Letters and Postal Items

Lot number 3999 Quality: ✉

Finland 1854 10k carmine postal envelope sent from St. Michel to Skarpans, framed dated postmark on both the stamp on the flap as well as on the front of the cover

Lot number 4000 Quality: ✉

1863/1911, 4 postal items with various destinations, vf

Lot number 4001 Quality: ✉

Russia 1864 10k postal envelope sent from Valday to St. Petersburg, very good quality in all respects

Lot number 4002 Quality: ✉

Russia 1869 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France, franked for 28k with a vertical pair of the 10k together with 3k and 5k stamps respectively, oval "FRANKIROVANO" (franked) handstamp in red as well as framed "P.D." in VIOLET, this latter one being somewhat less commonly found in this colour, Prussian and French transit postmarks, uncommon

Lot number 4003 Quality: ✉

Russia 1869 cover from Berdiansk to Marseille, France, franked with a horizontal pair of the 10k together with a 3k and a 5k for a total of 28k, with oval "FRANKIROVANO" (franked) handstamp in red on the front as well as various transit and arrival postmarks on both sides

Lot number 4004 Quality: ✉

Russia 1869 mourning cover from Taganrog to Marseille, France, bearing a 28k franking consisting of a 20k, a 5k and three 1k stamps, transit and arrival postmarks on both front and back, very good overall condition, colourful and uncommon

Lot number 4005 Quality: ✉

Russia 1872 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France, franked for 28k with a 20k stamp together with 3k and 5k stamps respectively, oval "FRANKIROVANO" (franked) handstamp in VIOLET, relatively less common in this colour, transit and arrival postmarks on both sides, uncommon

Lot number 4006 Quality: ✉

Russia 1873 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France bearing a 24k franking including a 10k pair, the stamps tied by travelling post office cancel (showing the station number "4" inverted on the first line, as usual with these postmarks), framed "FRANKIROVANO" (franked) handstamp on the front, alongside German and French transit postmarks, very good condition

Lot number 4007 Quality: ✉

Russia 1873 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France bearing a 20k single franking, oval "OPLACHEN" (paid) handstamp in violet on the front, alongside German and French transit cancels, arrival c.d.s. on back, very good condition and uncommon

Lot number 4008 Quality: ✉

Russia 1873 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France bearing four 5k stamps in order to make up for the 20k simple rate, red "PD" on the front alongside German and French transit cancels, arrival postmarks on the back, uncommon multiple franking with the 5k stamp

Lot number 4009 Quality: ✉

Russia 1873 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France franked with three 10k stamps and two 5k stamps, thus making for a total rate of 40k, various transit and arrival postmarks on both front and back and a relatively uncommon double-rate franking

Lot number 4010 Quality: ✉

Russia 1874 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France bearing a 25k franking made up of a vertical pair of the 10k and a 5k stamp, sent via the Austrian route and inscribed as such on the front at top, framed "FRANKIROVANO" (franked) handstamp also on the front and various transit and arrival postmarks on both front and back, very good quality

Lot number 4011 Quality: ✉

Russia 1874 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France, franked with a verical pair of the 10k in order to pay for the simple rate of 20k, oval "OPLACHEN" (paid) handstamp in black on the front, alongside framed "P D" in red and various other transit and arrival postmarks on both sides, very good condition

Lot number 4012 Quality: ✉

Russia 1874 cover from Odessa to Marseille, France bearing a 10k and a horizontal pair of the 5k, insufficiently franked and thus receiving the French "AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT" framed handstamp on arrival, charged "6" (decimes), uncommon

Lot number 4013 Quality: ✉

Russia used in Poland 1879 7k grey postal envelope sent registered from Warsaw to Braunschweig, Germany and up-rated with two 7k stamps, framed "ZAKAZNOE" (registered) postmark on the front and German registration label applied upon arrival at the transit railway node in Berlin, arrival c.d.s. on the back

Lot number 4014 Quality: ✉

Russian Post Offices in China 1904 newspaper wrapper (2x) of The North-China Herald and S.C. & C. Gazette sent from Shanghai to London via the Russian post office and franked with three overprinted 2k green stamps, VIA SIBERIA handstamp in violet, complete and scarce

Lot number 4015 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1919 cover sent from Kolyanur (?) in the Vyatka Governorate to St. Petersburg and bearing a 4r franking on the back, addressed to a soldier (as this was the Civil War period), Vologda transit c.d.s. alongside on the back

Lot number 4016 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1919 cover sent registered from Kazan (in Tatarstan) to Suvorov (?) and franked for 4r on the back, including chain-breaker 70k stamps, relatively uncommon

Lot number 4017 Quality: 0

1919/1920 Accumulation of 12 fragments, franked with various values, perforated and imperforate, including rare material, vf/f/to be checked

Lot number 4018 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1920 parcel card sent from Soltsy to St. Petersburg and displaying a heavy 120r franking on both front and back, consisting of 17 stamps of 7r plus a 1r stamp, very good condition for this type of item and uncommon

Lot number 4019 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1920 parcel card sent to Petrograd (St. Petersburg nowadays) franked for 154r (and 1k) on both front and back, including 22 stamps of 7r, place of origin is partly illegible (Novo-…), uncommon

Lot number 4020 Quality: 0

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1920 parcel card sent from Ertil (Voronezh) and franked for 85r with 17 stamps of 5r

Lot number 4021 Quality: 0

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1920 large part of a money order sent from Vereshchino (Novgorod) and franked on both front and back with multiples of the 1k orange imperf. for a total of 33k

Lot number 4022 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1922 registered inflation cover sent from Omsk to Leipzig and bearing an exceptional franking consisting of many stamps which are not commonly seen on cover, with the most important amongst them being the 3 horizontal values of the Volga Famine issue, which have been applied on both front and back, magnificent aspect and a rare cover

Lot number 4023 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1923 inflation cover sent from Novonikolayevsk (nowadays Novosibirsk) to Amsterdam, Netherlands, colourful and heavy franking on the back, as usual, including imperf. 10k blue (Michel 208B) pair and single

Lot number 4024 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1923 inflation cover sent registered from Moscow to Brussels and bearing a multiple franking of the 40r on 15k (Michel 205A) on the back

Lot number 4025 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1923 registered cover from Moscow to Amsterdam, Netherlands bearing inflationary franking of perf. And imperf. Stamps on both front and back as well as a 250r on 35k blue compulsory tax stamp for envelopes containing stamps for philatelic exchanges (Michel 1), addressee cout out otherwise fine and a scarce cover

Lot number 4026 Quality: ✉

Russia - R.S.F.S.R. 1923 large envelope sent registered from Moscow to Alkmaar, Netherlands and bearing a very impressive inflation franking including a COMPLETE PANE (with pane margins all around) of the 40r on 15k hammer and sickle overprints (Michel 205A), as well as many other perf. and imperf. values including multiples, neat aspect, especially for an infla cover of this period, scarce