units with Kharkiv ovpts, incl. single and multiple handstamp usages, Dzenis reprints, ovpts on better Imperial arms stamps up to 10 rub., stamp varieties such as offsets or center shifts as well as overprint varieties such as inverted or double Tridents, in addition local issues Kharkiv 4 to Kharkiv 7, only few fakes or doubtful adhesives marked as such Bulat = $ 5'200.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2696 Ukraine

    Katerynoslav 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps with Katerynoslav ovpts, partially in multiples, incl. multiple type I ovpts as well as single handstamp rouble value type II ovpts showing varieties such as inverted or violet Tridents, in addition a useful fake section marked as such Bulat = $ 2'200.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2697 Ukraine

    Poltava 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps with Poltava handstamp ovpts in black, violet and green, a fine selection of this rare district incl. better ones such as high values up to 10 roubles, values unlisted or unpriced in Bulat, multiples and a group of fragments, in addition fakes or doubtful adhesives marked as such, few stamps punched. To be inspected to be fully appreciated Bulat = $ 8'800+.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2698 Ukraine

    Odesa 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused single adhesives and mutiples up to full sheets of 100, all with Odesa ovpts applied by typography or handstamps, incl. better ones such as type I and III on low kopeck values and high values up to 10 roubles, several values unlisted or unpriced in Bulat, many varieties such as shifted or inverted Tridents or ovpts on the gum side, plate flaws, in addition few fakes or doubtful adhesives marked as such Bulat = $ 13'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 2699 Ukraine

    Podillia 1918: Collection hundreds used/unused stamps with Podillia handstamp ovpts in black and violet colour in a 28 side album, fragments and mutiples up to sheets of 25, incl. many key adhesives of this difficult district, also stamps unlisted or unpriced in Bulat, varieties such as inverted Tridents, in addition few fakes or doubtful adhesives marked as such, few stamps punched or cut in Bulat = $ 22'600+.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2700 Ukraine

    Local Tridents 1918: Selection 100 used/unused stamps, partially on fragments, some punched, a fine range with many stamps not priced or even unknown to Bulat, incl. adhesives from Nova Pryluka, Tsybuliv, Chernihiv type I and II with clear imprints showing remnants of original frame, Homel, Novobylitsia type I, Zhytomir I and III, Berezno, Ovruch, Zdolbuniv, Kherson, and Lubashivka as well as Popov ovpts, two on piece. Includes also some adhesives with Trident ovpts of unknown source. Few stamps punched Bulat = $ 3'000 and 34 unpriced stamps.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 2701 Ukraine

    1918/23: Group hundreds used/unused Ukrainian nationalist stamps as singles and multiples incl. Shahiv issues with different papers and colors, Postmaster perforations, money stamps, also used as definitives, Hryven stamps, 1919 UNR provisional stamps, six out of seven issued, Vienna issue with rare 12½ perforation, in addition Mariupil and Soviet Hunger Relief issues, local Soviet issues from Kharkiv, Kyiv and smaller P.O.'s such as Tultshin and Talnoe, includes also 1918 Imperial Arms forerunners, a piece with a Denikin & Benefit of mailman stamp combination as well as a useful fake section Bulat = $ 2'500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 2702 Ukraine

    Postal Saving Stamps 1918/19: Lot nine covers and one Money Transfer Order, four of the covers registered, all franked with Postal Saving stamps used as definitives and valued at face, partially together with perf. or imperf. Imperial Arms or Shahiv definitives, some covers with philatelic background.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2703 Ukraine

    1918 (August): Lot four registered covers from the pre-Trident period from different cities and with different labels or Numerator marks, showing all different combinations of perf. Imperial Arms definitives to match the 50 k. UNR rate, coming into force in January of that year.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2704 Ukraine

    1918 (October): Lot four covers, one of them registered and one postcard, all franked with Shahiv definitives, incl. postcard with Volochinsk Voksal oval datestamp.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2705 Ukraine

    1918/19: Lot six covers and one stationery postcard, all with Trident - overprinted stamps, incl. refolded German Fieldpost envelope used again registered from Sumy, Yekaterinoslav registered cover, signed Kobylanski and Kiev registered cover with mixed franking Trident and Shahiv.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2706 Ukraine

    1918/19: Four 5 kop. Kerensky stationery postcards with different types of Trident overprints plus a non-overprinted 3 kop. Imperial stationery postcard, two of these with additional franking of Imperial or Trident definitives, sent within Ukraine or to Germany.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2707 Ukraine

    1919/20: Group four Money Transfer Forms and Parcel Cards and two fragments thereof, with one exception all franked with 'trophy' use of UNR Trident-overprinted Imperial Arms stamps and Shahiv definitives during Soviet rule at the beginning of 1919 and in 1920, incl. mass franking 70 kop. Podolia Trident, strip of four 1 r. Podolia Trident, and two cards and two fragments with Odessa Tridents.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2964 Ukraine

    1919/2003: Selection of rare Ukraine-related philatelic literature such as 1919 Baumgarten West-Ukraina Reiseerlebnisse, 1920 early Ukraine pricelist Karl Hennig, 1926/32 Svenson Ukraina-Handbuch, both editions, Greaves & Roberts, parts I to V from 1948/56, the first two parts in both editions, Seichter list 1940 and catalogue 1966/68, Seichter booklets related to the diff. districts, as well as some newer books, includes in addition material from the archives of W.O.A. Lans and Dr. Seichter (which he used for his publications). A difficult to compile group.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF
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