Russland

Lot No. 1929

1858 10 Kop. brown with dotted numbered cancel 392 of Wolmar, forerunner of Latvia, corner fault

Lot No. 1930

1862 letter from Riga with dotted numbered cancel 38 to Libau with arrival postmark

Lot No. 1931

1865, 1 kop. black yellow, 3 kop. black green and 10 kop. blue brown (back print of 5 kop. stamp) on piece used in Poland (perf faults and surface scratch), tied by clear black boxed ”1”, fine and scarce

Lot No. 1932

1891:Commercial cover (with enclosed letter in greek), printed ”Georges Bougadis, Odessa”, franked with Russian 10 Kop, addressed to Chios Island (then Turkey). The cover boarded a southbound steamship to Egypt and so has a Alexandria transit backstamp and the stamp cancelled there by an Egyptian retta obliterator. Exceptional condition and a splendid roundabout route.

Lot No. 1933

1906, 7 Kop. blau von Moskau auf selbstgefertigtem Kartenbrief mit Jugendstil-Design,

Lot No. 1934

1905, registered letter sent from CHARKOW to Innichen, Austria with additional scarce white, blue and red coloured label with registered in four languages.

Lot No. 1935

1922 10x 14 cop. coat of arms issue with and without chalk overprint, all stamped Petrograd 17.10.1922, possibly on one and the same cover

Lot No. 1936

1917, 10 K. (13, inc. block-12) etc. tied ”MOSKVA 16 8 22” to reverse of registered air mail cover to Germany w. backstamp ”BADEN-BADEN 24.8.22”, cover unevenly opened, faults.

Lot No. 1937

1916-17, small specialized lot in mostly very good condition on old blank sheets, as well overprint variations incl. inverted overprints, units up to a block of eight and also four covers with frankings. (M)
SPRACHE
1916-17, kleine Spezialpartie in meist sehr guter Erhaltung auf alten Blankoblättern, dabei Aufdruckabarten inkl. Kopfsteher, Einheiten bis zum Achterblock und auch vier frankierte Belege. (M)

Lot No. 1938

1918/1922: Multiple franking of 16 examples of the 1918 Controle stamp 25r. brown-violet & yellow-brown on cover from Moscow ('14.3.22' datestamp) to Braunschweig, Germany. The stamps have been used as 250r. stamps in 1922 so that a total franking of 4,000r. is still on the cover. The envelope opened roughly at left, with a cebtral fold and reduced at right, few stamps with faults but still a scarce multiple franking. (Mi. Spec. for one stamp on cover: 200 €) (T)

Lot No. 1939

1921, ”250 Rbl. dark gray violet as tete-beche gutter”, mint never hinged lower margin block of six in the rarer variety ”left side inverted”, faultless condition.
SPRACHE
1921, ”250 Rbl. dunkelgrauviolett als Kehr-Zwischensteg”, postfrischer Unterrand-Sechserblock mit ”tete-beche” in der selteneren Variante ”linke Seite kopfstehend”, tadellose Erhaltung

Lot No. 7118

1919, six items (inc. 4 covers, one small cover/contents and 1 mimeograph) from or related to Rudolf Racher, POW in POW-camp II Baon, Nikolsk-Ussurisk, Primorskaja Oblast. Apparently his letters were forwarded in small envelopes to Petropavlovsk and mailed via normal franked civilian mail. Postmarked Petropavlovsk to Glarus/Switzerland: 1) franked 70 K. tied ”PETROPAVLOVSK 2-1-1919” to reverse of envelope with japanese censormark ”inspected/5” of Kobe/Japan, transit Paris and french censortape/tie-mark and arrival ”GLARUS 23 IV 19”. Inc. letter dated 1-1-1919. 2) franked 50 K. (pair) tied ”PETROPAVLOVSK 15 7 19” endorsed ”Switzerland via Vladivostok - USA”, russian censortape and censormark of Vladivostok, arr. ”GLARUS 15.IX.19”. No contents. 3) contents only, small envelope with letter dated 23.8.19. 4) franked 20 K., 50 K. tied ”PETROPAVLOVSK 25-9-1919” as before w. ms arrival note ”rec. 10. November 1919” inc. contents letter dated 25.9.19. 5) franked 50 K. (pair) tied ”PETROPAVLOVSK 7-10-1919” as above, includes small empty envelope and ms. arrival note ”rec. 14.XI 1919” 6) mimeographed letter by Chr. Neuwirth (among Glarus addressees of above envelopes) dated 14.11.19, to one Guido Tarabochia, Bregenz/Austria mentioning letter of Racher dated Aug. 23 but heavily censored and parts torn off (see above 3). Also mentions letter (see above 3) requesting various pieces of clothing. Highly interesting documentation of postal cirumstances in Siberia were forwarding via civilian mails was preferable in view of time in transit (one letter mentions a ”Lieutenant R. R.” as fwd. agent in Petropavlovsk). (T)

Lot No. 7122

1848 - 1885; Bestand von über 70 vorwiegend Ganzsachenumschlägen sowie einigen frühen Ganzsachen-Karten, alle gebraucht mit teils interessanten Entwertungen, auch Stadtpost. Selten angebotener Posten aus altem Lager. (K)