Rev. L.L. Tann Collection of Imperial Russia
December 3, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot # | Unsold | |
 | Lot #5001 RUSSIA 1903 (29.7) picture postcard from London addressed to "Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Olga Nicholayevna Alexandria, Peterhof", with a good arrival strike of the State Chancellery "S.Ptersburg/Kantz Pocht Directora 19 July 1903", card creases  | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5002 RUSSIA 1906 (19.6) registered cover from Putyatino addressed to "His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor at St.Petersburg", with a good arrival strike of the State Chancellery "S.Ptersburg/Kantz Pocht Directora 27 June, 1906" (Director of Post/State Chancellery), cover faults at top, otherwise fine | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5003 RUSSIA 1910-17 five items including four covers, two registered, all addressed to Petrograd including one to the Minister of the Imperial Court His High Excellency the Count Fredericks for transfer to His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor Nikolai Aleksandrovitch, another to the Grand Duke Constantine, also a ppc from London to the Bulgarian Legation in St.Petersburg, all five with the scarce State Chancellery arrival pmks | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5004 RUSSIA 1915 (14.10) cover from Lyuvim to Petrograd, addressed to a high official in the secret surveillance service, with a good arrival strike of the Imperial Mail Delivery Department "Petrograd Otd. Dost. Vysoch. Corr. 16.10.15", the postal department which dealt with correspondence to and from the Imperial Family, Court Officials, Ministers etc., fine and rare | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5005 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1k-10r complete set of 19, including 5r and 10r, l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f. * Catalog #55-72 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5006 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 2k-7r, selection of 50+ items (balance of a collection), used and unused, mostly varieties including paper folds, shifted centers and backgrounds, offsets, partial prints (due to paper folds), centers partially omitted, 3.5r top sheet margin pair with date of issue imprint, also 7r upper right sheet corner margin block of four, excellent specialist group  *OCatalog #56/70var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5007 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 2k yellow green, top sheet margin block of four, pre-print fold-over crease causing large part of printing omitted diagonally from three stamps, also top sheet corner margin vertical pair, fold-over variety with part of design omitted from the front and printed at top, v.f.  *Catalog #56var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5008 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k red, double impression, h.r., fine * Catalog #57b | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5009 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k dark rose red, double impression, horizontal pair, h.r., fine * Catalog #57b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5010 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k rose red, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski. A fabulous rarity, listed but unpriced in Michel ** Catalog #57d | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #5011 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k rose red, horizontal pair, part of print omitted horizontally at top, v.f. * Catalog #57var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5012 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k rose red, horizontal pair, part of print omitted horizontally at top, v.f. * Catalog #57var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5013 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 3k rose red, lower left sheet corner margin imprint block of six, fold-over crease resulting in diagonal printing partly omitted from the bottom strip, impressions struck instead on back of the sheet margin (those completely without groundwork), h.r., v.f. and impressive *Catalog #57var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5014 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 4k rose red, horizontal sheet margin strip of three, groundwork strongly shifted to right and actually printed on margin, appears doubled on the right stamp, h.r., v.f., spectacular variety * Catalog #57Cvar | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5015 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate sheet margin single with significant shift of background, h.r. and minor gum adhesions, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5016 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate sheet margin single with significant shift of background, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5017 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate sheet corner margin single with significant shift of background, h.r. and creased, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5018 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate horizontal sheet margin pair, with significant shift of background, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5019 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate sheet margin single with significant shift of background, used with additional franking on piece, v.f. O Catalog #59b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5020 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7k dark blue, horizontal pair, both stamps without center, with large parts of frame omitted as well, v.f., rare * Catalog #59var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5021 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 10k dark blue, two misperforated varieties, one without gum, the other h.r., fine and striking varieties *(*) Catalog #60var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5022 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 10k dark blue, horizontal sheet margin pair, background shifted, partially omitted at left, appears doubled at right, horizontal crease, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #60var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5023 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 10k dark blue, horizontal sheet margin strip of three, diagonal fold-over resulting in misperforated variety, some irregular perfs at bottom, fine and scarce item, signed Romeko * Catalog #60var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #5024 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 14k blue & rose, misperforated variety, also a sheet corner marginal single, large part of center omitted, fine and unusual * Catalog #61var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5025 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 50k violet & green, horizontal pair, large part of printing omitted diagonally from both stamps, v.f. * Catalog #66var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5026 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r brown & red, variety imperf. at bottom, minor wrinkles, also horizontal sheet margin single, double vertical perforations at left, v.f. * Catalog #68f | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5027 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r brown & red, vertical pair, imperf. between, l.h., folded between stamps, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #68f | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #5028 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r brown & red, vertical pair, imperf. between, l.h., minor corner crease and some irregular perfs, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #68f | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5029 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r brown & red, vertical pair, imperf. between, used, minor corner crease and short perfs, otherwise v.f. O Catalog #68f | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5030 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r brown & orange, two misperforated varieties, fine-v.f. * Catalog #68var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5031 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 1r sheet margin single, incredible variety with part of the dark brown printing completely omitted at upper right, also from the sheet margin, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #68var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5032 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 5r blue, green, pale blue, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f., rare * Catalog #71var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5033 RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues 1902 7r black and yellow, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f., rare * Catalog #70b | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #5034 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking left, engraved vignette in black, die essay on card (with French inscriptions including part of Mouchon's name), v.f., probably unique E | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #5035 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking right, engraved vignette in black with black surround, die essay on thin card, fine-v.f. E | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5036 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking right, engraved vignette in black with black surround, die essay on glazed paper, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5037 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking right, reduced size, engraved vignette in black with black surround, die essay on card, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5038 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking right, reduced size, engraved vignette in black with black surround, die essay on larger card, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5039 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II in profile looking right, reduced size, engraved vignette in black, cleared background, with black surround, die essay on thin card, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5040 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, die essay (designed by Richard Zarrinch to accommodate the 3/4 face portrait designed by Mouchon) on card, frame only in black, without value at bottom, v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #5041 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, complete die essay on card, bi-colored with black center and blue frame, with "national" denomination of 10 kopeck. Retouching to the portrait, beard and hair, rendered this portrait somewhat of a "caricature", v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5042 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated essay in brown, on stamp paper, portrait redrawn by Richard Zarrinch to give a more realistic image of the Tsar. Instead of the wavy horizontal lines, the portrait is made up of cross-hatching, with scroll frame showing minor variations of shading, value tablet blank, v.f. E | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #5043 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated essay in gray blue, on stamp paper, with scroll frame showing minor variations of shading, value tablet blank, v.f. E | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #5044 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated essay in dark gray blue, on stamp paper, with scroll frame showing minor variations of shading, value tablet blank, v.f. E | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #5045 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, complete die essay on card, in olive brown without value at bottom, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc., with Mikulski cert. E | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #5046 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated, bicolor essay in green & violet, on thick paper, with horizontal lines in background, decorative laureated frame, value tablet blank, with irregular perfs, v.f., signed Mikulski E | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #5047 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, profile facing right, complete die essay on card, in purple, with "national" denomination of 10 kopeck, laureated frame, v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #5048 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, profile facing right, bicolor die essay on card, with dark green center and reddish frame, without denomination, laureated frame, v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #5049 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, profile facing right, three perforated bicolor essays on thick paper, each without denomination, scroll frame, each dated 17.IX.11 in pencil on back, v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #5050 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Mouchon Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, profile facing right, two perforated essays on thick paper, one in ultramarine, another in purple, without denomination, laureated frame, each dated 17.IX.11 in pencil on back, v.f., extremely rare E | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5051 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Zarrinch Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, die essay (designed by Richard Zarrinch) in blue black, "full face" Tsar in military uniform, laureated frame, 1r denomination, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5052 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Zarrinch Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, die essay in black on thin card, "full face" Tsar in military uniform, laureated frame, 1r denomination, v.f., signed W.Pohl E | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #5053 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Zarrinch Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, die essay in blue black, "full face" Tsar in military uniform, laureated frame, value tablet blank, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5054 RUSSIA 1903-1906 Portrait of Nicholas II by Mouchon Zarrinch Essays 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, imperf. 1r essay, upper left sheet margin copy, v.f. E | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #5055 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 1k-10r, selection of 100+ items (balance of a collection), used and unused, mostly varieties including paper folds, shifted centers and backgrounds, offsets, partial prints (due to paper folds), centers partially omitted, part perf. varieties, double centers (1r), large multiples with inscriptions etc., interesting lot with much potential *OCatalog #73/109 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5056 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 7k blue, horizontal upper right sheet margin pair, partial double impression at top, v.f., rare * Catalog #78var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5057 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 10k blue, dark blue, two singles and sheet margin pair, each stamp with vertical, diagonal or horizontal paper folds, the latter with a penciled notation ("received at post-telegraph office in 1914") * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #5058 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 10k dark blue, vertical sheet margin pair, dramatic paper fold, with part of printing omitted and printed on reverse, v.f. * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5059 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 15k red brown & deep blue, horizontal pair, center fully omitted at left, cancelled Kiev 2.7.15, fine O Catalog #81c | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5060 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 15k red brown & deep blue, vertical pair, center fully omitted from top, partially at bottom, some creasing, otherwise fine-v.f. * Catalog #81c,var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5061 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 15k red brown & deep blue, upper right sheet margin block of four, fantastic fold-over during printing and perforating, stamps n.h., v.f. *Catalog #81var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5062 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 15k deep red brown & dark blue, horizontal pair, center shifted to bottom right, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #81var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5063 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 1r brown & red, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, imperf. between and at right, with vertical bars (1912 issue), l.h. or n.h., v.f. *Catalog #87var | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5064 RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms 1909 1r brown & red, lower left sheet corner margin block of four, imperf. between (horiz), stamps n.h., v.f. **Catalog #87var | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #5065 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k-5r two complete sets (h.r.), also 65+ covers, cards and stationery, wrappers and picture postcards, partially written up (balance of the collection), with variety of frankings (to 1r), usages, combinations, also used hundreds of Romanov adhesives cancelled in the various parts of the Russian Empire including Asia, plus eight unused currency notes (to 500r), three bonds/stock certificates with elaborate engravings, interesting lot *OCatalog #88-104 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5066 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k-5r complete set of 17, each stamp cancelled by St.Petersburg 21.2.1913 (the exact 300th Anniversary of the day that Michael Fyodorovitch Romanov commenced his reign) pmks on large unaddressed cover, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f. A wonderful cover with the full set of Romanov Issue, tied by the symbolic cancels Catalog #88-104 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5067 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k-70k collection of 46 different die proofs, 1k (6), 2k (3), 3k (6), 4k, 7k (3), 15k (5), 14k, 20k, 25k (2), 35k (7), 50k (3), 70k (8), various stages and colors, including issued color, also seven dies of center only (various colors and values), nine of frame only etc., fine-v.f. and wonderful group of Romanov die proofs P Catalog #88/100P | Price Realized $33,000.00 |
 | Lot #5068 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 (30.12.12) three days prior to Issue, picture postcard franked with 3x1k tied by Pochtowyj Wagon (No. illegible) 30.12.12 cds and sent to Starozhilov, with 1.2.13 arrival pmk, fine and rare usage three days prior to the official issue of the Romanov Jubilee Catalog #88 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5069 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k (2), 2k and 10k paying 14k on back of a registered cover from Riga to Abo, Finland, with 9.9.14 Helsinki transit and 12.9 Abo arrival pmks, full, virtually intact wax seal and censor label on back. While the stamps are cancelled by the mute or "dumb" pmks (in the attempt to conceal the origin of the letter), the exercise is completely defeated by the Riga return address, also clearly visible on the registration handstamp Catalog #88,89,93 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5070 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k brown orange, vertical sheet corner margin pair, with significant paper fold through the middle, h.r., v.f., ex-Small collection * Catalog #88var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5071 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k brown orange, sheet margin block of four, double horizontal perfs at top, buckled vertical perfs, h.r., v.f. *Catalog #88var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5072 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 1k brown orange, top sheet margin block of four, imperf. vertically at top, v.f. While faint impressions of perforations ("blind perfs") are visible, none penetrated the paper and this is truly a variety imperf. vertically, v.f. and extremely rare *Catalog #88var | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5073 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k, 3k and 10k varieties, each showing a significant paper fold, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #89,90,93var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5074 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k green, single and pair, also 7k brown vertical pair, all with significant offsets on back, fine-v.f. * Catalog #89,92var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5075 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k green, two horizontal pairs, each showing significant paper folds, v.f. * Catalog #89var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5076 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k green, horizontal sheet margin pair, with perforation shift, also a single with errant perforations, v.f. * Catalog #89var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5077 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k green vertical pair, double horizontal perfs between stamps, v.f. * Catalog #89var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5078 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2k green, upper right sheet corner block of four, with significant paper fold at upper, causing interrupted print, some albino impressions in margin, v.f. *Catalog #89var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5079 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 (25.7.14) 2k green used in combination with 2k Jewish National Fund label on picture postcard (the settlement of "Ness-Ziona" in Palestine), used locally in Astrakhan, with arrival pmk. The JNH label shows Theodore Herzl and was used to raise funds for the Jewish Settlements in Palestine Catalog #89 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5080 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 (2.1) First Day of Issue, 3k red tied by St.Petersburg First Day Cancel on picture postcard to Windawa Catalog #90 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5081 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3k rose red, horizontal pair, plus single, also 25k red violet, single, all with perforation shifts, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #89,97var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5082 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3k rose red, vertical block of six, two rows of double horizontal perforations, v.f. ***Catalog #90var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5083 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3k rose red, vertical strip of three, two rows of double horizontal perforations, v.f. * Catalog #90var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5084 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3k rose red, horizontal block of eight, severely shifted perforations, h.r., v.f. *Catalog #90var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5085 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 (2.1) First Day of Issue, 3k stationery card additionally franked with 4k and 7k, paying 14k and registered from St.Petersburg to Germany. The written message in German says: "I was the first at the counter to buy the new stamps; the Jubilee stamps appeared today..", fine and scarce First Day Card, with arrival pmk Catalog #91 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5086 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, three copies tied by oval "Arkhangelsk-194-Vologda 20.6.14" pmks, on registered cover to Moscow (21k rate accounts for double weight, plus 7k for registration), with postal clerk's notation; "No.5 (item for the day)/postal car 194. Imperial Russia provided facilities for "registration" on its TPOs. The letter had to be correctly franked and handed to the clerk on the TPO, who wrote on the cover the route (IIB = pochtowyj wagon). A very rare cover, with Moscow 21.6.14 arrival pmk Catalog #92 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5087 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., tiny yellow gum spots, natural for this type of gum, v.f., with Mikulski cert. * Catalog #92a | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5088 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, imperf. left sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp l.h., left n.h., v.f., signed Romeko *** Catalog #92a | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #5089 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, imperf. upper left sheet corner margin block of four, printed on both sides (gummed side with ten images, half of them miscut and tilted), pre-print filing fold at right affecting both stamps, v.f. and spectacular multiple, probably unique **Catalog #92a,var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5090 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, sheet margin single with significant paper fold, used, also an unused example with paper fold to the right of the portrait *O Catalog #92var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5091 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, sheet margin single with significant paper fold, used with additional franking (10k war-time rate) on cover from Moscow (19.10.14) to Yuriev, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and unusual usage of a defaced stamp, with arrival pmk Catalog #92var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5092 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, two singles, each with a significant paper fold, one with partly smeared and interrupted print at lower right, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Romeko * Catalog #92var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5093 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 7k brown, upper left sheet corner margin block of six, double paper at left causing an interesting variety, hinge reinforced, very unusual *Catalog #92var | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #5094 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 10k and 35k varieties, first with a significant paper fold, the latter missing small part of design at upper right, used, fine-v.f., signed Romeko O Catalog #93,98var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5095 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 10k deep blue, imperf. single, large margins, used, v.f. O Catalog #93a | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5096 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 20k olive green, variety imperf. at right, natural diagonal crease, otherwise v.f., extremely rare * Catalog #96var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #5097 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 50k brown & slate, upper left sheet margin horizontal pair, fold-over variety resulting in only partial print at left, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #99var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5098 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 50k brown & slate, upper right sheet corner margin block of 10, top row with double vertical perforations between stamps, v.f. and rare multiple *Catalog #99var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #5099 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 70k green & brown, upper right sheet corner margin single, fold-over crease causing interrupted print and some albino impressions in margin, also single 70k with small portion of design omitted at upper right * Catalog #100var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5100 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2r red brown, imperforate left sheet margin vertical pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #102a | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5101 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 2r red brown, imperforate sheet margin block of six, perforated "Obrazets", h.r., small faults at upper right, otherwise v.f. SCatalog #102S | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5102 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3r violet, imperforate vertical pair, n.h., small gum loss and tiny thin between stamps, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #103a | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5103 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3r brown, die proof on card, intermediate stage with engraver's names, v.f. P Catalog #103P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5104 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 3r indigo, die proof on card, early stage with incomplete Eagle, clouds and brickwork, v.f. P Catalog #103P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5105 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Zarrinch Essays 1913 Russian Imperial Crown, die essay in royal blue, by Richard Zarrinch, prepared for the 5 ruble value, v.f. A wonderful rarity E | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #5106 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 5r brown, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, with part of the "Obrazets", perforations, n.h., v.f., signed Buhler S Catalog #104S | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #5107 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 5r claret, die proof of frame only, v.f. P Catalog #104P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5108 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 5r rust red, complete design, large die proof on thin card, of intermediate state of the die, without detail to frame-edge, leaves, collar or ribbon, v.f. P Catalog #104P | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #5109 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue 1913 5r gray blue, complete design, large die proof on thin card, of final state, v.f. P Catalog #104P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5110 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Military Postmarks 1915 cover and two cards with German or Austrian Fieldpost cancellations, also 2k green overprinted in red "K.u.K. Feldpost" and used from Klomnice, fine and interesting group | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5111 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Military Postmarks 1915 cover and card with German or Austrian Fieldpost cancellations, also piece with Russian franking tied by "K.D.Feldpostation Nr.107" cds, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5112 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Military Postmarks 1915-16 1k orange, single and horizontal pair, the latter cancelled "Polewaya Pocht. Kont. Lvov 15.3.15", single with Rear Field Post Office No.13 (1916), plus 3k stationery card with Main Field Post Office No.20 (triangle) cachet, as well as two covers to Copenhagen, each with 10k regular franking, tied by Fieldpost No.114 pmks, fine usage from Russian occupied Lvov Catalog #88 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5113 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue Military Postmarks 1915-16 Mute Cancellations, selection of 11 covers or cards, mostly Romanov franking, also loose stamps with values to 1r, variety of types incl. circle and bar (4k stationery card to Malmo), cork cut-outs, crosses, stars and grids, mixed condition, also additional three Fieldpost cards interesting lot | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5114 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 (14.10) registered cover (opened for display) from Petrograd, franked with 10k, 15k and 20k, set of three, sent to London, with 9 Nov. arrival, opened by censor, with complete Petrograd wax seal, some faults, stamps originally folded over, fine. Stated to be one of the earliest known covers with the 1915 currency stamps Catalog #105-107 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5115 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue and 15k brown, each with a sheet margin, horizontal perfs shifted to top or bottom, causing interesting varieties, v.f. (*) Catalog #105,106var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5116 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, variety double horizontal and vertical perforations, marginal single, also 15k with shifted horizontal perfs, v.f. (*) Catalog #105,106var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5117 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, block of four, right vertical pair missing inscriptions from back, v.f. and interesting variety (*)Catalog #105var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5118 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, horizontal pair, imperf. vertically, unused without gum as issued, v.f., rare (*) Catalog #105var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5119 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, vertical pair, double perforations between stamps, v.f. (*) Catalog #105var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5120 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, variety inscriptions printed on both sides, v.f. (*) Catalog #105var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5121 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, variety with diagonal half of printing omitted from front, v.f. (*) Catalog #105var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5122 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 10k blue, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, severe shift of perforations, cancelled on piece by Petrograd 22.1.17 cds, v.f. O Catalog #105var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5123 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, vertical imperf. pair, also 20k green, sheet margin imperf. single, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #106a,107a | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5124 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, sheet margin single, fold-over crease, inscriptions omitted from back and printed sideways on face of the stamp, v.f., rare (*) Catalog #106var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5125 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, sheet margin single, inscriptions omitted from back and printed sideways on face of the stamp, v.f., rare (*) Catalog #106var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5126 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, top sheet margin single, double impression, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #106var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5127 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, horizontal sheet margin pair, imperforate at bottom (as this was comb perforated, a jump in the machine would cause a line of perforation to be omitted), v.f., rare (*) Catalog #106var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5128 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, sheet margin imperforate block of four, inscriptions severely shifted on back, partially showing through, v.f. (*)Catalog #106var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5129 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, irregular sheet corner margin block of five, inscriptions partly omitted from back and printed in displaced form on front, v.f. and spectacular pre-print crease (*)Catalog #106var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5130 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, sheet margin imperforate block of four, v.f. (*)Catalog #106var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5131 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 15k brown, sheet margin imperforate horizontal pair, cancelled Petrograd 8.7.18, v.f. O Catalog #106var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #5132 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, imperf. sheet margin single, double offset impression, one inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #107a, var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5133 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, imperf. single, double offset impression, one inverted, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #107a, var | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5134 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, variety double impression of inscriptions on back, one inverted, v.f. (*) Catalog #107var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5135 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, horizontal sheet margin pair, pre-print folded over causing most of inscriptions to be printed on front instead of back, v.f. and spectacular item (*) Catalog #107var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5136 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, irregular sheet corner margin block of five, inscriptions partly omitted from back and printed in displaced form on front, v.f. and spectacular pre-print crease (*)Catalog #107var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5137 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1915 20k green, block of four, shifted and double perforations, caused by a "jump" of the comb perforating machine, v.f. (*)Catalog #107var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5138 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 (22.1.18) locally used cover in Moscow, franked with single 1k surcharge (Republican Issue), used in combination with strip of 3x3k rose red (Imperial Issue), correct 10k rate, v.f. Catalog #112,116 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5139 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 2k on 2k green, imperf. horizontal pair, both surcharge and inscriptions on reverse shifted, v.f. (*) Catalog #113var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #5140 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 (14.1.18) locally used cover in Moscow, franked with single and block of 4x2k surcharges, v.f. Catalog #114 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5141 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 (20.12) registered cover used locally in Yuriev, franked with horizontal strip of 5x3k rose red, used in combination with imperf. 5k lilac (3), paying local 30k rate, fine, scarce on cover Catalog #116 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #5142 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 3k rose red, bottom sheet margin single, fold-over during printing, variety without inscriptions on back, all printed sideways on margin and diagonally on the stamp, v.f. and incredible item (*) Catalog #116var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5143 RUSSIA 1915 -17 Currency Tokens - "Money Stamps" 1917 3k rose red, variety without inscriptions on back, v.f. (*) Catalog #116var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5144 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k, 20k on 14k Romanovs, horizontal blocks of 10, each with significant shift of surcharges, mostly n.h., v.f. ***Catalog #110,111var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5145 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k Romanov, horizontal sheet margin pair, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #110a | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5146 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k Romanov, vertical sheet margin pair, top stamp surcharge omitted, bottom shifted, h.r., irregular perfs, v.f., rare, signed Sam Ray * Catalog #110var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5147 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 Post Office Savings booklet for saving 1 ruble in postage stamps on 10k denominations, with 6x10k on 7k Romanov surcharges affixed inside, fine-v.f., scarce Catalog #110 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5148 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k Romanov, vertical strip of four, bottom stamp missing "10" of surcharge at left, cancelled 20.2.1917, unusual O Catalog #110var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5149 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 20k on 14k Romanov, top sheet margin pane of 30, showing progressive shift downwards of the surcharge, virtually omitted in places, triple in others, some perf. separations and hinge reinforcements, mostly n.h., impressive item ***Catalog #111var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5150 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 20k on 14k Romanov, horizontal pair, right stamp with a pre-print paper fold, also a single with surcharge on top instead of bottom, fine-v.f. * Catalog #111var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5151 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, 20k on 14k Arms, each with surcharge inverted, fine-v.f. * Catalog #117a,118a | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5152 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, lower sheet corner margin block of four, surcharge inverted, h.r., fine-v.f., rare *Catalog #117a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5153 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, horizontal pair, surcharge inverted, used locally in Petrograd (11.7.17) on registered cover, v.f., rare, with arrival pmk Catalog #117a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5154 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, horizontal pair, surcharge double, used, fine-v.f., rare O Catalog #117b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5155 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, vertical pair, top stamp without surcharge, v.f., rare, signed Rosselevitch * Catalog #117var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5156 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, horizontal pair, right stamp without surcharge, left shifted and first "kop" missing, v.f., rare, signed Romeko * Catalog #117var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5157 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k on 7k blue, horizontal right sheet margin strip of three, surcharge doubled and displaced diagonally, h.r., minor perf. separations, v.f., signed Bloch * Catalog #117var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5158 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 20k on 14k carmine & blue, three singles, each missing portion of the surcharge, also a horizontal strip of three with strong shift, fine-v.f. * Catalog #118var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5159 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 20k on 14k blue & rose, surcharge inverted, used on back of a registered cover from Mikolino (3.12.16) to Moscow, addressed to the offices of Northern Railway Company, v.f., with arrival pmk, rare on cover Catalog #118a | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5160 RUSSIA 1916-17 Surcharges 1916 10k and 20k surcharges, also the currency stamps selection of hundreds of items (balance of a collection), used and unused, many varieties including shifted and inverted surcharges, paper folds, gutter pairs, 50+ covers, cards and postal stationery, interesting usages, multiples with inscriptions, also forgeries to defraud the state and much more. A great specialist lot *OCatalog #110/118var | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #5161 RUSSIA The Republic of Russia 1917 (30.7) Red Cross postcard sent by a Russian Officer, prisoner of war in Austria to Petrograd, addressed to "mister Prime Minister and Military Dictator of Russia Kerensky", with a perfect arrival strike of "Republic Chancellery" 13.9.17 postmark. During the period of the "Russian Republic", the State Chancellery post office at the Winter Palace continued to function (March to October only), but the postmark itself was changed to reflect the new circumstances. It was abolished after the October Revolution. An interesting, historical item, minor creases, with censor markings. Stated to be the only known item of mail addressed to Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5162 RUSSIA The Republic of Russia 1918 (25.5) picture postcard franked with pair of 7k Romanov and 1k and 5k Arms, paying 20k rate to Petrograd, some toning, fine example of continued usage of Romanov stamps well into the Revolutionary period, also 1923 registered cover with Petrograd "October Station" pmk in oval, as well as "St.Petersburg Nicholaevsk. Railroad Station" registry label, franked on back with block of 6x200r star surcharges, sent to Baku, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5163 RUSSIA Postage Dues 1902-17 collection of 54 covers or cards, mounted and written-up on pages, with an excellent representation of "Doplatit" markings on internal and international incoming mail, with a 1916 Prisoner of War cover to the Danish Red Cross, paying 10k with 2x5k revenues, inadmissible for postage and charged 20k (penalty) rate; two cards on Baku-Vladikavkaz and Rostov routes, sent unfranked and charged 6k (double the missing 3k rate); postcard to Rostov, posted on a branch of the Trans-Caucasian Railway, with the rare "Aleksandropol 269 Kars" pmk; postcard from Vienna to Grodno, with 40k charged "Granitza-Warszawa" pmk; 1910 postcard to New Caledonia (via Adelaide, Australia), cards from Germany, Belgium, England, also a few Soviet items, many interesting markings, Postal cars and Railroad connections identified, occasional condition problems, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #5164 RUSSIA Postal Stationery 1913 Romanov Issue, 1k-20k selection of 19 unused wrappers, cards, stationery entires in different sizes, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5165 RUSSIA Postal Stationery 1913 (23.6) 3k Romanov lettercard registered from "Serguievski Poligon" to Belgium, with arrival pmk (additional franking missing from back). Scarce usage from the temporary post office at an Army firing range near Luga, which was only open from early May to 15th September, v.f. | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5166 RUSSIA Postal Stationery 1913 7k brown, unused entire stationery envelope, showing double print of the 7k imprint, fine and rare | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5167 RUSSIA Postal Stationery 1913 14k ultramarine, proof of the stationery entire (front only) on wavy-lined paper, v.f. P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5168 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1902-17 collection of 28 covers or cards written up on pages, including Nizhniy Perm Steamer, covers posted on board ships in the Baltic Sea, to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsingfors, Lubeck, Hamburg, Wiborg, Mariehamn (Aland Islands), Abo, also across the Gulf of Bothnia (cover from Vasa to Stockholm, opened by censor, cancelled in Sundsvall, Sweden), also Batum-Odessa, Nizhny-Astrahan (Volga River) Steamer, Nizhniy Rybinsk, White Sea (Belo-morye) card from Kem (route originated in Arkhangelsk-Kem-Keret-Kandalasha-Umba-Kovda), also Dniepr, Lena and Volga River mail, plus 1917 cover from Vladivostok to USA, via Tsurugua and Yokohama, also some stamps incl. multiples (many Romanov adhesives) with various interesting Ship Mail pmks, fine-v.f. and compact representation of Russian ship mail | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5169 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1902 cover to Stockholm posted on board a ship in the Gulf of Finland, receiving a "ship picture" pmk, put ashore at Helsingfors, with 10k (5x2k) Russian franking, sent to Stockholm, with 7.8.02 arrival | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5170 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1902 cover to Prussia, carried by ship from Finland and marked "Paquebot". First port of call was Copenhagen, where it was taken to a local post office, with 11k (4k and 7k) Russian franking, cancelled 6.5.04 and sent to Germany, with Ebersvalde 7.5.04 arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5171 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1905 (28.2) cover from Abo to Hamburg, taken to the Stockholm post office on docking in Sweden, where 10k Russian franking (5x2k green) were cancelled. The "Fran Finland" handstamp confirms the cover as ship-mail, with Hamburg (2.3.05) arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5172 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1906 (9.4) picture postcard posted on board a ship in the Gulf of Finland, receiving a "ship picture" pmk, put ashore at Vyborg, with 3k Russian franking, sent to Kakisalmi, fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5173 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1913 (26.10) cover originating from Riga, traveling via Finland (either Helsingfors or Abo) to Sweden, where it was taken to the Stockholm post office. The "Fran Finland" handstamp designated it as ship-mail (probably ex-Finland despite its Riga origin), charged 2k concessionary fee, with 2k Romanov adhesive postmarked at Stockholm, filing fold at bottom, otherwise fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5174 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1913 (22.11) 4k Romanov stationery card to Stockholm, sent from Riga and posted on board the ship "Odin", with "Fran Finland" handstamp in error (should have been "fran Ryssland"), postmarked at the Stockholm post office 24.11.13, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5175 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1913 (20.7) cover (with company's cachet on backflap) to Helsinki, put ashore at Stettin, Germany (today Szczecin, Poland) where the Russian franking (strip of 5x2k Romanov) were cancelled. The use of Russian stamps was initially deemed invalid and the "T" was applied to tax the letter as unfranked mail. The "T" was then crossed out, as the cachet "Aus Dampfschiff" (From Steamship) validated the stamps, with Helsingfors arrival 22.7.14 on back, v.f. | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #5176 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1914 (5.8) picture postcard franked with 4k Romanov, written by a Danish worker in Vladivostok to Copenhagen. The War, which started two days earlier, cut off Russia from Europe. This card was put on board a ship leaving Vladivostok for Japan, where the "Paquebot" cachet was applied. At Tsuruga, the card was postmarked 20.8.14, went across Japan to Yokohama (28.8) and from there to America and Denmark. This postcard traveled nearly three-quarters of the way round the world, some toning and corner creases, fine | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5177 RUSSIA Russian Ship Mail 1916 (7.1) 4k Romanov stationery card to Japan, carried by ship from Vladivostok, on arrival it received a validating "Paquebot" cachet, and Tsuruga arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5178 RUSSIA Russian Railroad Markings 1910-17 collection of 325+ covers or cards, mostly written up on pages, with a good representation of oval postmarks of Railway Mail Cards and Station Postal Desks, with Transcaucasian routes incl. Batum-Baku, Tiflis, others with Odessa, Trans-Siberia incl. Taiga-Vokzal, Warszawa-Vilnius, Tula-Likhvin, Mariupol-Zverevo, Minsk Station, Nizhniy-Novgorod, letter from Osinovka Station/Alexander Railway to the Winter Palace in Petrograd, with a rare State Chancellery arrival pmk, plus many obscure towns, quite a number with Romanov franking, also a considerable selection of stamps on pieces with scarce markings incl. Andizhan, Kineshma, plus much more. A great nucleus for expansion, with many rare items worthy of individual auction listing | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #5179 RUSSIA Russian Railroad Markings 1910 (5.6) cover (little reduced at left) from Vladivostok to Hungary, franked on back with 20k (2k,3k,7k, 2x4k), posted at the railway station postal desk at Nikolsk-Ussuriysk (one stop up the line from Vladivostok, the junction of the Trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern Railways), with arrival pmks | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5180 RUSSIA Russian Railroad Markings 1913 (24.7) 3k Romanov stationery card from a Vasili Blinnikov, a prisoner working on a Railway chain-gang, building the new link in the Trans-Siberian Railway beyond Chita towards Blagoveschensk, to his brother in the notorious Shlisselburg prison. At that time there was only a temporary shuttle rail car, hence the oval pmk reads "Kchenga-Uryum Mobile Post Office", with two different prison censor handstamps including Schlisselburg's applied on arrival, filing folds, rare | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5181 RUSSIA Russian Railroad Markings 1913-14 two picture postcards, each paying 3k, one with "St.Shashka Sam Zl. Zh.D." (Station Shashka on the Samara-Zlatoust Railway) pmk to Samara; the other to Petrograd, written in Arabic, with rare pmk of "St.Ulu-Telyak Sam-Zl.Zh. D" (Station Ulu Telyan on the Samara Zlatoust Railway, east of Ufa). Ulu-Telyak is in the Iglinskiy Region, present day Bashkortostan | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5182 RUSSIA Russian Railroad Markings 1916 (14.12) cover sent unpaid to Maryama (Lifland Province, Gapsal district), with oval "Kars Vokzal" (Armenia) postmark, backstamped 25.12, fine and scarce usage from Armenia during the Transcaucasian Campaign | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5183 RUSSIA Russia used in Finland 1902-17 selection of 20 covers, cards or stationery entire envelopes, all with Russian franking (including many Romanov stamps) used in Finland, with various town cancellations such as Uleaborg, Helsingfors, Tammerfors, Nikolaistad, Kellomaki, Simola, Hango, Viborg, also Finnish Railways "Postilion" TPO markings, some loose stamps, all mounted on pages and written-up, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5184 RUSSIA Russia used in Finland 1902-17 balance of the collection, 100+ covers, cards or stationery entire envelopes, all with Russian franking (including many Romanov stamps) used in Finland, with various town cancellations such as Uleaborg, Helsingfors, Tammerfors, Nikolaistad, Kellomaki, Simola, Hango, Viborg, also Finnish Railways "Postilion" TPO markings, some mixed frankings, also hundreds of loose stamps, some partially written up, many interesting items intended for further study and exhibition | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5185 RUSSIA Russia used in Finland 1913 (30.11.14) 3k stationery entire, additionally franked with 3k Arms and 2x2k Romanov, used from Helsingfors to Willmanstrand, Lappeenrata, with Wiborg transit and arrival pmks. The sender enclosed a railway ticket for goods to be dispatched to Helsingfors weighing 5 kg, fine cover used entirely in Finland | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5186 RUSSIA Russia used in Finland 1914 (16.3) Finnish money order for 75 Marks, sent from Nystadt/Nikolaikaupunki to Sorsakoski, franking paid with 20p and 5pen Finnish Arms and pair of 7k Romanovs, v.f., extremely rare mixed franking combination, especially with the Romanov adhesives, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5187 RUSSIA Russia used in ALAND ISLANDS 1903-09 selection of 42 covers or cards used to, from or via Aland Islands, with Russian franking (including Romanov stamps and stationery), with pmks of Mariehamn, Godby, Sund, Lemland, Degerby, Saltvik etc., used to France, Sweden, USA, Germany, also incoming card from Italy, registered mail, internal usages, various bilingual pmks and rates, also loose stamps with various from the Islands, fine and impressive group of covers from Aland Islands | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #5188 RUSSIA Russia used in ALAND ISLANDS 1911 (25.7) ppc from St.Petersburg to Mariehamn, Aland, with bilingual arrival pmk (10.8), 4k franking, little toning, otherwise fine | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5189 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China Chinese Eastern Railway 1910 (12.9) 3k card to England, with additional 1k franking, with two fine strikes of the rare oval "Kwangchentze-265-Harbin", with interesting text in English, datelined "Manchuria", discussing military movements by the Russian, Chinese and the Japanese, stops in Mukden etc., central stain on front, otherwise fine | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5190 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China Chinese Eastern Railway 1911 (12.6) picture postcard to Vladivostok, with 3k franking tied by oval "Harbin-263-Vladivostok", with arrival cds alongside, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5191 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China Chinese Eastern Railway 1913 (22.5) picture postcard (Manchuria Station) franked with 3k Romanov, tied by oval "Manchuria Vokz", sent to Ashkhabad (Russian Central Asia, present day Turkmenistan), with 23.6 arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5192 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China Chinese Eastern Railway 1914 (21.4) picture postcard to Harbin, with 3k franking tied by a fine strike of the rare oval "Kwangchentze-277-Harbin", with Harbin cds alongside | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5193 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China Chinese Eastern Railway 1914 (8.7) cover franked with 7k Romanov, tied by oval "Manchuria-260-Chita", with pre-printed address indicating Main Offices at the Manchuria Station Chinese Eastern Railway, addressed to the Siberia Company at China, with arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5194 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1916 (12.9) picture postcard (Station Hailar) to Vladivostok, with 3k franking tied by oval Manchuria pmk, Vladivostok arrival and boxed censor handstamp | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5195 RUSSIA Russian Offices in China 1918 (30.8) registered cover from Shanghai to Pernau, bilingual registration label, 80k franking made up of Romanov stamps (2k,70k and pair of 4k), v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5196 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1907 (9.6) picture postcard ("Vojenno Gruzinskaya Doroga - Chertow Most" a military road and bridge in the region) to Kremenchug, franked with 3k Arms cancelled "Temir Khan Shura Dagest. Obl", with pmk repeated alongside the arrival cds, fine and scarce usage from Dagestan | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5197 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1908 (9.4) picture postcard from "Iolatan", a village on the Merv-Kushka railway, franked with 3k Arms and cancelled "Iolatan Zakasp.", put on a south-bound postal car No.227 and sent to Torzhok, Twer, some faults, but fine example of this small village pmk on the Trans-Caspian Railway route | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5198 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1910 picture postcard franked with 3k, cancelled by oval "Merv 206 Kushka", fine. This was a branch line of Trans-Caspian Railway joining the main line to Kushka, the Russian garrison town on the Afghan border (present day Turkmenistan) | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5199 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1912 (21.3) picture postcard franked with 3k, cancelled by oval "Chardzhui 206 Tashkent" to Kokand, forwarded to Islomna, minor faults, otherwise fine. The Western branch of Trans-Caspian Railway ran through the Khanate of Bukhara, routes 205-206 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #5200 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1912 two covers from Baku to Teheran, each with a clear arrival pmk on back, one with oval "Baku-Enzeli", fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5201 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1912-14 two picture postcards, each with 3k franking, one with "Staraya Buhara" cds and sent to St.Petersburg; other with "Chardzhui Buhar Vlad. 10.5.14" cds to Belgium, with Antwerp arrival pmk, also a registered cover (1913) from Samarkand to Chita, paying 21k (3x7k Romanov), with arrival cds | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5202 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1913 (13.10) registered cover (little defective at top and sides) franked with 35k, tied by oval "Andizhan-Vokzal" pmk, with corresponding registration label at bottom, sent to Tashkent, with arrival pmk on back, fine usage from present-day Uzbekistan | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #5203 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1913 (25.11) picture postcard from "Staraya Bukhara" to Austria, paying 5k (3k and 2x1k Romanovs), card creasing, otherwise fine used from the Khanate of Bukhara, rare with Romanov franking | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5204 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1914 (13.12) prisoner of war card paying 4k to Czechoslovakia (Bohemia - Austria), cancelled "St.Belibe-Alsokovo Sam.Zlat. Zh.D." (on the Samara Zlatoust Railway in Central Asia), written by a Czech POW in German (as required), with "translated" censor hs, also additional censor hs on front, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5205 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1917 (9.7) stationery (3k) card from Andizhan Station (Central Asia) to Germany, probably from a prisoner of war, with German and Russian censor markings, "T" in crayon, because the 3k imprinted stamp is deficient by 1k for external mail, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5206 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1915 10k blue, used on cover from Kokand (Fergana) 13.1.17 to Samarkand, with clear 14.1 arrival pmk, filing folds and other cover faults including archival punches at bottom, scarce usage of the currency stamps in Russian Central Asia Catalog #105 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5207 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BUGULMA 1914 (22.11) registered cover (little reduced at top and opened for display) from Bugulma, franked on back with 2k green & black, forwarded via the Bugulma town post office where 20k (2x3k and 14k) Romanov adhesives were added for registered mail, sent to St.Petersburg, with 28.11 arrival pmk. Zemstvo post offices did not have Romanov stamps, but they were of course valid for postage. A rare combination cover | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5208 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) GLAZOV 1913 (19.11) registered cover franked with 12k, used via the city post office where 14k (2x7k Romanov) was added for registry fees and sent to Vyatka, where it arrived the next day, filing folds away from the stamps, fine | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5209 RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK 1914 (11.3) 3k Romanov postal stationery card from Slobodskoi to a small village in the Ustsysolsk Zemstvo, where 2k brown was added for local delivery, tied by May 9 cds, fine and scarce combination, with British Society of Russian Philately cert. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5210 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1889-1917 balance of the consignment in two cartons, with 1,200+ of used picture postcards, 200+ covers or cards, stationery items and hundreds of loose stamps, all selected for a reason, with various ship and railway markings, censor strikes, mute cancellations and others used during WWI, also used in Poland, Finland, Russian Central Asia, occasional China, Levant and much more | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
