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  • Lot# : 1482 Russia

    Pre-Philately 1767: Outer letter sheet with fair strike of framed Riga handstamp, sent to Pernau (Pernov, Pärnu). Dobin type 0.01 = 8 points, $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1483 Russia

    1772: Outer letter sheet with crisp strike of framed Riga despatch handstamp, sent to Pernau. Rare Dobin type 0.01 = 8 points, $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1484 Russia

    1786 (April 18): Entire letter from Riga to Gent Belgium, showing boxed ornate RIGA handstamp, charged with ''45 1/2'' kopeks on reverse, being 44 k. corresponding to the Prussian transit plus 1 1/2 k. for mail coming from the Baltic area, charged with ''9'' sous on delivery. Dobin fig. 0.04 = 8 points, $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1485 Russia

    1787(ca.) : Very early envelope from Riga to the count von Spiegel zum Diesenberg in Arnsberg, sent via Berlin and Münster, showing boxed ornate RIGA handstamp, charged with ''45 1/2'' kopeks on reverse. The receiver was the governor of the electors of Cologne in the Duchy of Westphalia. Dobin fig. 0.04 = 8 points, $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1486 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 1/II
    Issued Stamps 1858: 10 kop. brown & blue imperf., plate II with good to large margins all round, cancelled with pen cross on outer letter sheet to Reval (Tallinn) with clear prephilatelic RIGA 14 JANV. 1858 (Dobin type 1.23) despatch datestamp on reverse and POLUTSHENO 16 JANV: 1858 (Dobin type 4.07) arrival mark on front. An attractive item with a use of no. 1 in its second week.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1487 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 21x
    1866: Entire letter from Taganrog to Piraeus, franked with 10 kop. brown & blue (3) hor. laid paper (one stamp with corner fault and scissor cut), cancelled with TAGANROG 18 Apr. 1870 cds's with transit Odessa cds (20 Apr. 1870) alongside, sent to Pireaus with blue crayon taxation '45' lepta for the Austrian steamer from Constantinople and add. Large Hermes Head  franking of 5 lepta green and 40 lepta mauve (strong horiz. fold) paying the taxation, cancelled with Piraeus cds's.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1488 Russia

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    Catalogue# : P4
    1877: 4 kop. green stationery postcard, cancelled with framed St. CHENTSINY 10 IYUL. 77 G., sent to Warsaw with corresponding arrival cds alongside. Rare Polish horse carriage station postmark.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1489 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 38y,39y
    1884: Arms definitives 3.50 r. black & gray and 7 r. black & orange-yellow, both with fresh colours and clearly embossed, good perf. all round, unused with full gum, signed Köhler and Ferchenbauer Mi = EUR1'800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 1490 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 157+159+180
    1922 (May 4): Inflation cover sent registered from Moscow to Tallinn, Estonia franked by August 1921 200 r. brown imperforate pair, 300 r. green imperforate pair and 52 (!) examples of the March 1922 7'500 r. on 250 r. violet all tied by Moscow datestamps in black. Oval Railway TPO alongside. A fine and unusual 400'000 rouble commercial franking.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1491 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 165-168
    1923 (Apr 16): Cover from Kiev to Zurich, sent  registered with a plethora of definitive, commemorative and charity stamps of the RSFSR period affixed on both sides of the cover incl. 1921 Volga Famine Relief issue 2,250 rub. deep red, green and brown as well as 4th and 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution, some commercial wear, fine and very late usage.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1492 Russia

    1858/1941: Collection hundreds prtimarily used stamps incl. Imperial Arms definitives, Soviet commemorative sets such as 1934 Zeppelin or 1935 Spartakiade, in addition Russia in China and the Levant, postal saving stamps, Civil War issues, German occupation Lithuania during WWII. A nice lot incl. some fakes and forgeries.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1493 Russia

    Riga 1677/1777: Selection seven covers and documents from the Swedish and early Russian times, incl. 1677 cover to Riga, 1690 shipping document in Dutch language, two covers 1761/62 Riga to Pernau (Pernov) prior to the introduction of Russian handstamps, a cover with framed Riga handstamp (Dobin type 0.01) to Pernau, and 1777 courrier cover to the council of Riga.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1494 Russia

    1790/1818: Selection twelve entires/letter sheets, all bearing good to crisp strikes of diff. types of RIGA one-line handstamps in German writing, most of them sent within the Russian Empire but also to Lübeck, Leipzig and London. Dobin types 0.03, 0.05, and 0.06 among others = 8 points each, $ 500+.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1495 Russia

    Livland 1811/63: Collection 100 prephilatelic entires and stampless covers, primarily despatched from Riga, incl. merchant covers, official covers, covers sent abroad to France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland with a large diversity of postal treaty marks as well as arrival Polutsheno marks, postal receipts, Imperial orders, including also covers from Bolderaa, Volmar, Mitava, Libava, and Lemsal.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1496 Russia

    Riga 1852/1917: Collection 120 covers/stationeries despatched from Riga Livland with several fine items incl. 1852 envelopes with Riga Polutsheno marks, 1858 10 kop. brown & blue perf. with round „38« dotted numeral mark, later definitive issues sent primarily within the Empire but also abroad, in addition stationery postcards, postmarks from railway line PO»s, train station PO»s, telegraph stanziyas, registered mail, and money letters, in general in over average quality.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1497 Russia

    1914/16: Group seven covers/postcards showing diff. mute cancellations of the Riga train station and main post offices incl. mute meter cancellations.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1498 Russia

    1890/1924: Lot 40 covers, despatched  primarily in the RSFSR period with frankings of Imperial and RSFSR definitive and commemorative stamps, incl. airmail, Volga charity and exchange fee stamps, in addition three covers from Azerbaidschan and Georgia. This interesting lot has to be examined carefully.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1499 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 8B
    South Russian Army - General Denekin Govt. 1920: Romanov 7 k. brown postal stationery envelope sent registered with reverse franked by 1919 3 r. red brown & myrtle green imperforate in a block of four tied by 'Rostov on Don' datestamps in black (May 7). Slightest of inclusions on one stamp but a scarce and most appealing cover.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1500 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 75/II a
    Far East Republic 1919: 50 kop. lilac & green, tied by "Vladivostok 21 7 19» cds to picture postcard depicting the landing of the American troops in Vladivostok with purple Vladivostok censor mark alongside and send to New York. Interesting text « .. arrived here last week. Expect leaving for the interior next week ..».
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1501 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 31+43
    Far East Republic / Chita 1923 (Aug 25): Registered cover to Moscow franked by scarce combination of Chita Dec 1921 10 k. blue, red & black imperforate (2) and Gold Currency Jan 1923 5 k. on 10 k. blue imperforate tied by 'Chita' datestamps in black. Framed registration cachet at top and Moscow arrival (Sept 2) on reverse. Corner repairs at top not greatly affecting appearance of a rare cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1502 Russia

    Far East Republic 1923: Two registered covers from Blagovestchensk, Far East Soviet Republic to Zurich with mixed franking of perf. and imperf. 1923 definitives and add. late use of 1921 Chita definitive. Two fine items.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF
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