RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 869 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1884-1891 Arms, selection of 21 mostly used stamps incl. 3k olive green (No.10), various shades and postmarks, mostly fine Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 864 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1880 5k indigo blue, white, quadrille paper, reconstructed sheet of 25, with full margins, position 25 printed upright, h.r., folded between stamps, with some marginal separations, small tear at bottom, fine. One of only three sheets still remaining in private hands, ex-Baughman (a single strip of three realized $1,800 at the Faberge sale in 1999) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 875 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1909 3k black on yellow, single and complete sheet of 12 containing six vertical gutter tete-beche pairs, unused without gum, creases, otherwise fine, scarce (Schmidt 34,34S) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 870 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1884-1916 selection of 29 mostly used, with 3k green perf. varieties, block of four, shades, imperf. single etc., couple of minor flaws, mostly fine, Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 865 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1880 3k dark blue, 5k red, imperforate singles, h.r., v.f. (Schmidt 4,5) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 876 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1909 3k black on rose, horizontal gutter tete-beche pane of 12, marginal h.r., fine and rare sheet (catalogue value for six tete-beche pairs) (Schmidt 27a) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 1472 - RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1885 (16 Aug) cover from St. Petersburg with 7k Imperial franking tied on back by City Post cancel, with departure cds alongside, addressed to Ardatov, with 3k local franking tied by Zemstvo Post circular town cancel, Moscow-Nizhniy Novgorod transit alongside, fine Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and CoversRUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
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 Lot 1185 - RUSSIA – ZEMSTVO RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers1899 (4 Apr) cover from Mont Athos (a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece, home to at least 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople), franked on back with Russian Levant 10k pale red and green, tied by "Ropit Afon" cds, addressed to Kremenki village of Ardatov district, with local 3k dark blue added on arrival at the Zemstvo Head Post Office (23 Apr), bearing postmaster's notation "addressee refused to accept the letter" (a common occurrence at the time, as postage due was a novel phenomenon). A remarkable incoming letter from Greece/Turkey to Ardatov, unique combination, ex-Nikitin collection - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and CoversRUSSIA – ZEMSTVO RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO ARDATOV |
