1859 10k brown & blue, used, bottom sheet margin single, v.f., signed Dr. Ferchenbauer
Estimate: $400
Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
Lot #1340 - Russia
Lot #1341 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canceled by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St. Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1342 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, single canceled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive
Estimate: $750
Lot #1343 - Russia
1879 (23 May) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, headed "M. Morgenstern, Warschau" and franked with two examples of 7k gray & red, horizontally and vertically laid paper, tied by cds, with "Vom Ausland uber B.P. Oswiecim-Breslau" registration label (rare), filing fold away from the stamps, with complete wax seal and Klingenthal arrival pmks. A fine and extremely rare combination cover with both vertically and horizontally laid...
Lot #1344 - Russia
1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia...
Lot #1345 - Russia
1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England
Estimate: $300
Lot #1346 - Russia
1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f.
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1347 - Russia
1905 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, well centered and canceled on small piece by the usual "Zhitomir 24.3.06" cds, v.f. and rare invert, signed Mikulski,
Cat. Val. $6,000
Estimate: $3000
Lot #1348 - Russia
1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd. Cat. $2,000)
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1349 - Russia
1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed
Estimate: $500
Lot #1350 - Russia
1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f.
Estimate: $200
Lot #1351 - Russia
1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique multiple
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1352 - Russia
1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canceled by German & Austrian fieldpost markings, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canceled "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1353 - Russia
1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1354 - Russia
1917 1r pale brown, brown and red orange, center double, sheet of 50, n.h., horizontal crease between stamps in rows 5-6 and marginal tear affecting one stamp, otherwise v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,750
Estimate: $1200
Lot #1355 - Russia
1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1356 - Russia
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, faint control handstamp in German, light crease, fine
Estimate: $250
Lot #1357 - Russia
1918 35k blue, imperforate pair, l.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,750
Estimate: $500
Lot #1358 - Russia
1921 (3 Nov) cover franked on back with 5k Postal Savings and 3r Control Stamp, used from Saran-Gorka (Novg) to Petrograd, addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp (No.II) for Czech legionnaires, fine and scarce combination franking to an unusual destination
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1359 - Russia
1922 registered cover from Kharkov to Hong Kong, franked with 35x1r imperf. (350,000r in 1922 currency), returned to sender from Moscow, with handstamp "back to sender in Kharkov, no mail deliveries to the destination indicated", stamps folded at sides and bottom, fine and impressive cover to uncommon destination, to which service was not yet established
Estimate: $500
Lot #1360 - Russia
1922 20r on 15k red brown & deep blue, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, position 48, l.h., v.f., natural inclusion at bottom, fresh, signed Romeko, etc., with 2017 Buchsbayew certificate,
Cat. Val. $9,500
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1361 - Russia
1923 imperforate set of three "fantasies", blocks of four, v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1362 - Russia
1924 Lenin Mourning Issue, large imperf. essay (38mm:50mm), unadapted design, without denomination or "CCCP", some discoloration on back showing through, otherwise fine, signed "Shtern"
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1363 - Russia
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1364 - Russia
1924 Definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed
Estimate: $1500
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