388th Auction

1880/1923 (ca.), Russian Fiscals and Zemstvo, group of unused/used including some multiples, noted Moscow chancellery, Simbirsk, Armavir, Voronezh and more, 1871 “Tabak” 3 roubles green imperforate unused (Standart-Nr. 5, ex Fabergé), small Zemstvo part with Ustssissolsk, Krememchug, Borigolevsk, etc, except for the occasional fault mostly in fine condition, an interesting assembly neatly housed in two booklets

DINABURG (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, used with central red circular postmark with dots in centre over a previous cancel, which had been washed and mostly removed, with slight surface aberrations at bottom. A very attractive stamp with a rare case of postal fraud. Certificate Buchsbayew (2022)

EKATERINOSLAV: 10 kopeck brown & blue, ample to large margins, tied by almost complete strike of boxed pre-philatelic handstamp to piece. Very fine. Signed Buchsbayew

VOLSK: 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, tied by boxed handstamp to entire letter to Saratov. The stamp just a tiny trace of unfreshness at upper right, otherwise very fine. A very rare usage of the No.1; just one further entire has been recorded from this small town. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

Provenance: H.C. Goss (Robson Lowe, 1958)

DINABURG (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good even margins tied by red double line handstamp DAUGAVPILS APRIL 7 1858 (additional strike on front) and additional pen cross to reverse of envelope to Moscow, with arrival mark, partly tying the stamp. Some minor ageing of no importance, otherwise very fine. A rare red cancellation on a No. 1 entire. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

SMOLENSK: 10 kopeck brown & blue, ample to large  margins, tied by large fancy double circle "SMOLENSK FEB.19 1858" to letter sheet to Twer. Some minor ink erosion in the address, otherwise very fine. 1 of just 2 entires recorded from Smolensk. Certificate Buchsbayew (2015)
 

Provenance: Z.S. Mikulski (Cherrystone 2006)

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown & blue, large margins, tied by boxed  "TAUROGEN 28 MAR 1858" to lettersheet with reverse side oval handstamp "SPEDITIONS-GESCHÄFT JOHN G. KNIEP/TAUROGGEN", to Riga, with arrival mark. Supposed to origin from (most likely) German soil and forwarded. Just four similar entires with the Kniep handstamp have been recorded. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

PSKOV: 10 kopeck brown & blue, large even margins, cancelled by almost complete strike of pre-philatelic double line handstamp. Very fine. Signed Mikulski and Buchsbayew 

PUCHEZHSKY POSAD: 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice  even margins, tied by complete and clear strike of pre-philatelic double line to envelope to Moscow. Very fine and rare; the only recorded entire from this small village. Certificate Buchsbayew (2013)

REVAL (Estonia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice large even margins, tied by boxed pre-philatelic "REVAL 26 APR. 1858" to letter sheet to Borga in Finland. Very fine and exceedingly rare. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

Provenance: Eppstein

RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, tied by clear c.d.s. "RIGA 7 MAY. 1858", to letter sheet to Twer, with arrival mark. Lettersheet at base with light staining, otherwise very fine and attractive. Certificate Buchsbayew (2017)

RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, good to large margins, tied by clear dotted numeral "38" to letter sheet to Libau with reverse side dispatch mark "RIGA 9 SEP. 1858". Some minor staining, otherwise very fine and attractive. 1 of just 2 entires recorded with this cancellation. Certificates Eisold (2001), Mandrovsky (2003) and Buchsbayew (2016)

SLUTSK (BELARUS): 10 kopeck brown & blue, nice large margins, used with clear and almost complete strike of pre-philatelic straight line. Very fine and rare; the only recorded No.1 used in this small city. Signed Buchsbayew and Georg Bühler

RIGA (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown and blue, horizontal pair with good to large margins, tied by pen crosses to letter sheet to Pernau with reverse side dispatch mark "RIGA 10 FEB. 1858" and bilingual arrival mark. The right stamp with very minor and unobtrusive diagonal bend, still very fine and most attractive. An extremely rare franking. Certificates Mikulski (1995) and Citerne BPP (2026)

 

Provenance: Liphschutz (Craveri, 1994) Paolo Bianchi  (Investphila, 2008)

TAUROGGEN (Lithuania): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, tied by boxed  "TAUROGEN 21 MAY 1858" and oval sender's mark to lettersheet to St. Petersburg, with “Saint Petersburg 24 May 1858” arrival mark. Very fine and most attractive. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

1866/1992, mint never hinged/unused and used group, eclectic material with some printing varieties, scarce Nikolsk railway fiscals, Zemstvo Borisolevsk, modern postal forgeries with 1992 25 roubles, etc., neatly housed in one booklet

SARANSK: 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large even margins, with central dotted rectangular "326" and adjacent dry strike of straight line "SARANSK", used on opened out envelope to Moscow. Very fine and fresh. The only recorded No.1-cover with this cancellation and one of just 2 recorded from the village of Saransk. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014)

GRODNO (Belarus): 10 kopeck brown & blue, clear to good margins, used with central and clear strike of dotted circular "11", very fine. Signed Buchsbayew 

ST.PETERSBURG: 10 kopeck brown & blue, large even margins, used with central dotted circle "1". Very fine and fresh. Only very few stamps of the 'Provisional Issue' have been used in the capital. Signed Buchsbayew

BREST-LITOVS (BELARUS): "1", dotted oval, clear and central strike on 10 kopeck brown & blue, ample to large margins, very fine. Signed Buchsbayew 

SCHRUNDEN (Latvia): 10 kopeck brown & blue, good to large margins, tied by dotted rectangular "244", with adjacent pre-philatelic bilingual double circle with manuscript date "7/IX" to letter sheet to Sessilen. Very fine and attractive. The only recorded number 1 cover from this small village. Certificate Buchsbayew (2014) 

1919, Arms 5 k., horizontal strip of three and pair tied by red cds. “SIGULDA 30 4 19” to front of a money transfer for the sum of three roubles to Riga with reverse arrival cds., the card and franking cut in at right otherwise very fine and exceptional usage in Soviet Latvia, both cities being under Bolshevik rule; also a 1919 parcel card from “PSKOV 27 4 19” to Riga, also under Soviet rule, very fine. A scarce Bolshevik duo

“MURAVIEVSKI LAGER 20 VI 1907” CAMP MURAVIEV on postal money transfer order for the sum of 262 roubles and 15 kopek with the camp label alongside, reverse arrival “KOVNO 21 VI 1907”, 5 k. couple of short perfs. of no importance, very fine and very rare, one of only a few postal money order from this temporary post and telegraph office which was opened during Summer only

“PARAKHODA. OBSCH. R.V.A.P. z 19 4 09” (STEAMSHIP OF EAST ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY), fine strike on 2 k. (2) to postcard to Shanghai, China with arrival cds “SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE 6 5 09” and Chinese PO “SHANGHAI 6 MAY”, very fine and attractive. A very scarce combination

“VILNA TEMP(ERORY) P. O. V LAGER 16 May 1892” VILNA MILITARY CAMP special cds. on 20 k. registered postal stationery envelope to Roma with reverse arrival cds. “ROMA 6 -92”, minor imperfections no detracting, still fine. Extremely rare and the earliest date of usage recorded for this camp

“BLAGOVESHCHENSK-NIKOLAEVSK 18 7 12 a” (type 2, large format), very fine strike on 3 k. to postcard to St Petersburg, fine and scarce ship mail on the river Amur

1920/23, 8 covers and card including some better frankings, usage from Kolchak, Chita, and Far East Republic issues, registered mail, etc., rather mixed condition 

1921, Vladivostok issue 2 k., good to large margins, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK -1 3 21” to printed matter band to Riga, Latvia, alongside singleline “PECHATNOE”, mail sent “via Japan”, reverse arrival cds. 13 IV 21, very fine. A very scarce single usage at the printed matter rate

1920, Vladivostok issue 70 k. on 1 k. imperforate, four large margins all around, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK 4 10 21” to registered envelope to New York with reverse transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce usage

1857/1980 (ca.), unused and used holding in 2 big boxes, with some better items/sets, some without gum or grease hinges, also some modern covers

1927, Solovki Prison Camp, appealing group of 10 postal cards printed locally at the camp, three of them unused, including seven different designs, some censored at the camp in blue crayon, franked and posted outside at the post office of Kem, slightly mixed condition as to be expected. A quite extraordinary group, some cards featuring sketches from the famous painter and inmate Osip Braz; this remote camp was set up on the Solovetsy Islands on the White Sea, it earned the nickname “Mother of Gulag” by Solzhjenitsyn

1958, Mendeleev Congress unissued 40 k. Butlerov with the special congress blue overprint, mint never hinged, very fine. A very scarce stamp

1850/1980, in the beginning mostly used and unused, from 1961-80 apparently complete mint never hinged collection, starting from Mi.-Nr. 1, incl. better early values with e.g. Mi.-Nr. 83 used (closed tear) signed Richter, in two hingeless albums 

1879, Alfonso 4 pts. and  10 pts., fresh colours, unused with original gum, very fine and fresh. Each with  certificate Baschwitz BPP (2025)

1880/1945, Propaganda & Censor: 30 covers and cards, many different censors from Tenerife and Las Palmas, Viva Espana! cancellations, local stamps on cover and commercial imprints, few early stationerys, mostly fine.

1850/2000, collection in 4 KABE albums and 2 stockbooks, including local stamps, etc.