Russian Stamps (Internet Only)
May 16, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2096 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1914 ppc to Paris, cancelled by French military cachet "Ambulance Automobile de S.M. L'Imperatrice de Russie/Le Delegate de la Croix Rouge Russe" (Ambulance of the Empress of Russia, from the delegate of the Russian Red Cross) in violet, v.f., scarce  | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2097 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1915 (July 14) cover to France, with Fieldpost cds and handstamped Field Army, "Pechat dla Paketow", tax handstamp and Marseille arrival pmk on back, with boxed Opened by Censor in Cyrillic caps, fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2098 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1915 (white paper) 1k-10k, imperforate singles. set of four, h.r., 3k thin, otherwise fine-v.f., * Catalog #130-133Pa Catalog Value EUR 2,200 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #2099 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, right sheet-margin single, which captures the full inverted groundwork, bright and fresh, h.r., v.f., with Mikulski cert., * Catalog #Scott's 109d Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2100 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1916 Allied Intervention Forces in North Russia, six picture postcards (views of Archangel, Ships etc.) to England, from the Royal Naval Service, endorsed "no stamps available" and handstamped "Received from H.M. Ship No Charge to Be Raised" on arrival, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2101 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1917 (8 March) folded envelope to Marseille, written from the Office of Administration, cancelled by French "Tresor et Postes 189" datestamp, with military cachet "Intendant des Troupes Imperiales Russes en France" in blue, fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2102 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1917 3k red imperforate vertical gutter pair with part of 1k orange and "B" imprint, folded between stamps, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski etc., rare * | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2103 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1917 7r dark green and pink, center inverted, oval railroad cancel "Busdjak", pink color shifted to left (as it is on the other two known examples), large margins all around except just into frameline at top left and also a scissor cut at top left, strong colors, nearly very fine. One of only three (!) examples recorded, making this one of the most important and rarest of all known Inverted Centers of the World, with 1996 (photocopy) and 2006 Mikulski certificates ("until today, only 3 copies of this error are known, all used on money orders as postage due for delivery") O Catalog #Scott's 134a | Price Realized $17,500.00 |
 | Lot #2104 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1918 (19 July) locally addressed cover (opened for display, one of the side-flaps missing) franked with Imperial 1k imperf., Romanov Issue adhesives and 2x1k semi-postals, paying a total of 30k, with a Moscow Postage Due oval handstamp and "40" initial charge cancelled. As this is late usage of the imperial stamps, the franking could have been unrecognized and charged postage due in error, interesting item | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2105 RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues 1918 (20 Feb) registered cover from Vladivostok to Petrograd, franked on both sides with Imperial semi-postals incl. 2 each 1k, 3k and 10k, also 7k, paying the appropriate 35k rate. Some overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f., with 10.3.18 arrival pmk | Price Realized $300.00 |
