1791-1872 collection of 105 folded letters written up exhibition style on pages, with an excellent variety of Moscow and St. Petersburg postmarks in red or in black, also Odessa, Berdychev, Riga, Kharkov, Warszawa and others, different border-entry strikes and tax markings, also "Aus Russland" to Geneva, Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, London etc., mostly fine-v.f. An appealing collection -
Estimate price: $7500-7000
Specialized Russia
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Dec 04, 2013 America/New_York
Cherrystone Auctions Specialized Russia
Wednesday Dec 04, 2013 10:00 America/New_York
We are pleased to present our annual RUSSIA Specialized sale, consisting of 594 lots, with exceptional Russian Empire, RSFSR, Soviet Union, plus related areas including Siberia.
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Lot #4001 - Russia
Lot #4002 - Russia
1826 (Dec 31) two FLs from Odessa to the same correspondent in St. Petersburg, each with ornamental "Odessa", the latter with Feb.4, 1827 departure pmk, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $200-170
Lot #4003 - Russia
1839 (18 Aug) FL from Garainovo via Tilsit to Vevey, Switzerland, with two-line departure and "R" datestamp, also red "Moscow 1839" transit, Berlin and Vevey pmks on back, different due markings, fine -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4004 - Russia essays for the first russian postage adhesive
1856 10kop za lot, surface printed essay in green, Mercury type, cut square on white bond paper (45:45mm), very fine. A wonderful Imperial rarity, possibly the only one known in this color, ex-Kirchner, Goss, handstamped "P.M.D." In July 1854, the Director of the Postal Department made an official request to the Council of State for the preparation of postage stamps. The proposed design featuring the head of Mercury was not accepted....
Lot #4005 - Russia essays for the first russian postage adhesive
1856 10kop za lot, 1k za konv (10k per 10 lot; 1kop for cover) embossed Eagle, in blue green, with blue background, die essay on thin card, bottom right angle cut out and replaced as usual, v.f., probably the only known in this color, handstamped "P M D" -
Estimate price: $25000-23000
Lot #4006 - Russia essays for the first russian postage adhesive
1856 10kop za lot, 1k za konv (10k per 10 lot; 1kop for cover) embossed Eagle, in blue gray, with reddish brown background, die essay on thin card, bottom right angle cut out and replaced, v.f., probably the only known in this color, handstamped "P M D" -
Estimate price: $25000-23000
Lot #4007 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, upper left sheet corner margin single, ample at bottom and barely clear at upper right, cancelled by a decorative "Kovno" (today Kaunas, Lithuania) postmark, affixed on small piece, v.f., ex-Mertens collection -
Estimate price: $1000-950
Lot #4008 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, cancelled "Mitava" in large Cyrillic caps, "1" watermark shifted to top, v.f. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4009 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, cancelled "240" in rectangle of dots (Polangen, today Palanga in western Lithuania), v.f. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4010 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, tied by "Berdyansk" in Cyrillic script on small piece, v.f. -
Estimate price: $750-675
Lot #4011 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, margins all around, cancelled "471" in rectangle of dots (Kozlov, Tambov prov), v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-475
Lot #4012 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, large margins all around, light datestamp, v.f., with Mikulski cert. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4013 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, oval cancel, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-475
Lot #4014 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, circular town postmark, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4015 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown and blue, left sheet margin single, cancelled by two-line Cyrillic date stamp (6 June, 1858), fresh and v.f. positional piece -
Estimate price: $750-750
Lot #4016 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, right sheet margin single, cancelled by "245" in rectangular dots (Jacobstadt in Kurland), v.f., with Mikulski cert. -
Estimate price: $1000-950
Lot #4017 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, lower right sheet corner margin single, light pen and numeral dot pmks, v.f. and scarce positional piece -
Estimate price: $1000-950
Lot #4018 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by a three line "Libawa" 21 May, 1858 datestamp, v.f. -
Estimate price: $750-750
Lot #4019 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, numeral cancellation in rectangular dots, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4020 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied on small piece by Riga, April 1858 cds, v.f., ex-Mertens and Rothschild collections -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #4021 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, printed on thin paper, horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, cancelled Berdyansk 1858, fresh and v.f., rare multiple, with Mikulski cert. (Mr. Mikulski estimates that only about 30 pairs of Russia number one exist, most of them cancelled by pen) -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4022 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, fourth and last sub-printing, frame dark brown, center dark blue, printed on thinner paper (stamps used in the third period of cancellations, dotted pmks with numerals), selection of four, two used on pieces (each signed Mikulski), ex-Mertens, Faberge etc., v.f. -
Estimate price: $2000-1900
Lot #4023 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, four copies, each with a different postmark, one piece, margins all around, v.f. -
Estimate price: $2000-1900
Lot #4024 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, margins all around, tied by two-line date stamp on small lady's envelope from Bogorodsk July 7, 1858 to Moscow, with boxed "Polucheno" datestamp and intact red wax seal on back, little ageing on front, still a v.f. and rare cover from Bogorodsk, with BPB cert. -
Estimate price: $7500-7000
Lot #4025 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by two-line "Soligalitch" (in Kostroma Oblast) April 1858 datestamp on complete folded letter (with three pages of text) to Helsingfors, with boxed "ANK 21/4" arrival on back, also with large part of red seal, fresh and immaculate number one on cover, signed Bloch, ex-Baughman collection -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
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