Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1403 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1884-1912 selection of 43 used and unused stamps of three album pages, all issues represented, different shades and varieties, mostly fine-v.f. (Schmidt 2-26) *O Catalog #2/21 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1404 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1889 (7 Jan) small cover franked on back with 5k black and red (Schmidt 2), initially not cancelled as usual (before 1890 stamps were cancelled by ink and pen cross, if at all), sent via the district capital where Imperial 7k was added and cancelled by blue "Sapozhok - Ryazan gouv" cds (cancel also partly tying the Zemstvo adhesive), paying charges to Bogorodsk, via Moscow, with transit (8 Jan) pmk alongside, arriving the same day (cancel also partly tying the Sapozhok stamp), transferred to Zemstvo post with Bogorodsk 5k red (Schmidt 48, Chuchin 46) affixed (10 Jan) to pay for local delivery to a resident in a small church village Sukhoponakh, fine and apparently unique triple combination cover, ex-Stenshinski, with Dr.Greis cert. ("such triple frankings are very rare, especially with a Sapozhok Zemstvo stamp. It is a world rarity and I know no other cover of this kind - Sapozhok+Imperial+ Bogorodsk.")  Catalog #2 | Price Realized $52,500.00 |
 | Lot #1405 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1890 (20 Apr) registered combination cover (slightly reduced at left) from a village in the Sapozhok district, franked on back with 10k black and dark green, pen cancelled, sent via the district post office where 3x7k Imperial adhesives were added for delivery to Ryazan, with arrival (21 Apr), filing folds through two of the stamps, also some cover defects, with Melnikov cert. The 10k rate for registered letters is quite rare Catalog #8 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1406 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1892 (10 Aug) locally used cover franked on back with 5k red, tied by Zemstvo departure datestamp Catalog #7 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1407 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1895 (3 Nov) registered combination cover franked on back with 10k cancelled by pen, sent from Putyatin village via Sapozhok, with 14k Imperial franking paying for transmission to Moscow, with arrival pmk actually tying the Zemstvo adhesive, ex-Harpenden | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1408 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1900 5k carmine and green, vertical pair, imperf. horizontally, also at left, h.r., creases, unusual * Catalog #18var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1409 RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO SAPOZHOK 1909 (ca) postal card franked with 10k adhesive, cancelled by pen cross | Unsold |
