U.S. and Worldwide; The "Aurora" Collection of R.S.F.S.R.
February 8-10, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2027 RSFSR Postage paid in cash - no stamps available 1921 (16 Jan) registered cover sent without stamps from Gaisin to Germany, with "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, Moscow transit and Berlin (3.2) arrival pmks, manuscript "Collected 10,000r" (correct rate) and postmaster's signature (due to constantly changing postal rates, shortages of stamps resulted in manuscript notations "collected in cash", "paid cash" etc. These envelopes were not normally saved by collectors and are considerably rare)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #2028 RSFSR Postage paid in cash - no stamps available 1921 (5 Sep) registered cover sent without stamps from Odessa to the United States, bearing the rare provisional 3-line handstamp "Oplacheno Diengami", with postmaster's signature at bottom ("Paid in Cash" amount of 3,125rub filled in by hand), New York (6 Nov) arrival pmks on back, usual cover wear, fine example of pre-payment of postage in cash, during the uncertainty of post-revolutionary inflation era | Unsold |
 | Lot #2029 RSFSR Postage paid in cash - no stamps available 1921 (27 Oct) small registered cover sent without stamps from Saratov to Leipzig, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, Moscow transit and Leipzig (9.11) arrival pmks, framed "Pochtovyj Zbor" handstamp on back relative to the rate collected, with postmaster's signature | Unsold |
