Rev. L.L. Tann Collection of Imperial Russia
December 3, 2008

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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)
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
Catalog #105
Price Realized
$450.00

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