165. Corinphila Auktion · 29. November – 4.

Dezember 2010
165 Corinphila auctions · November 29 – December 4, 2010

katalog 165 · Europa und Übersee

Catalogue 165 · Europe and Overseas

LOT 2876 – 3089

Russia with Russian Levant, Soviet Union, Armenia, Ukraine

Corinphila Auktionen AG
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Wednesday 1 December 2010, 15.00 h

Russia
(see also lots 53-55 Russian P.O.'s in China, 2423-2424 Incoming Mail from Victoria/Australia)

Pre-philately
 and stampless covers Michel 2010 Start price in Start price
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2876 1842 (June): Entire letter to Lausanne, Switzerland, refolded for better Exhibit display, with
red two line "MOSKOU" despatch handstamp, struck with  "AUS RUSSLAND / FRANCO-
TOUT" in black (Van Der Linden fig. 326) at Tilsit with fair transit of same on reverse (June 24).
Scarce. (Photo = 1 www) 6 80 (€ 60 )
2877 1847 (June 12): Printed "Circulaire" from the Russian Minister of Finances in St. Petersburg,
mailed to the Russian Consul General in Corfu, Ionian Islands and struck on reverse
(displaying well) with framed "St. PETERSBURG" despatch in black and, on front, with
manuscript rates and "CORFU" arrival cds (July 16). An unusual and fine entire.
(Photo = 1 452) 6 120 (€ 90 )

2878

Issued Stamps (see also lots 5509-5510 in the 166 Corinphila catalogue "Österreich")
2878 1857/58: 10 kop. deep brown & blue, imperforate in a deep fresh shade with large margins
all round, used on attractive 1858 cover from Zhitomir to Prince Radzivill (as in the Kennedy
family) in Minsk, tied by boxed and dated "ZHITOMIR" cancellation (May 19) in black. A
superb cover in wonderful Exhibition quality. Cert. RPS (1998).
Provenance: Collection "Pavlovsk", Corinphila sale 92, March 1996, lot 4433. 1 6 5'000 (€ 3'650 )
2879 1858: 10 k. brown & blue, perf 14 1/2, the range of used examples (5, two with perf. faults)
with one showing Odessa "6", another with Kiev "18" and fine example with "73" of Lublin
(Poland); also 1922 complete pane of 100r. orange-red with position 72 on the sheet showing
the error of cliché for 70 r., fine unmounted og Mi = € 1'000+. 2+ 210AF 150 (€ 110 )
2880 1858: 10 kop. brown & blue, perf 12 1/2, used on fine 1859 cover to Karis, Finland tied by
circular '3' in lozenge of dots, reverse with both framed and circular Moscow datestamps,
front with Finnish 'Ank' marking of arrival (Nov 1) in black.  (Photo = 1 www) 5 6 100 (€ 75 )
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Taganrog ca. 1860

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2881 1860 (Dec 16): Cover from Taganrog addressed to Tabriz, Persia; franked by 1858 10 kop.
brown & blue, perf. 12 1/2, tied by rectangular dotted 121' handstamp of Taganrog with
despatch cds on reverse in black. Addressed to one "Theodore Vlasto, Tabriz, Persia, the
cover was mailed prior to overseas postal arrangements being first installed by the Russian
P.O. (1863). The cover was prepaid as far as the Persian border at Djulfa and would then have
been carried by messenger to Tabriz (where Russia had a Consular Office). An extraordinary
and rare cover. Only three items known.
Note: The Vlasto family lived on Chios until 1822 when the Greeks there were forcibly
removed (or killed) by the Ottomans. The Vlasto's had married into famous families
noted in both collecting and correspondence circles, namely the Mavrogordato, Ralli and
Rodocanachi. 5 6 1'500 (€ 1'095 )
2882 1868 (Sept): Cover from Hapsal to Bouverie, Geneva, Switzerland franked by 1865
5 k. black & pale lavender and 20 k. deep blue & deep orange tied by "Hapsal" cyrillic
datestamps in black. "Aus Russland / über BUR. XI EDK. BRG" transit on front (Sept 2)
and reverse with various transits and Geneva (4/9) arrival cds. 
Provenance: Collection Silvain Wyler. (Photo = 1 452) 14+ 16 6 150 (€ 110 )

2883
2883 1866: 1 kopek black & yellow, variety: imperforate with hugely shifted background, used
on small piece and cancelled by Moscow datestamp (17th April 1872) in black. Faults at
sides due to separation and some thinning but just 300 stamps were issued thus in Moscow
and nearly all are faulty due to splitting of the sheets by hand. A major rarity of Imperial
Russian philately. Signed on reverse.
Provenance: Collection Fabergé. 18xU var 5 1'500 (€ 1'095 )
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2884 1866/75: 1 kop. black & yellow and 3 k. black & green, horizontally laid paper, used on
Printed Matter entire from Moscow to London cancelled by Postal wagon 1-2 datestamp in
black. Repeated strike on reverse and '8' credit marking in red on front. A fine and unusual
rate. (Photo = 1 452) 18x+ 19x 6 120 (€ 90 )
2885 1866: 1 k.  black & yellow (4, one with short perf) and 10 k. brown & blue on 1873 envelope
to Switzerland, tied by cds from Moscow (July 13) with red Prussian "AUS RUSSLAND 27
7 73" on front and three Moscow marks as well as the Aarau receiver (July 29) on reverse
of a fine cover. Mail to Switzerland is unusual at this date. (Photo = 1 452) 18+ 21 6 200 (€ 145 )
2886 1869 (Jan 13/25): Cover mailed on board Train on the Moscow / St. Petersburg Railway
to Montreux / Switzerland franked by 1866 1 k. black & yellow (2), 5 k. black & lilac and
vertical pair of 10 k. brown & blue all tied by "Postal Wagon 1-2 (17)" datestamps in black.
"AUS RUSSLAND / über BUR. XI EDK BRG" transit in red (Jan 27) and manuscript "f3"
Prussian credit in red crayon on front and reverse with St. Petersburg cds and Montreux (Jan
29) arrival datestamp. A delightful and scarce cover. 18x+ 20ax+
Provenance: Collection Silvain Wyler. (Photo = 1 452) 21x 6 100 (€ 75 )
2887 1873: Cover from Warsaw to Neuchâtel, Switzerland franked at 14 kopek rate with
1865/73 1 k. black & yellow, 3 k. black & green and 10 k. brown & blue all tied by Warsaw
datestamps; red Eisenburg transit below and '2½' sgr. Prussian credit in manuscript. Slight
horizontal file fold but an attractive cover. (Photo = 1 452) 18+ 19+ 21 6 100 (€ 75 )
2888 1871 (March 13): 10 k. black postal stationery envelope mailed to Helsinki, Finland (May
12) cancelled from Perovsk Kre. (post?, unclear) with repeated similar strike alongside
(Krepost = Fort). Perovsk is in central Asia (Kazakhstan) and this cover is a very early usage
from the East prior to the Railway construction being completed, thus the transit time of 45
days. An unusual cover that would benefit from further research. = 1 452)
(Photo 6 400 (€ 290 )

2889
2889 1875 (June 10/22): Registered cover from Riga to Betschwanden, Rüti, Switzerland franked
by 1866 horizontally laid 1 k. black & yellow (2) and two vertical pairs of 20 k. blue &
orange all tied by "Riga" cyrillic datestamps in black with registration cachet above and
straight line "FRANCO" at right. German red registration label applied in transit (Russia
had no registration labels until 1899) and reverse with three large red wax seals of Swiss
Consulate in Riga alongside Glarus arrival cds (June 26). The 82 kopek rate equates to a
quadruple rate (4 x 18 kopeks + 10 k. registration), with manuscript '5' sgr. weiterfranko
credit to Prussia. A superb and very rare cover.
Provenance: Collection Silvain Wyler. 18x+ 22x 6 750 (€ 550 )
2890 1877 (March 6): 3 k. green & black arms definitive on local cover within Vyatka, appealing
appearance. (Photo = 1 452) 19x 6 120 (€ 90 )
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2891 1878: 3 k. green & black and 5 k. violet & black, tied with grated postmark of Moscow, cds
alongside (Nov. 17), sent to Revel with receiver on reverse. (Photo = 1 452) 19x,20x 6 120 (€ 90 )
2892 1871 (April 25):  10 k. brown postal stationery envelope, up-rated for use to Geneva /
Switzerland, and additionally franked for double rate by 1866 3 k. black & green (2, both
stamps with error of background "V" for "3") and two 10 k. brown & blue (2, each with
slight toning), all tied by two line Station Jelanj-Sagatch datetstamps. Thence via Odessa 19xF+ 21x+
(April 30) and backstamped on receipt in Geneva (May 19). Manuscript '4' in red crayon as U119xF+
credit to Prussia. A scarce cover-multiple uses of the error are most unusual. 21x+ U13/
Provenance: Collection Silvain Wyler. (Photo = 1 449) IIC3/IIC 6 750 (€ 550 )
2893 1874: Outer letter sheet at double rate from St. Petersburg to Lyon, franked by two copies of
the 1865/74 3 k. green & black vertically laid paper and a 20 k. orange & blue horizontally
laid paper, neatly tied by St. Petersburg datestamps. A fresh and fine cover. (Photo
= 1 452) 19y+ 22x 6 180 (€ 130 )
2894 1872: 5 k. black & grey-blue used on Type 1 formular postcard, tied by Grodno (April 20)
cds sent via T.P.O. "Postal Wagon No. 5-6" to St. Petersburg with arrival on front. Slight tear
on top left of card but a scarce and early usage. (Photo = 1 452) 20xb 6 120 (€ 90 )
2895 1866: 30 kop. carmine rose & green on vertically laid paper, a lightly used block of four
cancelled at Pavlovsk in black; slightly nibbed perforations on lower right stamp and some
strengthened perfs., but a very scarce multiple Mi = € 800+. (Photo = 1 449) 23y 4 200 (€ 145 )
2896 1878: 8 k. grey & rose and 10 k. brown & blue on registered letter, tied with cds of Kamenetz-
Podolsk (Oct. 6), dispatched within the city as registered envelope to the court; rare local
tariff (3 + 5 + 10 k.). (Photo = 1 453) 26x,27 6 200 (€ 145 )
2897 1896: Registered cover franked on reverse with Arms 10 k. blue (5) dispatched to Sven
Hedin's father in Stockholm tied by "Osh Ferghana Oblast" datestamps in blue (now part of
Kyrgyzstan). A fine and scarce cover. (Photo = 1 www) 41 6 100 (€ 75 )
2898 Russo-Japanese War 1904 (Dec 11): Red band envelope sent under Military concession,
some ageing, with very fine strike of double ring circular datestamp "Siberian Army Corps
No. 4" in black. Military unit cachet on reverse in black (4th East Siberian Sapper Battalion).
Unnumbered "Postal Wagon Kolyushki-Lodz" cds and Lodz arrival cds (Jan 5, 1905) in
black alongside. In addition a similar cover, not quite as fine with similar markings to same
addressee. A scarce pair. (Photo = 1 452) 6 200 (€ 145 )
2899 1905: 20 k. blue & red and 1 rouble brown & orange on registered cover from the German
consulate in Kovno to Baukau (Germany), tied by Kovno cds's, arrival on reverse. Dotted
"R" and registration label alongside, in addition a handwritten "AR" and a lilac handstamp
"registered cover accompanied by recepisse" showing that an acknowledgement of receipt
was attached to this cover. Cert. Mikulski (2001). (Photo = 1 452) 42,44 6 150 (€ 110 )
2900 1905: Bulletin d'Expédition of a value parcel franked by Arms 7 k. blue (2) and 1 r. brown
& orange tied by "Nishni Novgorod Fair" datestamps, used to Jerusalem with ROPiT Jaffa
transit mark in violet (Sept 2) on the reverse. Scarce and attractive item. (Photo = 1 452) 44+ 49 6 240 (€ 175 )
2901 1907: 10 k. blue stationery envelope, with the imprinting procedure for the blue colour
omitted (albino impression), while the underlying embossing was already done: with
correctly printed envelope for comparison. Scarce. (Photo = 1 www) U38 6 150 (€ 110 )
2902 1909: 3 k. stationery postcard, cut in the wrong position leading to partial imprints of the
arms and the imprinted stamp on top and bottom of the card, dispatched July 1917 with oval
postmark T.P.O. "Riga-40-Petrograd" to Katarin, readdressed to Vezo Estland Gubernia.
(Photo = 1 452) P21 6 120 (€ 90 )
2903 1912: 2 k. green on small envelope and 10 pf. red on picture postcard from Germany, both to
St. Petersburg; on both covers a red triangle was attached and tied, the items were thereafter
redirected within the city. (Photo = 1 452) 6 120 (€ 90 )
2904 1914 (August): 7 k. blue and 14 k. blue & red, respectively, on two covers from Riga to the
Nobel company in St. Petersburg with mute cross cancellations of Riga, incl. a registered
cover dispatched in a T.P.O., showing a mute registration handstamp. Rare correspondence
from the beginning of the war. (Photo = 1 452) 68,70 6 150 (€ 110 )
2905 1913: Four quarter parts of an original 100 stamp sheet of the 35 k. Romanov issue, fine
mint unmounted og Standart = € 3'000. (Photo = 1 www) 92 ** 750 (€ 550 )
2906 1914: War charity/Legendary Russian Ilya Muromez, 1 K. red brown and dark green on
yellow chalky paper, horizontal pair showing variety: imperf. inbetween, slight horizontal
gum bend, stamps mint never hinged, hinge remains in margin at top. Signed twice Mikulski
Michel = € 150. (Photo = 1 449) 99CU-MS ** 300 (€ 220 )
2907 1914/15: Two cover sheets with military designs used 1914 by German soldiers for their
Fieldpost, plus an envelope, decorated with military designs and New Years wishes,
dispatched from German Fieldpost in 1915. 6 150 (€ 110 )
2908 1917: 5 k. brown-carmine on picture postcard, dispatched from Oranienbaum to Sevastopol
on Oct 25, the day of the October Revolution. (Photo = 1 452) 67IIb 6 200 (€ 145 )
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2909 1918 (Nov 13): 2 k. green imperf., 5 k. brown-red imperf., and 10 k. blue perf. on 3 k.
stationery postcard to London, tied with "Nikolsk - Ussuriysk Vokz" train station postmark, P21+ 64IIB+
censored in Vladivostock. British troops had landed in August 1918 in Vladivostock. 67IIB+
(Photo = 1 453) 69IIA 6 120 (€ 90 )
2910 1918 (March 18): 20 k. on 14 k. blue & red, on a picture postcard from Kafani to Kostroma,
postmarked with T.P.O. "Astrakhan Nishni Parokhod" of the Volga steamer line. Scarce
Ship mail during the beginning of the Civil War. (Photo = 1 453) 116 6 240 (€ 175 )
2911 1918: Lot of revenue stamps, incl. 2 roubles grey-violet perforated mint in double tête-
bêche (top to top & bottom to bottom), 2 roubles imperforated in tête-bêche (top to top), in
addition pair 2 roubles with 1 rouble red perforated on piece, tied with cds Rostov on Don
1918 and Rostov numerator registration mark, perforated "POGASHENO" (cancelled). 144,146 150 (€ 110 )
2912 1922: 100 roubles orange as quarter of a sheet of 100 stamps, with "70" roubles orange 211 A, 210
printing error in position 72. Unmounted og. AF ** 120 (€ 90 )

Consular Airpost Stamps

2913M 1922: Consular airpost, 24 M on 3 R in a marginal, unused mint block of four of right of
sheet with original gum and fresh of colours, horizontal perforation creased, vertical and
horizontal row of sheet margin partly split and reinforced with hinge.  Signed Mikulski Mi =
€ 400+. (Photo = 1 449) 2 4*/** 150 (€ 110 )
2914M 1922: Consular airpost stamps, lot five values unused with original gum, incl. incl. 12 M and
120 M on 2,25 R, 24 M and 600 M on 3 R as well as 1200 M on 2,25 R (staining on reverse).
A scarce group, opinion Mikulski (1981) Mi = € 1'690 (Photo = 1 www) 1-4+ 7 * 300 (€ 220 )
2915M 1922 (July 15): Konigsberg Flight, surcharges in red on Consular Officials, the part set of
seven values (of the eight stamps issued) with fresh mint examples of 12 m. on 2.26 r., 24 m.
on 3 r.,  120 m. on 2.25 r. (slight gum crease), 600 m. on 3 r., 1200 m. on 10 k. (I-pos. 7 on
sheet), 1200 m. on 2.25 r. (I-pos. 6) and 1200 m. on 3 r. (I-pos. 17); fresh and fine with superb
full original gum. Extremely scarce. Cert. Mikulski (2009) Mi = € 3'790. (Photo = 1 449) 1/5+ 7+ 8 ** 1'500 (€ 1'095 )

Various Russia: Collections and lots

2916 1857/1921: Attractive selection of used/unused/mint stamps including an imperforate 1857
10 k. brown & blue with pen cancellation, in addition a fine selection of 1857/79 definitives,
also with vertically oriented watermark and interesting postmarks, in three stock albums Mi
= € 16'500+. (Photo = 1 449) 2'000 (€ 1'460 )
2917 1857/1918: Selection of used/unused/mint stamps including four examples of the imperforate
1857 10 k. brown & blue, postmarked with prephilatelic and dotted numeral obliterators and
by pen. In addition some unused consular stamps Mi = € 8'600+. = 1 449)
(Photo 1'000 (€ 730 )
2918 1860/1920: Collection of thousands of used/unused stamps including Russian offices in the
Levant and China, civil war and back of the book issues. 240 (€ 175 )
2919 1865/1917: Attractive selection of ca. 170 unused/mint/used examples from the different
definitive issues with printing errors including double prints, offsets of the whole stamp or
the center, shift of perforation, center, picture or background, varnish lines on the gummed
side, in two stock albums. (Photo = 1 449) 750 (€ 550 )
2920 1890/1923 (ca.): Lot of vignettes and revenue stamps used/unused, incl. war loan vignettes
(38), St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Imperial revenue stamps (17, two with specimen
overprint), Zemstvo stamps (18), in addition RSFSR revenues and propaganda vignettes
(11), plus a picture postcard 1916 with a war loan motif and a picture postcard with a
vignette affixed. (Photo = 1 www) 150 (€ 110 )
2921 1899/1922: Collection with unused/used stamps from Russian offices in China and civil war
issues of the Judenitsh Army, Western Army, Wrangel Army, Far East Republic, Don and
Kuban area, also Armenia stamps and local issues like Kharkov, in addition 1922 hunger
charity stamps unused. 200 (€ 145 )
2922 1902/06: Selection of twelve picture postcards/stationery cards dispatched on ships of the
Batum - Odessa steamer line, showing different fine cds types with a large variety of serial
numbers, rare lot of ship mail postmarks prior to the oval type. = 1 453)
(Photo 6 500 (€ 365 )
2923 1902/14: Lot of five covers/cards with un-numbered T.P.O. marks from Poland and Lifland,
incl. Warsaw - Gora Kalvariya on German stationery postcard of 1902 and Sosnovitzy -
Zambrovitzy 1910 (line not listed in Kiryushkin & Robinson, signed Fomin). 6 150 (€ 110 )
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2892 (CHF 750)

ex 2916 (CHF 2'000)

2913 (CHF 150) 2895 (CHF 200) 2906 (CHF 300)

ex 2917 (CHF 1'000) 2972 (CHF 150) ex 2973 (CHF 1'200)

ex 2915 (CHF 1'500) ex 2919 (CHF 750) 2971 (CHF 400)

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2924 1902/21: Selection of 17 full printing sheets of the Arms definitive issue mint/unused/used,
primarily from the first print, incl. 1902 7 roubles black & yellow unused (few wrinkles
and spots on the sheet margins), 1910 70 k. brown & reddish-orange mint, 1 rouble light-
brown & reddish-orange perforated mint 1910 (2.5 sheets) & 1919 mint (strongly shifted
perforation), in addition 300 roubles green 2nd RSFSR definitive issue mint. An attractive
lot, only calculated as single stamps Zagorsky = $ 6'000+. 600 (€ 440 )
2925 1908/17: Selection of unused multiples of the arms definitives, including sheet parts,
margins and gutter pairs. */** 120 (€ 90 )
2926 1913: 1 rouble green, Romanov issue, ca. 130 stamps in small booklet, nice array of
postmarks. 95 150 (€ 110 )
2927 1848/1916: Selection of ca. 200 used/unused postal stationery envelopes, letter sheets, and
wrappers incl. five different unused 1848/64 St. Petersburg city post envelopes and 1848/63
state post envelopes with wide and thin tail. (Photo = 1 www) 6 400 (€ 290 )
2928 1848/1916: Interesting selection of ca. 450 used/unused postal stationery envelopes, letter
sheets, postcards, and wrappers incl. eleven unused Zemstvo envelopes and ca. 50 state post
1848/63 envelopes used/unused, also about 70 Soviet stationery items, in two albums. 6 750 (€ 550 )
2929 1860/1918: Lot of 100 covers and cards with interesting postmarks, tariffs, and frankings,
incl. St. Petersburg Prison mail, Siberia, Railway covers, Censorship, Field Post Offices,
registered covers. An attractive selection. 6 750 (€ 550 )
2930 1861/85: Selection of one postal stationery envelope 10 k. small tail and 13 covers, franked
with 10 k. brown & blue, 8 k. or 7 k. grey & carmine, with better postmarks like round
dotted numeral cancel "49" from Tiflis (3). 6 150 (€ 110 )
2931 1863/1904: Collection of the St. Petersburg City Post Office postmarks on stamps, covers
and cards, incl. two covers with oval "SPB" mark 1869/70 to Germany and 53 covers with
the Numeral postmarks. 6 200 (€ 145 )
2932 1913/50: Selection of hundreds of used/unused/mint stamps on stockcards, primarily from
Imperial Russia and RSFSR, few Levant stamps, in addition a lot of mint sets from the
1940s. 300 (€ 220 )
2933 1808/69: Collection of 45 pre-stamp and stampless entire letters, with pre-adhesive
postmarks from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Warsaw, Odessa, Dorpat. A fine selection
with differing "Aus Russland" markings etc., including three insured letters.
Provenance: Collection Nebenzahl. 6 300 (€ 220 )
2934 1842/69: Interesting lot of 19 pre-adhesive and stampless covers from St. Petersburg,
Odessa, Moscow, Warsaw, and Riga, also including Finnish marks from Helsingfors 1858,
Wasa 1859, and Abo 1860; fine lot showing the framed "P.33", "P.35" and "P.41" markings
and differing "Aus Russland" types. 6 150 (€ 110 )
2935 1848/81: Fine lot of ca. 160 unused postal stationery envelopes for city and state mail with
wide and thin tail with scarcer formats and watermarks in excellent quality, in addition 55
Odessa Red Cross envelopes from 1881 unused, in two albums. 6 800 (€ 585 )
2936 1848/1913: Attractive selection of ca. 290 used/unused postal stationery envelopes and
postcards incl. 16 used 10 k. envelopes 1848/63 wide and thin tail in used and about 100
envelopes 10 to 30 k. in unused condition. 6 750 (€ 550 )
2937 1865/1918: Lot of 100 covers, cards & postal stationery with interesting postal history items,
incl. 10 k. small size postal stationery cover 1866, registered covers, early Volga ship mail,
spravkas, censorship, and mail to Persia (3). An interesting selection. (Photo = 1 www) 6 600 (€ 440 )
2938 1867/1945: Ten covers or fronts, including 1867 letter front with 10 k. blue & brown,
5 k. black & lilac, and 3 k. black & green adhesives tied by postal wagon cds and sent
from Moscow to Amsterdam. In addition seven registered covers from 1895/1913 depicting
different registration labels. Also a 1926 registered cover sent from Rostov via Moscow
with air mail to Göttingen. The cover is franked on front with 20 k. green (2), a pair of
10 k. blue and 8k. brown showing a Soviet Air Mail label and two German crimson Air
Mail marks alongside. In addition, adhesives on stock cards from Imperial Russia, RSFSR,
USSR, Russian Levant & China, Russian civil war areas, Transcaucasia, Ukraine, with
interesting series, also a full unused sheet of the 1917 imperforate 1 r. brown & orange
showing some faults. 6 400 (€ 290 )
2939 1868/1916: Attractive lot of 80 covers and cards with registered and value covers,
correpondence to the Imperial Academy of Sciences, in addition 26 used/unused postal
money orders. A fine selection. 6 500 (€ 365 )
2940 Railway Stations. 1870/1917: Collection of 54 cards and covers dispatched in train station
P.O.s with circular or oval T.P.O. marks with better marks like Manchzhuriya Vokz.,
including registered and insured covers and stanziyas, in addition stamps with station P.O.
marks etc. (Photo = 1 www) 6 400 (€ 290 )
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2941 1870/1918: Lot of ca. 250 covers, cards, and postal stationery with primarily simply usages
but fine marks included. 6 240 (€ 175 )
2942 1870/1918: Fine selection of 137 covers and cards, incl. registered and value letters, money
transfer formulars, rare tariffs, Levant, German postal stationery used in Russia, mail to and
from Russian P.O.s in China (including fine strike of oval Cyrillic "PEKING" on reverse
of defective 1892 cover), spravkas, correspondence of the Imperial family, interesting
postmarks; items with certificates Mikulski and Eisold. 6 1'200 (€ 875 )
2943 Travelling Post Offices. 1871/1917: Collection of 78 cards and covers dispatched in or
handled by T.P.O.s showing a large variety of circular or oval T.P.O. marks with numbers
between 1 and 308, in addition stamps with T.P.O. marks. An attractive collection with a
particular focus on the Polish lines, housed in two albums. 6 400 (€ 290 )
2944 1873/75:  Correpondence from Taganrog to Livorno (17 covers) all with 13 kopek or 20
kopek rates, primarily franked by 1866/75 Arms issue 3 k. + 5 k. (2) or 3 k. + 10 k., variety 18+ 20+
of TPO cancellations on reverse, a fresh and very fine lot. (Photo = 1 453) 21+ 22 6 500 (€ 365 )
2945 1873/1916: Lot of 100 covers and cards with interesting postal history content, incl.
Transcaucasus, Field Post Offices, railway mail, revenue stamps on invoice, and registered
covers. A fine selection. 6 500 (€ 365 )
2946 1873/1916: Lot of 100 covers and cards with interesting postal history content, incl. cover
with dotted numeral cancel, railway mail, Insured and registered covers. A fine selection. 6 400 (€ 290 )
2947 1874/1914: Lot of 38 covers and hundreds of used stamps with different cancellations from
throughout Russia. 6 150 (€ 110 )
2948 1874/1918: Lot of 100 covers, cards & postal stationery with interesting postal history
content incl. registered covers, 3 k. stationery postcards 1872 (3), and panaroma picture
postcard Moscow 1900. 6 400 (€ 290 )
2949 1875/1902: Lot of 17 covers and one card with railway postmarks of the St. Petersburg town
post, incl. mail towards Tsarskoe Selo (16), towards St. Petersburg (1) or Oranienbaum (1),
mail with two different small red & black "Poezd" and "Potshta" mark on the same cover
(5), and mail originating from T.P.O. no. 124 Chelyabinsk - Samara  (5). 6 150 (€ 110 )
2950 1880/1917: Selection with ca. 470 postal stationery, covers and cards with a large variety of
uses, tariffs and postmarks. An interesting lot in four albums. 6 700 (€ 510 )
2951 1884/1916: Attractive lot of ca. 100 covers and cards, incl. a Levant selection with postal
history from Constantinople, Saloniki, Beirut, Smyrna, Jerusalem, Khios, Mitylene, and
Samsun on covers and few pieces, in addition a fine group of covers from the Russian
Empire itself, incl. covers from Vladivostok, Nikolsk-Ussuryisk, Kokand, Irkutsk. 65 750 (€ 550 )
2952 1887/1917: Interesting lot of 19 covers, cards, and wrappers to uncommon destinations,
including Poland to Transvaal, Baku to Manila, Finland to German South-West Africa,
Ukraine to New Zealand, further covers to India, South Nigeria, Algeria, Java, South Africa,
and Guatemala, in addition two incoming covers from India. 6 200 (€ 145 )
2953 1890/1917: Lot of ca. 270 covers, cards, and used postal stationery, including a postmark
collection from St. Petersburg, covers from the Semenov Tian-Shansky correspondence,
in addition ca. 50 unused stationery postcards and a collection of ca. 130 picture postcards
primarily from Moscow 1900/40, in five albums. 6 500 (€ 365 )
2954 1897/1917: Fine lot of 50 covers and primarily early picture postcards with lithos and
photocards. An appealing selection. 6 400 (€ 290 )
2955 1899/1918: Lot of 26 parcel registration cards and two money transfer forms, dispatched all
from different cities; the money transfer forms, an internal and four international parcel card
are complete, i.e. with the coupon, includes complete money transfer form from January
1918 within Russia, franked with 14 rubles. 6 200 (€ 145 )
2956 Russo-Japanese War. 1904/05: Interesting collection of 19 covers and postcards from the
theatre of war, incl. postcard with seal of the cruiser Gromoboi, also a large variety of free
postage and censor cachets, postmarks from different military units, and rare T.P.O. marks
like "Khabarovsk-153-Ketritsevo" and "Manchzhuriya-261-Kharbin". A fine selection. 6 800 (€ 585 )
2957 1904/24: Selection of 20 formulars, patents and other official documents with revenue
stamps, either in Tsarist (2) or RSFSR design (18). (6) 150 (€ 110 )
2958 1908/22: Specialized collection of the Arms definitives, including unused stamps with
offsets, shifts of print or perforation varieties, also a selection of 88 covers and cards with a
multitude of different tariffs and combinations on registered and value covers, mixed usage
of Russian and Finnish stamps, used both during the War and in the post-War Inflation
period. An attractive lot. 6 600 (€ 440 )
2959 1911/22: Collection of 48 registered covers, all with numerator marks, incl. better marks
from cities like Tiflis, Baku and Vladivostock. 6 300 (€ 220 )
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2884 (CHF 120) 2888 (CHF 400)

2877 (CHF 120)

2882 (CHF 150)

2886 (CHF 100)

2885 (CHF 200)

2891 (CHF 120)

2890 (CHF 120)
2887 (CHF 100)

ex 2898 (CHF 200)

2893 (CHF 180)

2894 (CHF 120)

2908 (CHF 200)

2902 (CHF 120) ex 2903 (CHF 120)

2899 (CHF 150) ex 2904 (CHF 150) 2900 (CHF 240)

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2909 (CHF 120)

2896 (CHF 200)

2969 (CHF 150)

ex 2956 (CHF 800)

2910 (CHF 240)
ex 2922 (CHF 500)

ex 2944 (CHF 500)

ex 2961 (CHF 3'000)
2978 (CHF 150)

2975 (CHF 240)

2974 (CHF 200) 2989 (CHF 150)

2968 (CHF 240) 2986 (CHF 300)

2987 (CHF 120)

3087 (CHF 340) 3086 (CHF 240) 3082 (CHF 150)

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2960 1914/18: Interesting lot of 20 covers and stationery postcards with mute postmarks, incl.
covers from Warsaw (7), Riga (5, incl, two with mute machine cancellations), Suvalki,
Yagotin, and Jekaterinoslav (registered), in addition 45 adhesives and pieces with mute
marks. 6 300 (€ 220 )
2961 Fieldpost World War I. 1914/18: Fine collection of ca. 340 covers or cards, showing the
datestamps of the different Fieldposts, main and replacement Field Post Offices, also the
free postage cachets of different Military units and Hospitals. An excellently researched
study from virtually every front, written up in Russian in three volumes.
Provenance: Collection Krassovsky. (Photo = 1 453) 6 3'000 (€ 2'190 )
2962 Censorship. 1914/18: Fine collection of ca. 700 covers or cards, with a large variety
of Censor marks incl. rare strikes like Vetluga, Vladivostok, Vladikavkas, Yuryev,
Petropavlovsk, Talsen, and Pogranichnaya in Manchzhuriya, also rare Censor closing slips
from Kazan, Minsk, and Revel. An fascinating lot in seven binders. 6 1'500 (€ 1'095 )
2963 Censorship. 1896/1918: Collection of 40 covers or cards, with a large variety of Censor
marks, includes 1896 Riga printed matter Censorship. 6 150 (€ 110 )
2964 1917/23: Lot of ca. 250 covers from the Inflation period with mass frankings but also nice
combinations of old and new roubles. An attractive ensemble of this interesting period. 6 1'000 (€ 730 )
2965 1918/20: Interesting selection of 23 stationery postcards and covers from different Soviet
and White areas during the beginning civil war, the majority from 1918  (20), incl.mail
from Vladivostok, Kungur, Astrakhan, Botshkarevo, Balagansk, in addition Rostov to
Switzerland, rejected by the Germans & Bolekov to Madrid, also three covers to Kiev
within occupied Ukraine, Vladivostok to Tshita 1919 and to New York 1920, and a money
transfer card 1920 with 17 rubles. A fine lot. 6 300 (€ 220 )
2966 1921/23: Selection of 41 primarily registered covers, with several interesting frankings
showing combinations of uprated kopek stamps, old and new rubles, incl. R-cover from
Irkutsk to Brender, a very fine lot with high quality items. 6 500 (€ 365 )
2967 1922/23: Lot of 44 covers with Inflation mass frankings. 6 150 (€ 110 )

Russia: Civil War Issues

2968 Far East Republic 1922 (March 23): Cover from Vladivostok to Monterey, Mexico;
franked with 2 k. green imperforate on reverse (used as seal) and, on front with imperforate
10 k. deep blue pair tied by Vladivostock cds's in black. Two Monterey arrival cds's on
reverse. A scarce destination for Far East Republic mail. (Photo = 1 453) 22+ 25 6 240 (€ 175 )
2969 1924 (Jan): Cover to Vienna sent registered, bearing on reverse December 1921 Chita
provisional issue 30 k. green & red and surcharged 1923 10 k. on 30 k. brown tied by
"Nikolisk-Ussurijskij" datestamps in black. Registration label on obverse, slight opening
tear at top of cover but scarce. (Photo = 1 453) 34+ 44 6 150 (€ 110 )
2970 1919/21: Lot of eight covers from different White armies during the Civil War, incl. five
Wrangel army covers to Constantinople, Serbia & Greece, covers with Judenitsh issues (2),
and a cover with the Denikin issue. 6 400 (€ 290 )

Russia: Local Issues

2971 1922: Russia RSFSR Mountain Republic, strip of five examples of the 2 k. green from
the lower left corner of sheet, with star overprints in black, some hinge remainders on the
margin, stamps unmounted og. Signed Soviet Philatelic Association. = 1 449)
(Photo 1A ** 400 (€ 290 )

Russian Levant: R.O.P.I.T. Issues

2972 1865: ROPIT 10 para brown & blue, unused without gum; signed Calves Mi = € 1'000.
(Photo = 1 449) 1 (*) 150 (€ 110 )
2973 1863/73: Lot of four stamps and a piece from the Russian Levant, including a 1965 ROPIT
10 para brown & blue, marked with a faint partial "Khio..", presumably Tchilinghirian fig.
164. Also two copies of the 6 k. ultramarine Russian Levant stamp for printed matters, one
example unused, the one postmarked with "Konstantinopol, 11.4.69"  (Tchilinghirian fig.
9).  In addition a piece with a 20 k. blue & orange Imperial Post together with a 1872 3 k.
green Russian Levant, cancelled with "Konstantin, 13.9.73" (Tchilinghirian fig. 12). A great
group. (Photo = 1 449) 1'200 (€ 875 )
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 Levant: Imperial Post Michel 2010 Start price in Start price
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2974 1883 (Sept. 8): 2 k. black & rose on printed matter entire (marriage announcement in
Odessa), locally used and cancelled both by manuscript pen cross and oval datestamp of the
ROPiT agency in Constantinople (Tchilinghirian fig. 16). Scarce. (Photo = 1 453) 13y 6 200 (€ 145 )
2975 1890: 10 kop. carmine & green, diagonally bisected example used on card to Pola, Austria,
neatly tied by "ROPIT-SMYRNA" datestamp in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 156), with repeated strike
at left next to Pola arrival cds. Constantinople transit cds on reverse. Message on card reads:
"This card brings with it a most interesting addition for your collection. Chance would have
that the supply of 5 kopek stamps ran out ... so the Russian PO found itself obliged to supply
bisected 10 kop. values for the day ...". (Photo = 1 453) 19c var 6 240 (€ 175 )
2976 1912 (Dec 16): Postcard from Haifa to Vienna franked on front and back of card with 1910
5 pa. on Russia 1 k. yellow (4 examples) all tied by "Ropit-Haifa" datestamps in violet
(Tchilinghirian fig. 230). Boxed trilingual "Stamp on view side" cachet, Port Said transit and
Vienna arrival cds. A fine and scarce usage. (Photo = 1 www) 49 6 120 (€ 90 )
2977 1883/1914: Attractive selection of 34 covers and picture postcards into and from the Levant,
including several registered covers, Romanov issue covers from Constantinople (3), Smyrna
(2), Mytilene, Samsun, Beirut, in addition better destinations and origins like covers to
Mount Athos, from Vladivostok to Constantinople (2), and from Constantinople to Sweden.
An appealing lot. 6 500 (€ 365 )

Soviet Union
2978 1923: Agriculture and Craftsmanship Exhibition, full set of 1 rouble to 7 roubles imperf. on
cover from Petrograd (Aug 31) to Reval, folds away from the stamps. (Photo = 1 453) 224-227C 6 150 (€ 110 )
2979 1924/31: Lot of four covers with fee stamps for philatelic exchange on the reverse, all from
Moscow, incl. one cover to Kharbin (China). 6 150 (€ 110 )
2980 1926/27: Child welfare, all four values in different combinations on three covers, dispatched
in 1927 as registered letters from Moscow and Vladivostok to Western Europe, one cover
with philatelic exchange fee stamp. 6 200 (€ 145 )

2982 2983 2985

2981 1927: 10th anniversary of the October Revolution, 3 k. carmine in a sheet marginal strip of
three, horizontally misperforated, postmarked in Moscow (March 17, 1929). Unusual and
fine multiple. (Photo = 1 457) 328 var 200 (€ 145 )
2982 1927: 10th anniversary of the October revolution, 8 k. brown & grey-brown mint, central
vignette strongly shifted upwards, with additional annulment perforation. Fine and unusual,
full unmounted og. (Photo = 1 455) 331 III ** 400 (€ 290 )
2983 1927: 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 14 k. blue & red, mint example from
the lower left corner of the sheet, red "CCCP" colour inverted, with additional annulment
perforation. Fine, large part original gum and very scarce. (Photo = 1 455) 332 IV * 600 (€ 440 )
2984 1927: 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 18 k. blue mint, partial offset on the
gummed side, additional annulment vertical perforation (just disconnected on top). Scarce
and fine, unmounted og. (Photo = 1 457) 333 ** 150 (€ 110 )
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2985 1927: 5 k. brown definitive mint (2, in a vertical pair), showing variety missing horizontal
perforation between the stamps and at the bottom of the lower stamp, with additional
perforation for annulment through both stamps. Large part og, lower stamp unmounted,
scarce and fine. (Photo = 1 455) 342Uu * 400 (€ 290 )
2986 1932: 15 k. brown, Makim Gorky commemorative issue, imperforate example with full
lower sheet margin, used on 15 k. blue stationery envelope of 1933, tied by special postmark
"Kiev Philatelic Meeting" (Sep 11, 1936). Rare. Signed Mikulski. = 1 453) U42+ 412U
(Photo 6 300 (€ 220 )
2987 1933: 20 k. on 14 k. stationery envelope 1913 Romanov issue, used 20 years following issue
with an example of the 15 k. brown Gorkij 1932 (damaged at left). = 1 453)
(Photo U57B 6 120 (€ 90 )
2988 1933 (March 20): Philatelic Exhibition set of two values 30 k. on 15 k. and 70 k. on 35 k.,
overprinted in red, fresh and fine colour, good centering, one with natural paper flaw on
reverse and one with usual somewhat brittle gum, but both fine, unmounted og. Cert. Vachat
Mi = € 420. (Photo = 1 457) 427/428 ** 160 (€ 115 )
2989 1933: Peoples of the Soviet Union, 2 k. blue and 3 k. green & 10th anniversary of Lenin's
death 5 k. brown as colourful combination on picture postcard from Moscow (Aug 10,
1935) to Zürich. (Photo = 1 453) 430,431,467 6 150 (€ 110 )
2990 1933: Peoples of the USSR, 15 k. carmine mint example, marginal from left of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fine but for slightly irregular
perforation at lower right. Full unmounted og. Very scarce. (Photo = 1 457) 440Ul ** 300 (€ 220 )

2991 2992 2993

2991 1935: 20th Anniversary outbreak of World War I, 5 k. black, full original gum with a rusty
spot, showing variety imperforate at left and top. Rare Mi = not listed. 494Ulo * 300 (€ 220 )
2992 1935: 50 k. ultramarine of the Tshelyuskin set unused,  showing variety imperforate at left
and top, attractive example with full unmounted original gum Mi = not listed. 508Ulo ** 500 (€ 365 )
2993 1935: 5 k. green Kalinin commemorative issue, used example marginal from top of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Rare Mi = not listed. 533Uo 300 (€ 220 )
2994 1935: 20 k. brown & dark-green Tolstoy commemorative issue, mint example, marginal
from right of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin, fresh and fine,
unmounted og. (Photo = 1 457) 538Ur ** 150 (€ 110 )
2995 1936: Pioneer Organization issue 5 k. carmine marginal from base of sheet margin, fine
used, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Scarce.
(Photo = 1 457) 545Uu 150 (€ 110 )
2996 1937: Pushkin Memorial Issue, six complete mint sets, in two different perforations Mi =
€ 540. 549-535 ** 120 (€ 90 )
2997 1938: 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 80 k. red & black mint horizontal pair, showing
variety imperforate between vertically, fine unmounted og Mi = not listed. = 1 457)
(Photo 593UMs ** 300 (€ 220 )
2998 1939: 15 k. black-brown & black Shevtshenko commemorative issue mint, showing variety
imperforate at top and at base, some staining, large fine og Mi = not listed. = 1 457)
(Photo 695Uou * 240 (€ 175 )
2999 1939: 15 k. black-brown & black Shevtshenko commemorative issue, mint imperforate
example, large part og Mi = not listed. (Photo = 1 457) 695U * 300 (€ 220 )
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2981 (CHF 200)

2984 (CHF 150)

2990 (CHF 300)

2997 (CHF 300)

2998 (CHF 240) 2999 (CHF 300) 3011 (CHF 60) 3003 (CHF 150)

2995 (CHF 150)

2988 (CHF 160)

3010 (CHF 150)

2994 (CHF 150) 3008 (CHF 150) 3009 (CHF 150)

3007 (CHF 150) 3013 (CHF 120) 3012 (CHF 120)

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3000 1939: 30 k. red & black Shevtshenko commemorative issue, showing variety imperforate at
top, fine used,  Mi = not listed. 696Uo 200 (€ 145 )
3001 1939: All Union Exhibition, 30 k. black-violet imperforate example, sheet marginal at right,
fine used. Signed W. Pohl Mi = not listed. 702U 500 (€ 365 )
3002 1939: Caucasus Spas, 50 k. black mint, marginal from top of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin. Fine and scarce, large part og Mi = not listed.
723U * 200 (€ 145 )
3003 1939: 30 k. red & black Lermontov commemorative issue, marginal from top of sheet
showing variety imperfrate between stamp and margin, fine used. (Photo = 1 457) 727Uo 150 (€ 110 )

3004 3005 3006

3004 1940: 10 k. olive Tshekhov commemorative issue, mint example from lower right corner of
the sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at base, fine large part og.
732Uu * 200 (€ 145 )
3005 1940: 80 k. ultramarine Mayakovskiy commemorative issue, mint example marginal from
top of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, large
part og. 748AUo * 300 (€ 220 )
3006 1941: Ismail Conquest, 15 k. carmine mint example, marginal from right of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted og. 807Ur ** 240 (€ 175 )
3007 1943: 30 k. dark-blue Heroes of the Soviet Union commemorative issue, marginal from
right of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin, fine used.
(Photo = 1 457) 864Ur 150 (€ 110 )
3008 1943: 1 rouble black, medal commemorative issue, mint example, marginal from right of
sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fine and very scarce, full
unmounted og. (Photo = 1 457) 872Ur ** 150 (€ 110 )
3009 1944: 20th anniversary of the Death of Lenin, 30 k. black & blue-grey mint example from
right of sheet margin, variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Full unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 457) 911Ur ** 150 (€ 110 )
3010 1944: 20th anniversary of the Death of Lenin, 30 k. dark-red & orange mint example from
base of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine,
unmounted og. (Photo = 1 457) 912Uu ** 150 (€ 110 )
3011 1945: 2nd anniversary of the Stalingrad Victory, 30 k. dark-brown & red, variety imperforate
between stamp and margin at right, a fine used example. (Photo = 1 457) 952Ur 60 (€ 45 )
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3012 1945: War Scenes, 20 k. blue-green & red, a fine used example from top right corner of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at top. Scarce. (Photo = 1 457) 953Uo 120 (€ 90 )
3013 1945: War Scenes 30 k. black-violet & red, mint example from right of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted og. = 1 457)
(Photo 954Ur ** 120 (€ 90 )
3014 1945: War Scenes 30 k. blue-black, mint example from left of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin, fine large part og. Signed Mikulski.
(Photo = 1 460) 955Ul * 120 (€ 90 )
3015 1945: War Scenes 1 rouble black-green & red, fine used example, m.arginal from right of
sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin.  = 1 460)
(Photo 958Ur 90 (€ 65 )
3016 1945: Moscow Victory, 60 k. green-black , mint example marginal from top of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 460) 961Uo ** 120 (€ 90 )
3017 1945: Air Force 1 rouble dark-brown commemorative issue, mint example marginal from
top of sheet, shwoing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Hinged in margin
only. (Photo = 1 460) 976Uo * 90 (€ 65 )
3018 1945: Air Force 1 rouble grey-black, fine used example marginal from top of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin. (Photo = 1 460) 977Uo 90 (€ 65 )
3019 1945: Air Force 1 rouble violet-black, fine used example marginal from right of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. (Photo = 1 460) 980Ur 150 (€ 110 )
3020 1945: 75th Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin, 50 k. black mint example marginal from base
of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin, full unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 460) 984Uu ** 120 (€ 90 )
3021 1945: 75th Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin, 3 roubles dark-brown, mint example marginal
from base of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin, unused.
(Photo = 1 460) 987Uu (*) 90 (€ 65 )
3022 1945: Day of the Artillery, 30 k. brown, mint marginal example from right of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin, fresh and fine unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 460) 997Ur ** 120 (€ 90 )
3023 1946: Victory Medals of World War II, 60 k. red-brown, used example, marginal from base
of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. = 1 460)
(Photo 1006Uu 60 (€ 45 )
3024 1946: Victory Celebrations, 60 k. black & red, mint example from right of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin,full unmounted og. = 1 460)
(Photo 1007Ur ** 120 (€ 90 )
3025 1946: Elections for the Soviet, 30 k. brown mint, showing variety double horizontal row of
perforations at top, fresh and fine, unmounted og. (Photo = 1 460) 1008 ** 90 (€ 65 )

3026 3027

3026 1945: Air Force 15 k. red-brown, mint  horizontal pair marginal from left of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fine and fresh,unmounted og.  1016Ul ** 150 (€ 110 )
3027 1945: Air Force 15 k. green-black, mint example, marginal from left of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin, fine unmounted og. Rare. 1017Ul ** 300 (€ 220 )
3028 1946: Air Force 30 k. black-violet, a used horizontal pair with variety imperforate between
stamp and margin at right. (Photo = 1 460) 1020Ur 120 (€ 90 )
3029 1946: Death of Kalinin 20 k. black, used example, marginal from base of sheet, with variety
imperforate between stamp and margin. (Photo = 1 460) 1040Uu 150 (€ 110 )
3030 1946: Spas in the Southern USSR, 45 k. brown, mint vertical pair, variety imperforate
horizontally between. Fresh and fine, full unmounted og. (Photo = 1 460) 1044UMw ** 200 (€ 145 )
3031 1946: 20 k. brown Moscow Views, used horizontal strip of three, corner crease on left
stamp, rounded corner on the top right of the right stamp, showing variety imperforate
between vertically. A scarce multiple, large part og. (Photo = 1 463) 1059UMs */** 300 (€ 220 )
3032 1946: 60 k. deep-violet Moscow Views, mint example, marginal from right of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, somewhat dried
original gum. (Photo = 1 460) 1062Ur * 150 (€ 110 )
3033 1946: 1 rouble red-brown Moscow Views, mint example, marginal from lower left corner
of the sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at left. Fine and very
scarce, full unmounted og Mi = not listed. (Photo = 1 460) 1063Ul ** 200 (€ 145 )
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3014 (CHF 120) 3015 (CHF 90) 3022 (CHF 120)

3016 (CHF 120) 3017 (CHF 90) 3018 (CHF 90)

3033 (CHF 200)

3021 (CHF 90) 3023 (CHF 60) 3029 (CHF 150) 3020 (CHF 120)

3030 (CHF 200)

3024 (CHF 120) 3025 (CHF 90)

3019 (CHF 150)

3032 (CHF 150) 3028 (CHF 120)

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3055 (CHF 120)

3052 (CHF 150)

3060 (CHF 90)

3059 (CHF 150)

3054 (CHF 200)

3053 (CHF 150)

ex 3069 (CHF 400)

3088 (CHF 600)

ex 3074 (CHF 2'000) 3083 (CHF 340)

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3034 1946: 29th anniversary of the October Revolution, 30 k. green, mint example, marginal from
base of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Full unmounted og
and very scarce Mi = not listed. (Photo = 1 463) 1075Uu ** 150 (€ 110 )
3035 1946: Reconstruction of Dnieper Barrage, 60 k. dark-blue in a mint vertical pair, showing
variety, horizontally imperforate between, full unmounted og. Rare. (Photo = 1 463) 1079UMw ** 300 (€ 220 )
3036 1947: 100th Anniversary of the birth of Karpinsky, 30 k. green, mint example, marginal
from base of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine,
unmounted og. (Photo = 1 463) 1081Uu ** 200 (€ 145 )
3037 1946: 100th Anniversary of the birth of Karpinsky, 50 k. brown-black, mint vertical pair,
showing variety imperforate between stamps horizontally. Fresh and fine, unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 463) 1082UMw ** 300 (€ 220 )
3038 1947: 25th anniversary of the Death of Lenin, 30 k. green, mint exampl, marginal from left
of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted
og. (Photo = 1 463) 1085Ul ** 150 (€ 110 )
3039 1947: Arms of the Soviet Republics issue, 30 k. black used example, marginal from top of
sheet, showing variety imperforate bwteen stamp and margin. (Photo = 1 463) 1105Uo 120 (€ 90 )
3040 1947: Air Force 30 k. violet, mint example, marginal from left of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin, fine unmounted og. Signed Romeko. (Photo = 1 463) 1119Ul * 300 (€ 220 )

3041
3042
3041 1947: Moscow Metro, 45 k. violet, horizontal pair mint, showing variety imperforate
between vertically, fresh and fine, full unmounted og. Rare. 1128UMs ** 300 (€ 220 )
3042 1947: 800th Anniversary of Moscow, 60 k. black & brown, mint example marginal from
base of sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Full unmounted og.
A rare stamp. 1146Uu ** 240 (€ 175 )
3043 1947: 30 k. brown Spa issue, mint example, completely imperforat, with full unmounted
original gum. Signed Stolow. (Photo = 1 463) 1157U ** 70 (€ 50 )
3044 1947: 30 k. brown Spa issue, mint vertical strip of four, with sheet margin at left, showing
variety imperforate horizontally between all stamps. Fresh and fine, full unmounted og.
Rare. (Photo = 1 463) 1157UMw ** 750 (€ 550 )
3045 1947: 30 k. black-brown Spa issue, fine used example from the top left corner of the sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at top. = 1 463)
(Photo 1159Uo 120 (€ 90 )
3046 1947: Recreation of the Economy, 1 rouble orange, fine used example, marginal from left of
sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. = 1 463)
(Photo 1178Ul 120 (€ 90 )
3047 1947: 5 k. grey-black definitive, used example with sheet margin at left, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin Mi = not listed. (Photo = 1 463) 1203Ur 150 (€ 110 )
3048 1947: 20 k. brown definitive, mint example, marginal from base of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin, fresh and fine, unmounted og. (Photo = 1 463) 1206Uu ** 150 (€ 110 )
3049 1948: 15 k. violet Sports issue, mint example, marginal from top of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin, full unmounted og. Rare. = 1 463)
(Photo 1246Uo ** 300 (€ 220 )
3050 1948: Fulfilment of the Five Year Plan, 30 k. violet, fine used, from the upper left corner of
sheet, showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at top. Scarce and fine.
(Photo = 1 463) 1261Uo 120 (€ 90 )
3051M 1948: 1 rouble definitive aeroplane, mint example, marginal from right of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin, full unmounted og. Scarce and fine.
(Photo = 1 463) 1297Ur ** 300 (€ 220 )
3052 1949: Crimean Spas issue, 40 k. brown mint,  marginal from top of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted og. (Photo = 1 461) 1308Uo ** 150 (€ 110 )
3053 1949: Lomonossov Museum 30 k. brown-red fine used, from lower left corner of the sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin at base. = 1 461)
(Photo 1311Uu 150 (€ 110 )
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3031 (CHF 300)

3036 (CHF 200) 3039 (CHF 120)

3040 (CHF 300) 3047 (CHF 150)

3035 (CHF 300)

3048 (CHF 150)

3038 (CHF 150) 3043 (CHF 70) 3046 (CHF 120)

3050 (CHF 120) 3037 (CHF 300)

3034 (CHF 150)

3044 (CHF 750) 3051 (CHF 300) 3045 (CHF 120) 3049 (CHF 300)
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3056 3058

3057
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3054 1949: 1 rouble rose Sports issue, fine used, marginal from top of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin. Scarce and fine Mi = not listed. = 1 461)
(Photo 1363Uo 200 (€ 145 )
3055M 1949: 60 k. brown Airmail issue, mint example, marginal from left of sheet, showing variety
imperforate between stamp and margin, fine large part og. Signed Brun. (Photo = 1 461) 1402Ul * 120 (€ 90 )
3056M 1949: 1 rouble blue Airmail issue, unused example, marginal from left of sheet, showing
variety imperforate between stamp and margin. 1405Ul (*) 150 (€ 110 )
3057 1949: 10th Anniversary of the Reunification of Western Ukraine and Belarus with the
USSR, 40 k. orange mint vertical pair, marginal from base of sheet, variety imperforate
horizontally between stamps and margin, fresh and fine, unmounted og. There are no
recorded perforation errors known for this stamp in Michel. Rare. 1428UMw ** 500 (€ 365 )
3058 1950: Morosov Monument 40 k. black & red mint, marginal example from top of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, full unmounted og.
There are no perforation errors recorded for this stamp in Michel. 1448Uo ** 240 (€ 175 )
3059 1950: Moscow Museums, 40 k. multicoloured, mint example, marginal from left of sheet,
showing variety imperforate between stamp and margin. Fresh and fine, unmounted og.
(Photo = 1 461) 1455Ul ** 150 (€ 110 )
3060 1983: 200th anniversary of birth of Fjodor Tolstoy, 4 k. multicoloured, mint imperforate
horizontal pair, with sheet margin at base. Full unmounted og. Scarce. (Photo = 1 461) 5243U ** 90 (€ 65 )

Various Soviet Union: Collections and lots

3061 1860/1950: Collection of used/unused stamps with primarily simple values and sets. 150 (€ 110 )
3062 1922/36: 40 covers and cards with primarily mass frankings, incl. old and new rubles. 6 150 (€ 110 )
3063 1908/40: Collection of used/unused stamps including better used airmail sets from the
1920s/30s, few covers. 200 (€ 145 )
3064 1937/90: Large stock of primarily mint souvernir sheets including better ones like 800 years
Moscow (7), 70th birthday Stalin, or 1962 North Pole on FDC, in two albums. 240 (€ 175 )
3065M 1921/38: Collection of 33 airmail covers and cards with a multitude of cachets and labels,
incl. a cover dispatched in Moscow on Sep 9, 1921 with a provisional "AVIA" label etc. 6 240 (€ 175 )
3066 1923/29: Selection of ca. 100 covers and cards with interesting combinations, use of blank
cards. 6 240 (€ 175 )
3067 1918/91: Collection with hundreds of stamps in used/unused condition in two stock albums,
incl. better series. 300 (€ 220 )
3068 1925/57: Lot of primarily mint stamps in blocks of four with a large variety of sets and
values, in two albums. 4** 300 (€ 220 )
3069 1858/1960: Collection in an album with some better sets and values used and unused, incl.
some Imperial Russia, Soviet Union with 1935 Lewanewski "1p." on 10 kop darkbrown tied
by "Mockba 4.8.25" cds. to piece, further some Russian P.O. in the Levant as well as a small
collection of Ukraine. (Photo = 1 461) 400 (€ 290 )
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3070 1865/1990: Collection of thousands of used/unused/mint stamps with better values from the
1930s and a group of souvenir sheets, includes smaller selections of stamps from Estonia,
Lithuania and Central Lithuania; in two albums. 400 (€ 290 )
3071 1940/90: Dealer's stock with several thousand stamps mint and used, in addition souvenir-
and miniature-sheets as well as a few specialities, partly heavy duplication, housed in seven
large stockbooks. 500 (€ 365 )
3072 1875/1998: Collection of thousands of primarily used stamps, mostly small sets of adhesives
but including the good series of the 1930s, in six albums. 600 (€ 440 )
3073M 1930/38: Fine selection of used/unused airmail stamps Mi = € 6'500+. 1'200 (€ 875 )
3074 1918/40: Selection of mint/unused/used stamps with many better series in mint condition in
four albums. A fine lot Mi = € ca. 12'600. (Photo = 1 461) 2'000 (€ 1'460 )
3075 1857/2000: Dealers' stock with several thousand stamps used/unused, incl. better values
and full sets, souvenir sheets, duplicates etc., in good condition and housed in eleven large
stockbooks. 3'000 (€ 2'190 )
3076 1926/58: Selection of 76 covers, cards and postal stationery, franked with definitives and
commemorative values. Interesting lot. 6 150 (€ 110 )
3077 1938/41: Lot of 100 registered receipts, all from the same P.O. in Belarus, franked with
contemporary commemorative stamps and definitives. Interesting selection. 6 200 (€ 145 )
3078 1927/50: Lot of ca. 200 stationary postcards used/unused, incl. use with additinal frankings,
registered, German Fieldpost, in addition 45 filler blue Marx overprint on Tsarist postcard
(Hungary) . 6 240 (€ 175 )
3079 1930/35: Fine lot of 44 propaganda and advertisement stationery postcards used or
unused. 6 240 (€ 175 )
3080 1924/49: Selection of 67 better covers and cards with commemorative issue frankings like
the Pushkin series. An attractive selection. 6 500 (€ 365 )
3081 1930/55: Interesting lot of ca. 250 covers and cards with primarily daily correspondence,
in addition better special issue covers, Field Post and few covers from the interim 1939/41
period mailed to Germany. 6 600 (€ 440 )

Armenia
3082 1894: Registered cover from Erivan, franked on reverse with Arms 10 k. blue pair tied by
Erivan cds's, routed via Dzhulfa to Tabriz, Persia with clear postmarks. (Photo = 1 453) 41 6 150 (€ 110 )
3083 Thick Numerals 1920: Sheet margin block of the 100 r. overprint on 5 r. imperforate from
the second Dashnak period. Upper two stamps are hinged, lower one is mint, additional
c.t.o. postmark from Erivan, 25.2.21. Signed Romeko. (Photo = 1 461) 84 4 340 (€ 250 )
3084 1921: Lot of 318 stamps of the first Yessayan pictorial series, which was only issued in an
overprinted version in 1922, with original adhesives, reprints and some forgeries. 200 (€ 145 )

Ukraine
3085 1918: Collection of 17 mostly mint stamps with Kherson Trident overprints in red.
These overprints were done unofficially on stolen Russian stamps. A rare issue, the lot
demonstrating seventeen of the 25 (or 26) listed adhesives.
Provenance: Collection Vyrovyj. (Photo = 1 www) 340 (€ 250 )
3086 1918 (Nov 18): Shagiv issue, complete set on formular card of the Kiev postal administration,
tied with cds from Volochysk, Volhynia, signed Bulat. (Photo = 1 453) 1-5 6 240 (€ 175 )
3087 1918 (Oct 30): 20 shagiv brown, block of four from the lower left margin on the front and
10 k. blue Odessa type trident overprint on the reverse on registered cover from Tiraspol to
Odessa (rcvd Oct 31). Tiny faults where opened at top do not distract from this fine real use
item. (Photo = 1 453) 2 6 340 (€ 250 )
3088 Carpatho-Ukraine 1945 (May): 60 filler light grey unissued imperforated definitive with
gum, in a block of four and a block of three with blank field. A major rarity of the Carpatho-
Ukraine area as only 150 examples survived, Cert. von Steiden (2010), Steiden = € 3'600+.
(Photo = 1 461) I 600 (€ 440 )
3089 Carpatho-Ukraine 1939/45: unused/used stamps incl. 1939 Czechoslovak Republic
Jasina church definitive in multiples up to a block of 23, also May-July 1945 perforated/
imperforated definitives, with multiples, large units, gutter pairs; omitted, shifted or wrong
imprint, forgotten or partial perforation, Abklatsch, proofs, also five covers with Soviet
stamps and one postcard with the full June 1945 set, an excellent selection with a specialized
catalogue included, Mi = 45'000+. 6'500 (€ 4'745 )