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  • Lot# : 1656 Romania

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    27 parale black on horizontally laid rose paper, used example barely touched at top but with good to large margins on three sides, corner crack at upper left well away from the design, neatly cancelled by 'Jassy / Moldova' datestamp (27/9) struck in red (Kiriac fig. 279). Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 285 (item 3a). Signed Friedl. Cert. Heimbüchler (1998) Mi = € 17'000.

    Provenance: Luder & Edelmann Auction (Corinphila) 'Ferrari' sale (April 1929), lot 2012.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1657 Romania

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    27 parale black on horizontally laid rose paper, used example cut round (as most examples were from Bakeu) and tied to large piece of cover to Jassy by neat BAKEU / MOLDOVA datestamp (8/26, error month above day) struck in blue (Kiriac fig. 271). At left fine strike of 'Jassy / Moldova' arrival cds (27/8) in blue. The stamp and piece with repair and addressee's name removed above the adhesive but extremely scarce with just. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 267 and Heimbüchler III on page 13. Cert. Heimbüchler (2000).

    Provenance: Grobe Auction (Oct 1949); Corinphila (Oct 1994), lot 4940.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1658 Romania

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    27 parale black on rose-pink horizontally laid paper, huge even margins all round and of excellent colour for this rare stamp, the unique usage on small 1858 entire letter to Jassy tied by BOTUSCHANI / MOLDOVA datestamp (6/8) in blue (Kiriac fig. 273), erroneously dated as confirmed by the letter which is clearly dated August 9. Reverse of cover with superb 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (10/8) in blue (Kiriac fig. 273) and completen red wax seal. The sole recorded first issue 27 parale used at Botuschani and the only recorded first issue cover in existence from this Post Office; a simply wonderful entire letter for the connoisseur of Classic Philately. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 271 and Edition D'Or volume XII on page 51. Signed Calves, Heimbüchler, Roumet, Todd. Cert. Heimbüchler (2010).

    Provenance: Roumet Auction (1962),
                       Corinphila Auction 74 (March 1987), lot 3692.               
                       Collection 'Moldau', Corinphila sale 167 (Dec 2010), lot 7030.

    Note: First Issue recorded examples used at Botuschani: 27 parale, the cover above; 54 pa. three (one is housed in the Stockholm Museum collection), 81 pa. none and 108 pa. two.
    Starting bid : 45,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 65,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1659 Romania

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    54 parale blue on green horizontally laid paper, a fine used example with good to large margins all round, of good colour and cancelled by JASSY / MOLDOVA datestamp (6/9) in red (Kiriac fig. 279). Fresh and very fine, a very scarce stamp in such good quality, with an interesting spot of colour outside the circle at left. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 337 (item 2). Signed Willadt. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015) Mi = € 6'000.

    Provenance: Luder & Edelmann Auction (Corinphila) May 1927, lot 1380; Corinphila sale 89 (Oct 1994), lot 4944.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1660 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 2
    54 parale blue on green horizontally laid paper, a fine used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA datestamp (15/9) in blue (Kiriac fig. 275). A fine appearing example but faded and with central thin on value tablet, nevertheless a respectable example of this rare stamp. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 315 (item 2). Signed Pfenninger, cert. Heimbüchler (2015) Mi = € 6'000.

    Provenance: Grobe Auction (March 1962).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1661 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 2
    54 parale blue on green horizontally laid paper, used example, cut round, cancelled by FOKSCHANI / MOLDOVA datestamp (2/9) in blue (Kiriac fig. 275), tiny trace of thin otherwise fine. Illustrated in Heimbüchler III on page 31. Signed Zoscsak, cert. Heimbüchler Mi = € 6'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1662 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 4
    108 parale, blue on horizontally laid rose paper, a magnificent large margined used example, deep impression, tied to small piece by ROMAN / MOLDOVA datestamp (1/9) struck in blue (Kiriac fig. 282). The stamp has been lifted for checking and hinged back on to the piece with the merest trace of corner bend at upper right, otherwise a truly lovely example of this stamp of impeccable provenance. A splendid and extremely rare usage with just seven confirmed examples of this stamp used in Roman, this being the only example on piece and, without doubt, being the finest known. Illustrated in Heimbüchler I on page 411. Signed WHC (Warren H. Colson). Cert. Heimbüchler (2015) Mi = € 15'000.

    Provenance: Collection Arthur Hind (Jan 1935), lot 383; Collection Alfred H. Caspary (Nov 1957), lot 364.

     
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 16,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1663 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 5/Iy
    1858: Unissued 5 pa. black, Type II with broken frame at base, two unused examples with large margins all round, one on white paper showing first State of frame break, the other on greyish paper showing the second State of the frame break with slight diagonal bend at left. Fresh and fine, large part og., the first stamp signed Zoscsak Mi = € 440.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1664 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6ax
    1858 (Nov): 40 pa. blue on greyish-blue wove paper, a huge margined used example cancelled by part framed FRANCO / BERLAD in red (Kiriac fig. 302). A fresh and particularly fine stamp Mi = € 250.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1665 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6ayK
    1858 (Nov): 40 pa. deep blue on white wove paper, an unused block of six showing two vertical tête-bêche pairs, of oustandingly deep colour, one or two insignificant age spots and with large part, somewhat cracked og. A delightful and scarce multiple Mi = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1666 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6ax
    1858 (Nov): 40 pa. deep blue on greyish blue wove paper, two examples with clear to huge margins all round, used on double weight cover to Jassy tied by framed FRANCO / ROMAN handstamp (Kiriac fig. 319) with corresponding 'Roman / Moldova' cds alongside (4/12) each struck in blue-green. Cover with minor creasing and small closed tear at top right but scarce and attractive. Signed O. Tulbedjian.

    Provenance: Onig Tulbedjian.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1667 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6ay
    1858 (Nov): 40 pa. blue on greyish blue wove paper, a magnificent large margined used pair (probably from corner of the sheet) used on 1858 registered entire letter to Jassy, the pair centrally cancelled by neat BERLAD / MOLDOVA datestamps (13/12) in green (Kiriac fig. 272) with matching RECEPISSE registration handstamp below. 'Jassy / Moldova' arrival cds in blue at right (15/12). Some aging to the paper and pencil arrows (a practice often favoured by Tulbedjian to illustrate printing flaws on the adhesives) erased by this describer. A fine and very scarce cover. Signed Zoscsak.

    Provenance: Onig Tulbedjian.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1668 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 6by
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    1858 (Nov): 40 pa. greenish blue on white wove paper, a fine horizontal pair with minor bend in the left stamp, used on registered cover from Tekutsch to Jassy cancelled by framed FRANCO / TEKOUTCI handstamp with 'Tekutsch / Moldova' cds (6/5) above in blue (Kiriac fig. 320, 283) and straight line RECIPISSE registration cachet. Reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (7/5) in red of arrival. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).

    Provenance: Onig Telbedjian.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1669 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, a fresh unused example with large margins on all sides, of good colour in a 'cherry' shade, large part og. Scarce so fine Mi = € 600.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1670 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
    Postal Fraud 1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on yellowish white paper, a fine large margined example on small piece but stained, used twice as Postal Fraud (perpetrated by the Postmaster), cancelled originally with 'Vaslui / Moldova' cds in blue, over-struck by BERLAD / MOLDOVA cds (19/8) in blue. Rare. Signed Heimbüchler.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1671 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
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    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, a fine and fresh vertical pair with enormous margins from the corner of the sheet used on double weight registered cover from Vaslui to Jassy cancelled by oval FRANCO / VASLUI handstamp (Kiriac fig. 321) with 'Vaslui / Moldova' cds (21/3, inverted date set) above. Reverse with crisp 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (22/3) in red of arrival. The adhesives just crossed by minor file fold but an appealing and extremely rare usage. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 8,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1672 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
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    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, two examples with fair to good margins used on double weight registered cover from Bakeu to Jassy cancelled together by framed FRANCO / BACEU handstamp in red (Kiriac fig. 301) with 'Bakeu / Moldova' cds (16/1) at right and 'Recepisse' at left, both in red. Reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (18/1) in blue of arrival. An extraordinary cover, the first example this describer has recorded with all markings in red. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1673 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
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    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, two examples with large margins all round used on double weight registered cover from Folticeni to Jassy cancelled together by framed FRANCO / FOLTICENII handstamp (Kiriac fig.307) with 'Foltischeni / Moldova' cds (11/9) and italic 'Recepisse' above. Reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (13/9) in blue of arrival. A fine and rare entire. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1674 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
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    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, a fine and fresh horizontal pair with clear to large margins used on double weight registered cover from Mihaileni to Jassy cancelled by framed FRANCO / MICHAILENII handstamp (Kiriac fig. 315) with 'Michaileni / Moldova' cds (20/7) at right. Reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (21/7) in blue of arrival. Minor file fold well away from the adhesives but a splendid and rare cover from this elusive Post Office. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1675 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, a fine example with minor bend outside the stamp design, enormous margins all round in a rose shade, used on double weight cover from Galatz to a monastery in Husi cancelled by framed FRANCO / GALATZ handstamp (Kiriac fig. 308) with 'Galatz / Moldova' cds (5/12) at right. Reverse with 'Huschi / Moldova' cds (8/12) in blue of arrival. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1676 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7ay
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    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. red on white wove paper, a fine and fresh example with large margins all round in a vivid bright shade, used on registered cover from Vaslui to Bucharest, cover shortened at right, cancelled by oval FRANCO / VASLUI handstamp (Kiriac fig. 321) with 'Waslui / Moldova' cds (17/2) and 'Recepisse' at top. Reverse with 'Bucaresti' cds (23/2) in red of arrival. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1677 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 7by
    1858 (Nov): 80 pa. 'brick' red on yellowish paper, a roughly hand separated example used as single franking on registered cover from Waslui to Jassy, with the adhesive tied by WASLUI / MOLDOVA datestamp (24/9) with repeated strike below, each showing the '24' inverted in the datestamp (Kiriac fig. 284). Straight line RECEPISSE registration cachet at left and reverse with 'Jassy / Moldova' cds of receipt (25/9) in blue. Cover imperfections but a scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 450 CHF

    Lot# : 1678 Romania

    1858 (Nov): The specialised collection on leaves with 5 pa. black, Type II unused (5), 40 pa. blue unused with a pair and five unused single examples, used examples (9, incl. a pair on large piece) and 80 pa. red, four single used examples; a few doubtful items present together with some interesting covers.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1679 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 8/Ix
    1862: Handstruck from single Dies, 3 pa. yellow on white wove paper, a superb used example cancelled by scarce framed FRANCO / PIATRA handstamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 318). Signed Heimbüchler Mi = € 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1680 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 9/Ix+9/IxK
    1862 (June): Handstruck from single Dies, 6 pa. red on white wove paper, a complete sheet of 32 subjects with central stamps tête-bêche (eight vertical pairs), some staining and a hole at top right, nevertheless a fine and rare sheet showing the variation in colour caused by the handstruck process and with one stamp dropping down to almost touch the second horizontal row, unusual and rare sheet, large part og. Signed Roumet, Gilbert & Köhler Mi = € 4'400+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1681 Romania

    Catalogue# : 10/II
    Printed from Plates, 30 pa. blue on white paper, a complete sheet of 40 examples with central row showing stamps turned sideways (with the central stamps in this row showing the vertical tete-beche pair), a few marginal imperfections, otherwise extremely fine with unmounted original gum and portions of colour from the sheet stored below. Cert. Heimbüchler (2015).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1682 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 9/IIxKa+10/IIxKa
    Plate printed, 6 pa. carmine rose and 30 pa. blue, both in complete mint sheet of 40, all showing the central tête-bêche variety and eight pairs with stamps turned sideways. Fresh and fine, unused or large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1683 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 10/Iz+10/IzK
    1862 (June): Handstruck from single Dies, 30 pa. blue on white horizontally laid paper, a complete sheet of 32 subjects with central stamps tête-bêche (eight vertical pairs), defective at top right and repaired for presentation, nevertheless a fine and rare sheet showing the variation in colour caused by the handstruck process, large part og. Signed Schol, Gilbert & Köhler Mi = € 4'400+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1684 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 10/Ix
    1862: Handstruck 30 pa. blue on white wove paper, a fine example with large margins all round used on 1862 entire letter to Husch tied by both 'Jassy / Moldova' cds (4/10) and by oval FRANCO / JASSY handstamp in blue (Kiriac fig. 279, 311). Reverse with 'Husch / Moldova' cds of receipt (5/10) in blue-green (Kiriac fig. 278). A fine entire.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF

    Lot# : 1685 Romania

    1862/64: The collection on exhibit leaves and loose with 3 pa. yellow unused (10), used examples including pair and strip of three on piece, 6 pa. red unused (7, including an unusual block on wove paper), with used examples with some fine shades noted (3) together with a reprinted sheet of 40, 30 pa. blue with extensive selection including handstruck block of four unused, extensive used range both on and off cover selected for cancellation interest, some doubtful items as usual. Careful viewing is recommended.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1686 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 11bx
    1865: Cuza 2 pa. lemon-yellow, a large margined used example tied to small piece by BRAILA datestamp (7/2) in blue-black (Kiriac fig. 368) with repeated strike alongside. A very scarce stamp in genuinely used condition Mi = € 420.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1687 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 13x
    1865: Cuza 20 pa. red, a fresh mint block of 18 (6 x 3), marginal from right of sheet, types 1-2-1-2-1-2 repeated, large margins on three sides and touched at top left stamps, showing the uneven spacing between the rows. Fine colour and full unmounted og. Mi = € 800+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1688 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 13
    1865: Cuza 20 pa. red, entire letters (2) to Husi, first at single rate with single 20 pa. tied by grid with CAHUL cds (17/7) at left (Kiriac fig. 382) and framed FRANCO in blue-green with Husi arrival cds (18/7) in black (Kiriac fig. 397) and a fine double rate entire bearing 20 pa. red in a horizontal pair with CAHUL cds (11/8) at right in blue.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1689 Romania

    1865 (Jan): Prince Cuza issue the specialised collection on exhibit leaves and loose, with 2 pa. orange in a block of nine, two blocks of four and a pair unused together with single examples (5) and three used examples, 2 pa. lemon shade unused pair and single, 5 pa. blue with unused blocks of four (2) and a pair, single examples (2) and used (7), cover with 5 pa. single franking used within Bucharest; 20 pa. red with unused block of twelve, block of four and a pair, used examples (11). Some doubtful items as usual together with some interesting covers.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1690 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 14x
    1866: 2 pa. black on yellow thick paper, a fresh and fine unused block of four (Transfer Types 3-1/6-4), large margins all round, of fine colour and large part og. All thick paper multiples are scarce Mi = € 300+.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1691 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 14y
    1866/67: 2 pa. black on yellow thin paper, a superb mint block of eight (Transfer Types 1-2-3-1/4-5-6-4), marginal from top of sheet, fresh colour and very fine unmounted og Mi = € 320+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1692 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 16y
    1866/67: 20 pa. black on rose paper, two fine used examples (one applied to reverse) used on 1867 registered cover to Targovistea, each tied by grid cancel in blue with, at left, framed RECOMANDAT and scarce circular DIST. DIMBROVITA / PL. BOLINTIN cds (18/8) also struck in blue (Kiriac fig. 894). Signed M. Martin.

    Provenance: J. J. Odor.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1693 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 14/16
    1866: The collection of the issue on exhibit leaves and loose with 2 b. black on yellow in unused blocks of ten and four (2), further unused examples (6) and used (10); 5 b. black on blued unused (7), used examples (7); 20 b. with unused blocks of four, eight and nine and single unused examples (14), and used examples (49), some doubtful items as usual with some interesting covers.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1694 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 36/42 Proofs
    1872: 'Decoupage' Proofs for Carol I Paris printing by A. Hulot, a set of seven with all issued values represented in unissued colours, fine and most attractive group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1695 Romania

    1891: 'Gorjan' Reprints of the firtst two issues, 1858 27 pa. black on rose on thick white surface coloured paper, 27 pa. black on thick white wove paper,  54 pa. blue in a horizontal pair on thick white wove paper and November 1858 40 pa. blue on thick white wove paper, the latter a little stained. A rare group.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1696 Romania

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    1866: Disinfected front of cover plus one flap, used from Tulscha to Messina, Sicily franked by 1862 20 c. blue pairs, both with faults, and single 40 c. orange, tied by dotted '5102' lozenge in blue and by framed 'Piroscafi / Postali / Francesi' in black. Fine strike of dotted TULSCHA / TURQ. D'EUROPE cds at right (Sept 23) and framed 'PD'. Myriad imperfections but nevertheless of great rarity. Signed Calves. Cert. Behr (1990) Maury = € 2'400.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1697 Romania

    1937/64: Collection some hundred stamps used/unused, incl. full sets, souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, imperf. stamps, postage dues, tax free stamps for welfare purposes etc. in good condition and housed in two albums.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1698 Romania

    1828/1950(ca.): Lot hundred used/unused stamps and 40 covers/documents incl. prephilatelic Russian consular mail, prephilatelic and stampless covers from the United Principalities, covers with King Carol and Ferdinand definitives, 1885 Eagle issue with cancellation lot, later commemorative sets, DDSG stamps and revenues, Austrian Levant directed to Romania, in addition few Russian, Hungarian and Turkish covers.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1699 Romania

    1858/1945: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused incl. 1858 Moldavia handstruck definitives, 1862 United Principalities definitives, Prince Cuza, King Carol without and with beard, 1903 commemorative sets, 1906 Jubilee issue, 1926 imperf. definitive set, 1930 Airmail set with both watermarks, and 1941 Marin & Mota miniature sheet. Mi = EUR 12'000++.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1700 Romania

    1868/70: Specialised collection of the issue on exhibit leaves and loose, with 2 b. orange in an unused block of six (2 x 3) and a corner block of four from top left of sheet and six single examples, 2 b. used examples including a block, pairs and a single examples (12) with a delightful single cancelled 'Recommandee / Galatz', 1870 3 b. violet (shades) with block of four, unused pairs (3) and an example on yellowish paper, used pair and single used examples (10); 4 b. blue with unused (3, one sheet marginal), used pairs (2) and a single; 18 b. carmine with used examples (85). Some doubtful items present as usual and interesting covers throughout.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1701 Romania

    Catalogue# : 21/25
    1869: Without Beard, the selection on cards collected for plating and cancellation interest, with 5 b. orange used (8), 10 b. deep blue in unused block of four and used examples (23), 15 b. vermilion used (24) including a piece with 15 b. used with 1870 3 bani violet; 25 b. orange & blue used (33) and 50 b. pale blue & red used (3). Condition varies but some fine items noted.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1702 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 26/34
    1871/72: With Beard, selection (31 items) with 1871 5 b. red used (6) and a single on 'Recepisa' form, 10 b. yellow used (9) and a cover, 1871 10 b. ultramarine (new Stones) used (4), 1872 perforated 12½ 10 b. on cover and on pieces (2) and 25 b. brown unused (4) and used (3).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1703 Russia

    1863 (Nov 26): Ladies envelope with delightful embossed surround, sent stampless from Rostov on Don to Lausanne, Switzerland struck on despatch with Rostov cds in black on reverse. Front with framed 'Franco' in black and framed 'Aus Russland / Franco' in red. Reverse with Lausanne arrival cds (Dec 21, gregorian). A charming and unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1704 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 1
    1857 (Dec): 10 kop. brown & blue imperforate, a fine used example woth good rich colour and large margins all round, cancelled by unclear dotted numeral handstamp in black Mi = EUR 1'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1705 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 4x
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    1858: 30 kop. lilac-red & green perf. 14½ : 15, wmk'd colourless numeral '3', thick paper, fine used appearance (slightly washed out), cancelled by dotted numeral mark "39" of Ryazan. Signed Friedl and Ferchenbauer. Cert. Buchsbayew (2015) Mi = EUR 3'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1706 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 17y
    1865: 30 kop. rose carmine & yellow-green, a fine and fresh example in mint condition with minute hinge traces. Signiert A. Diena Zverev = $ 2'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1707 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 18x+30a
    1884 (June 22): 1 kop. yellow & black, horizontally laid paper and 2 kop. olive-green, hor. laid paper in vert. strip of three, tied by Libava Kurland cds's to envelope, sent to Prague with TPO transit and Prag arrival cds's (July 7) on reverse. Signiert O. Winterstern.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1708 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 20x+24x
    1883: 7 k. in red on 10 k. brown postal stationery envelope (Mi U28A / H&G B36), up-rated with Arms 2 k. black & rose-red and 5 k. black & lilac for registered single rate usage to Rio de Janeiro, tied by St. Petersburg cds's. Reverse with Rio de Janeiro arrival cds in red. A most unusual destination.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1709 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 45y+46y
    Ship Mail: Arms definitive 1 kop. orange (2) and 2 kop. green, tied by „ISMAIL BESSAR. 17 VIII 1903“ to Odessa picture postcard, sent to Tulcea Romania with arrival cds alongside (1 SEP. 03). The card shows in addition an extremely rare ship mail cachet “G.U.T.M.i.P. /Rus Dun Par / Par Bessarabets” in black which was added to mail transported by the Russian merchant fleet on the lower Danube.

    Provenance: Collection Harry von Hofmann.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1710 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 45x
    1903: Arms definitive 1 kop. orange, tied by "ST. PETERSBURG 29.XII.1903» cds to attractive small Charity envelope of the Red Cross depicting an old Russian house, sent locally as a New Year»s greeting letter.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1711 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 46y
    1908: Arms definitive 2 kop. green, tied by St. Petersburg cds to small Charity envelope of the St. Petersburg Red Cross section depicting a colourful design with the mythological creature Alkonost, half woman, half bird. Envelope sent as printed matter to Luxembourg, a rare destination at that time with arrival cds on reverse.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1712 Russia

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 1713 Russia

    1904 (Nov 8): Red Band cover, despatched during the Russo-Japanese war at the main field post office in Mukden and sent to St. Petersburg with arrival cds on reverse (Nov 29).
    Starting bid : 280 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1714 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 59A
    1904: Charity issue 10+3 kop. blue & yellow tied by Moscow cds to reverse of an attractive Charity envelope of the Russian Red Cross depicting a group of medieval horsemen, sent to Chalais, France with arrival cds on reverse.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1715 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 64/II/B+124-126
    1918 (May 24): Arms definitives 2 kop. green imperf. (3) in combination with postally used Saving stamps 1 kop. red (4), 5 kop. green (3) and 10 kop., tied by Tverizy cds's to small cover, sent within the Yaroslavl gubernia. Fine presentation of the 35 kop. letter rate.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1716 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 69/II A
    1916 (Feb 12): 10 kop. blue in vert. pair, tied by "Hotel Bristol Ekaterinoslav" cds's to reverse of registered cover, censored and sent to the Red Cross in Copenhagen  (March 4). Fine auxilliary PO cover.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1717 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 84+86
    1913 (Nov 2): Romanov tricentennray 3 kop. red and 7 kop. brown (spotty), tied by Andishan Transcaspia cds's to reverse of commercial cover (fold below the 7 kop. stamp), sent to Abbazia Istria, then under Austrian rule.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1718 Russia

    Catalogue# : 1/20
    1920: Local Kharkov ovpts., fine collection 40 used/unused stamps with 'RUB' ovpts. showing upward and downward ovpts. on Imperial Arms and Ukrainian Trident ovpt. definitives of Kharkiv and Kyiv districts, incl. also double imprints, in addition set of three 1922 Kyiv upward ovpts. on postal saving stamps. Several competent signatures. Ex Bulat V42-V80, V81-V83 = $ 440.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1719 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 7/I A
    1920 (Sept 20): Local Kharkov 'RUB' upward ovpt. on Imperial Arms 20 kop. blue & red definitives (two pairs), in very good shape, neatly cancelled by Lyubotin Kharkov gubenia cds's in lilac to money transfer form with "Oplatshen" handstamp alongside and directed to an army address in Kazatin with arrival cds (Oct 5, 1920) on reverse. A fine item Bulat V49.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1720 Russia

    Civil War - Wrangel Camp 1920: Two covers franked by overprinted Russian Imperial and Ukrainian Trident definitives, respectively, cancelled by "Russian Army Belgrad" datestamps and sent to Constantinople.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1721 Soviet Union

    Soviet Union 1937/61: Lot eight unused stamps incl. 1937 Allunion airplane exhibition, 1940 marginal Perekop 50 kop, imperf. on top, and 1961 Wostok 2 in part sheets, in addition some fakes marked as such Mi = € 1'000+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1722 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 2474A/I
    1961: Gagarin Vostock Flight, 6 kop. in miniature sheet of 5 x 3 stamps with the small crack in the blue printing between '1961' and 'L' of 'CHELOVEK' on pos. 15 of the ms, unmounted mint and very fine. Standard Catalogue MSheet 2469 II = € 25'000 / Lyapin 2504 var.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1723 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 3032B
    1965: Voshod 2, 10 kop. imperf. in miniature sheet of 4 x 5 stamps, unmounted mint and very fine. Standard Catalogue MSheet 3087 = € 15'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1724 Soviet Union

    1925/27: Group of five advertisement labels with 'Forces of the Revolution' defintives, showing ads for GUM, SOVTORG FLOT, leather import & export, cigarettes, and 'Kabants' steal production, stamps on four labels postmarked, one label not postmarked and attached to letter card. A colourful group of labels which were possible during the New Economic Policy.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1725 Russian Levant

    Russian Levant 1875 (Oct 23): Cover from Constantinople to Paris with fine mixed franking of ROPIT 1872 3 k. green, used with Russia 1866/75 3 k. black & green and 10 k. blue & brown all tied by CONSTANTINOPLE datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 12) in bright blue with repeated strike above. Odessa transit cds (Oct 27) in black at right and thence via Erquelines (Nov 13) to Paris. Some edge wear to envelope and one perf. folded at top of 3 kopek, but a rare and most attractive mixed franking. Cert. Eichele (2000).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1726 Russian Levant

    1866/72: Lot three covers, incl. 1874 cover Constantinople to Chios franked by Imperial definitives 1872 1 kop. brown, 3 kop. green (2), and 5 kop. blue, horizontal laid paper, perf. 14½ : 15, 1873 cover Constantinople to Tiflis franked by 1872 10 kop. carmine & red (pair), vertical laid paper, as well as Imperial Russia 1877 regd second weight rate cover Trostenets stanziya to Boromlya stanziya in Kharkov gubernia, franked by 1866 Arms definitives 2 kop. yellow & black, 10 kop. brown & blue, and 20 kop. blue & orange, horizontal laid paper, perf. 14½ : 15.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1727 Russian P.O. in China

    Russian P.O.s in China 1907/17: Lot six cover/postcards incl. 1907 printed matter Shanghai to Basel, 1908 registered stationery postcard Shanghai to the famous stationery collector von Baggo in Estand gub. Russia, 1908 picture postcard within Tien Tsin, 1910 use of Imperial Arms definitive on picture postcard Kharbin to Riga, 1912 registered cover Tien Tsin to Berlin, and 1917 cover from the Hunagrian POW Help Committee in Tien Tsin to Orenburg.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1728 Russia Zemstvo

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    Catalogue# : Proof
    Zemstvos - Tikhvin (Novgorod Government) 1900: 3 kop. imperforate Colour Trial sheetlet containing a block of four, printed in deep brown, pale brown and pale blue on smooth medium wove paper without gum, showing guidelines at all corners. A rare and very fine sheetlet, illustrated in 'Zemstvo Post' by Oleg A. Fabergé on page 350.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1729 Russia Zemstvo

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    Catalogue# : Proof (S1)
    Zemstvos - Viatka 1896: Proof of the adopted 2 kop. design in deep blue (issued in lilac-red), with large margins all round, insignificant scuff in left margin,  'cancelled' by manuscript pen cross in ink. Rare and most unusual. Illustrated in 'Zemstvo Post' by Oleg A. Fabergé on page 406.
     
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1730 Azerbeijan

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    Catalogue# : 67+68
    Azerbeijan 1923: Definitive ovpts 15'000 Rub on 5'000 Rub Gaukasoff Palace (stripe of four) and 5'000Rb on 2'000 Rub Khan's Palace (strip of three), all tied by "BAKU 13.3.23" cds's to reverse of envelope to Libava Latvia with Baku Expeditsiya and Moscow machine transit postmarks alongside.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1731 Russia

    1859/1939 (ca.): Lot hundreds used/unused stamps with better sets and singles incl. 1922 Volga & Rostov Charity sets, 1933 Peoples of the USSR, Stratosphere balloon, Airplanes, 1934 Zeppelins, 1935 Icebreaker set, Spartakiade, in addition postage due, civil war issues from Ukraine and Siberia, Transcaucasia as well as Tannu-Touva.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1732 Russia

    1910/23 (ca.): Lot hundreds used/unused stamps, primarily back of the book and civil war issues, incl. Wenden, Wrangel, Far East, Kuban, Northern Army, North-Western Army, Denikin, Ukraine, local ovpts such as Kharkov, Russia in China and the Levant with 1865 ROPiT definitives and Romanov set, Rethymon, Armenia, and Georgia, also some bogus, in addition 6 pieces/part parcel cards/covers with Kharkov overprinted and Denikin definitives
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1733 Russia

    1858/1953: Interesting Collection hundreds used/unused stamps incl. 1858 10 kop. imperf. plate II with pen cross, better commemorative issues unused such as 1931 Zeppelin and Malygin, 1932 Anniversary October Revolution and Allunion Stamp Show, 1933 Marx, Peoples of the USSR and Stratosphere balloon, 1934 Airplanes and Zeppelin, 1937 Airplane miniature sheet, 1947 October Revolution miniature sheet used, and 1949 Stalin birthday miniature sheetunused & used.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1734 Russia

    1860/1905: Lot 26 covers and one postcard, franked by stamps of the the 1866/75 Arms issues and showing bi-colour and multi-colour combinations with a variety of rates, note-worthy also various destinations as Italy, Switzerland and others as well as transit cancellations and handstruck marks, in good condition and housed on album pages.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1735 Russia

    1857/2015 (ca.): Collection in 28 volumes and loose with 1857 10 k. used, 1914/15 War Charity issue with perf. and paper varieties and Specimen overprints, 1920's semi-postals and Charity issues, 1923 Worker 4 k. brown in imperf. pane of 25 unused, 1924 Lenin's Mausoleum set in imperf. pairs unused, Soviet period with complete sets unused or used including some perf. / paper varieties, 1930 Zeppelin set unused perf. 10½ ans perf. 12½, 1931 Airship Construction with imperf. set of five unused and on cover, 1931 Polar set imperf. unused, 1932 Gorki 15 k. imperf. pair unused, 1933 optd. Fine Art set of two unused and 30 k. in used block, 1933 Peoples set unused, 1933 Stratosphere set unused, 1934 Airmails no wmk. unused, 1934 Stratosphere Crash set unused, 1935 Moscow Underground set of four unused, Spartacist set used, Engels set mint, Transpolar 1 p. on 10 k. used, Frunse 2 k. violet in imperforate marginal pair mint (Mi. 539By = € 2'000), 1937 Airmail miniature sheet and set of seven unused, 1938 Airmail 80 k. carmine imperforate pair mint (Mi. 587U = € 2'000), 1938 Scenic Views mint, Airmail mint, Sports set mint, 1939 Stations set unused, 1940 Agriculture Fair set unused, thereaafter with the more modern material and some classic, in complete mint sheets (many with palte flaws noted), panes and miniature sheets, FDC's and some early covers/cards. A fresh and generally fine collection. Stated to Catalogue over £ 100'000.
    Starting bid : 12,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1736 Russia

    1900/05 (ca.): Lot eleven Charity envelopes issued with diff. motives by diff. Red Cross and St. Evgenia sections such as St. Petersburg and Kasan, all unused.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1737 Russia

    1878/1900: Lot 33 Charity envelopes incl. 28 used/unused covers from the Odessa section of the Red Cross, eight of them used with add. stamps, but also covers from the Riga, Kiev, and St. Petersburg sections, three sent from St. Petersburg and Taganrog with artwork decorations.


     
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1738 Russia

    1914/80 (ca.): Lot 68 cover/postcards with Red Cross cachets, postmarks and motifs, incl. WWI illustrated cover, Russian Field Post postcards, USSR propaganda stationery postcards and covers with propaganda imprints on the reverse, and WWII Field Post covers with Red Cross imprints.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1739 Russia

    1872/1918 (ca.): Lot 800 postcards/stationeries/covers in primarily used and mixed condition incl. a selection of oval post-1903 railroad line datestamps, railroad stations, stanziyas, steamer cancellation on Volga and its tributaries and Black Sea, postcards with 1914 Charity issue frankings, a selection of postal stationery cards with many neat cancellations, formular cards, address request cards (22), registered postcards, wrappers and letter cards, stationeries from China and Levant incl. '32 PARA' ovpt., Russian and German Field Post in Russia during WWI as well as Prisoner of War cards, in addition some Soviet material.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1740 Russia

    Red Cross Charity: Set of seven picture postcards designed by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876-1942) depicting the costumes he had designed for the opera «Boris Godunov» of Modest Mussorgsky, with the exception of one card in unused condition Standard = $ 490.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1741 Russia

    1905/18 (ca.): Collection 180 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards incl. two 'Seven days of the week' postcard sets by Konstantin Somov, British Tuck postcards with Russian motifs, Russian postcards with additional advertisement imprints, Chocolate collecting cards, Singer sewing machine cards, humor postcards, 'language of stamps' postcards, and stamps on postcards, postcards made from wood, as well as a group of modern postcards and 35 postcards sent between postcard collectors with their cachets.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1742 Russia

    1905/30 (ca.): Collection 280 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards with art motifs, reproducing among others landscape and portrait paintings of Vladimir Makovskij, Ilya Repin, and Ivan Shishkin as well as handpainted, humor and stereo cards.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1743 Russia

    1900/18 (ca.): Collection 300 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily designed by Elizaveta Bem, on cards issued by Edition Richard or St. Evgenia, primarily the children paintings typical for Bem, but also some Tolstoi figure and war motifs, in addition few modern reprints.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1744 Russia

    1899/1955 (ca.): Collection 250 picture postcards in used/unused condition, depicting personalities of Russian history and culture incl. Tsar Peter the Great and his successors, diff. Grand Dukes of Russia and their families, Tsar Nikolay during WWI, Napoleon, Pushkin, Tolstoi, Gorki, Bulgakov as well as Soviet leaders such as Stalin, Lenin, Trostky and Sverdlov.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 1745 Soviet Union

    1925/90 (ca.): Collection 1'000 picture postcards and postcard booklets in used/unused condition incl. topography, artist cards and Easter, New Year's and March 8 gratulation cards, propaganda and anti-clerical cards, also some early stationery postcards with revolutionary motifs. To be studied.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1746 Russia

    Boris Vasilevich Sworykin: Lot ten picture postcards designed by this artist, seven of them with Easter motifs, six send by him personally in March 1910 to his mother in Paris, with full manuscript text.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1747 Russia

    1905/30 (ca.): Collection 260 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards with Russian characters as well as ethnic minorities in Ukraine, Caucasus, and Siberia.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1748 Russia

    1900/18 (ca.): Collection 350 picture postcards in used/unused condition, incl. artist cards designed by Sergey Solomko with his typical fairy tale motifs and Ivan Aivasovsky, as well as Moscow motif cards with 'Old Moscow' paintings, 'Tsar of ther Canons' and St. Petersburg Zarskoje Selo motifs incl. some modern cards.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1749 Russia

    1900/50 (ca.): Lot 750 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily from the Imperial period incl. topography cards from all over Russia, personalities from history and cultural life, artist postcards, theatre artists on postcards, in addition Russian diaspora Easter cards produced in the USA.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1750 Russia

    1900/18 (ca.): Collection 250 art picture postcards in used/unused condition and mixed quality, issued by diff. charity organizations such as St. Evegenia or Petrograd War charity committee, as well as other editors such as Granberg, Imperial Art Museum St. Petersburg, and Subotnik, depicting artwork from famous artists such as Bilibin, Benois, Samokish, Solomko, Sytchkov, Bakst, and Dobushinskij. To be viewed.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1751 Russia

    1905/27 (ca.): Collection 360 picture postcards primarily from Imperial period in used/unused condition depicting churches and monasteries from all over Russia, in addition Winter Palace and Petergof nearby St. Petersburg and WWI postcards from Petrograd.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1752 Russia

    1905/30 (ca.): Collection 250 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards depicting trains, railway stations, small and big, railway bridges, railway line maps, ships, submarines, military vessels, Volga and Baikal cruisers as well as Troikas and horse-driven carts.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1753 Russia

    1903/20 (ca.): Collection 400 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards depicting military related topics such as generals and admirals of the Russo-Japanese war and WWI, War bonds before and after the February revolution, military roads in the Caucasus, Siberian military roads, Russo-Japanese war incl. Russian Outrage at Hull and Peace treaty conference Portsmouth, WWI incl. Japanese occupation of Vladisvostok and Czech Army during Civil war, heraldic motifs, propaganda postcards during WWI, Skobelev committee, Russian troops in France, in addition Russo-Japanese war cigarette cards.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1754 Russia

    1905/60 (ca.): Collection 450 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily from Imperial times with 'Mery Christmas', 'Happy Easter', 'Christ is arisen' and 'Happy New Year' motifs, issued in Russia and Germany for Russian customers but also after the October Revolution in the USA for the Russian diaspora, in a blue and a brown album.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1755 Russia

    1905/26 (ca.): Collection 1'100 picture postcards in used/unused condition, primarily Imperial postcards from St. Petersburg, Odessa and Moscow, incl. museums, churches, monuments, few topography cards from other Russian cities, art postcards, as well as embossed cards and 35 panorama postcards primarily from Moscow.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF
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