Mikulski Collection of Russia, Frederik Collection of Iceland and Milano Collection of Lombardy-Venetia
June 7-8, 2006

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Lot #45
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied on piece by double-circle, bilingual "Windawa/Windau", April 3, 1858 datestamp (last numeral missing), v.f. usage in present day "Ventspils" (Latvia)
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #46
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, tied on piece by boxed "Frauenburg/18" (prov. Kurland) pmk, date completed by pen "15 May 58", v.f., rare usage from present day "Saldus" in Latvia
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #47
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, two copies, each cancelled by pen and tied together on small piece by early double circle pmk of "Arensburg" (prov. Lifland). This postmark was used from 1838 until 1858 as a departure strike on both prephilatelic andpostal stationery items. At the beginning of 1858, this pmk was used on stamped mail. In addition to the piece, there is also 10kop postal stationery entire, pen cancelled, with Arensburg "1851" pmk, some toning, stamps v.f.
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,350.00

Lot #48
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, four copies, each cancelled by pen, three tied by additional, mostly boxed datestamps of pieces, two canc. "Kaluga" (one unframed), also "Bialystok" and "Tauroggen", March-May, 1858 usages, v.f.
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #49
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, margins except just touching at bottom, cancelled by pen and tied by two strikes of boxed "Slonim" (prov. Grodno), fine
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #50
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by "Proskurov" (prov. Podolsk) straight line undated pmk in cursive Cyrillic letters on piece, v.f.
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #51
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen, actually dated "26 April" and tied by straight line "Kargopol" (prov. Olenetz) in capital Cyrilic letters on outer FL used in 1858 to Onyega
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #52
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen, actually dated "11 May" and tied by straight line "Novokhopersk" (prov. Voronezh) in capital Cyrilic letters on cover to Moscow, additional departure strike and boxed "Polucheno" 23 May, 1858 datestampon back (also endorsed "received 23 May 1858 in Moscow" on front), cover with filing fold at bottom, full wax seal, fine and splendid cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #53
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied on outer FL by straight line, undated "Novogrudek" (prov. Minsk) pmk, addressed to Count Peter Wittgenshteyn, via Wilno to Werki, endorsed 6 June (indicating departure) on back, v.f. and rareusage in present-day Belorus
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #54
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by unframed "Gohenkreutz" (prov. Reval) in large Cyrillic letters on FL sent via Riga to Helsingfors, transit Riga April, 58 and "ANK 10/5" arrival struck in Helsinki, fine and very rare usage inEstonia, ex-Mertens collection
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #55
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by faint "Balashov" (prov. Saratov) straight line undated pmk in cursive Cyrillic letters on FL dated 12 April 1858 and sent to Moscow, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #56
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by faint three-line "Nizhny Novgorod Otprav" departure datestamp on FL written 19 March 1858 to Moscow, intact wax seal on back, v.f., signed Ebel
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #57
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by double oval "Valk Lif. 18" (Valk, province Lifland) pmk on outer FL to Dorpat, with additional strike applied on back, date "13.2.58" filled in by pen, boxed 14 Feb. arrival datestamp, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #58
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by oval "Saratov" 9 May, 1858 pmk on cover to Kiev, full wax seal, backflap missing, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #59
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by oval large circle arrival pmk of "Polucheno Saratov 28 Jan.1858", with boxed departure datestamp of "Samara" 25 Jan. 1858 on back, fine example of arrival pmk used as cancel on first stampof Russia
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #60
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by "Proskurov" (prov. Podolsk) straight line undated pmk in cursive Cyrilic letters on small blue cover FL, sent via Vladimir Volynski to Kislin
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #61
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen and tied by boxed "Minsk", 15 March, 1858 datestamp on outer FL to Vilnius, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #62
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen (actually dated "20 June 1858") and tied by oval "Ratno Otpravleno" (dispatched from Ratno) on small cover (opened for display) to Warsaw, with red Warszawa 16/7 (Gregorian calendar) and boxed "3/P" (3:00P.M.) on arrival, intact red seal, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #63
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, tied on piece by large boxed "Druzgeniki" (prov.Grodno) 19 July, 1858 date filled in manuscript, partly on stamp which is further cancelled by pen on small FL, written entirely in Polish to Grodno, small faults at bottomof the adhesive, otherwise v.f. and rare usage from what was then Lithuania and is currently part of Belorus
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #64
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, tied on FL (written entirely in Yiddish) by "Uman" (prov. Kiev) "May 18" pmk, date completed by pen by adding "27" for day and "58" for year, both not touching the stamp, addressed to Zhitomir", v.f. and exceptional cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #65
Pen Cancellations and Handstruck Provisional Cancels
10k brown & blue, tied on outer FL by double-circle "Kokenhusen" (prov. Lifland) pmk entirely in German, with "18" (part of the year), rest of date completed by pen by adding "58" for year and "5/10" for day and month, sent to Dorpat, with6 October transit and "Dorpat Polucheno" 9 October arrival datestamps on back, intact black wax seal, v.f. and probably unique usage. Several post offices in the Baltic provinces of Lifland, Kurland and Estland used only German pmks
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$4,500.00

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