RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 816 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1851 (8 Mar) Folded letter (official letter) sent from Kyakhta to Tambov, with framed "Kyakhta 8 Mar 1851" departure pmk on back, with nearly intact wax seal of the "Tritskosavsk Town Council" (town situated four versts from Kyachta, a town located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia-Russia border. The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag). A wonderful rarity, one of only five (!) recorded postal items from Kyachta, illustrated in Dobin's "Postmarks of the Russian Empire, Pre-Adhesive Period" (St. Petersburg, 2009), with 2003 Melnikov and Liapine certificates Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 5224 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1905 (11 Nov) mourning envelope franked with 10k dark blue, tied by "Novy Margelan" cds, sent to France, with Lyon arrival pmk on back, fine usage from Uzbekistan (today Fergana, founded in 1876 as a garrison town, initially named New Margelan (Novy Margelan), then renamed Skobelev in 1907 after the first Russian military governor of Fergana Valley. In 1924, after the Bolshevik reconquest of the region from Basmachi rebels, the name was changed to Fergana) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 3303 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1914 (16 Jan) registered cover to Berlin, franked with single 20k carmine & blue, tied by Aleksandrovsk on Sakhalin cds, with two registry labels (one in Cyrillic), additional departure (21 Jan), St. Petersburg transit (13 Feb) and Berlin arrival (28 Feb) pmks on back, fine and scarce usage (Sakhalin is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. About one fifth the size of Japan, Sakhalin is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of Japan. Japanese forces invaded and occupied Sakhalin in the closing stages of the Russo-Japanese War. Per the Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905, the southern part of the island reverted to Japan, while Russia retained the northern three-fifths. In 1920, during the Siberian Intervention, Japan again occupied the northern part of the island, returning it to the Soviet Union in 1925) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 3320 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1901 (1 Feb) registered AR (Avis de Reception) cover paying 40k (12x1k and 4x7k Arms), tied by "Bukhara" cds, sent via ADEN to Shikarpore, with 19 Mar 01 arrival pmk. On the front there is an oval handstamp (registered) with blue crayon 2576 probably applied in Aden or on board ship (probably carried on the P & O SS "India", Aden 11.3.01, arriving Bombay 16.3.01) (Shikarpur is a small city and the capital of Shikarpur District in Sindh province of Pakistan) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 3321 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1940 cover franked with 1r, 5r and 80k, tied by Yakkobag railway station Bukhara cds, fine usage from Soviet Uzbekistan Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 3319 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1900 (28 Nov) cover franked on back with 10k (four 1k and two 3k Arms), tied by "Novaya Bukhara Samarkand" cds, sent via Baku (1 Dec) to Shikarpore, with 8 Jan 1901 arrival pmk (Shikarpur is a small city and the capital of Shikarpur District in Sindh province of Pakistan) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 1223 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1904 (9 Sep) picture postcard (Zabaikal Railway) from a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Warszawa, with military handstamp and arrival pmks, fine usage from this remote area in the Chita oblast Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 1224 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1920-24 postal history, selection of 13 covers, including a correspondence to a U.S. soldier stationed initially in Manila, later at the American Barracks, Tientsin, China, five are from Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, two with Far Eastern Republic Franking, other Soviet, also other covers from Vladivostok to San Francisco, Red Cross envelope with letter, franked with Imperial 1r, etc., some cover wear and tear, mostly fine and unusual group Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 1466 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1869-1919 (Far East) collection on pages, with hundreds of stamps and 110+ covers, cards and picture postcards, clearly identified usages from Chita, Irkutsk, Verhne-Udinsk, Stretensk, Nerchinsk, Troitskosansk, Barguzin, Vladivostok, Berezovka, Borzya, Sobolinaya, Zabaikal-Obl, Asha, Ust-Kara, Ust-Uda, several items from Prisoner of War Camps (incl. three to Japan, with interesting censor and POW Society markings), registered cover from Vitim to Yokohama, Yakutsk-Obl and others, variety of rare usages, destinations, rates (some registered) and cancellations, mixed condition, nice collection Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and CoversRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
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 Lot 1467 - RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1918 unused postal cards, numbered 1-20, complete set (Zabaikal types), fresh, mostly fine-v.f., rare set Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and CoversRUSSIA Russia Used in Asia |
