Russian Stamps (Internet Only)
May 16, 2012

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Lot #2606
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1902 (24 Oct) 3k stationery card additionally franked with 1k, paying 4k from Fergana, via Moscow to Heidelberg, v.f. with arrival pmk. (Fergana is the capital of Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southern edge of the Fergana Valley in southern Central Asia, cutting across the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)
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Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2607
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD 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 (today Buynaksk was founded in 1834 as a fortified outpost Temir-Khan-Shura, near the ruins of medieval Balanjar)
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Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2608
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1907-13 group of six picture postcards (Samarkand, Evpatoria, Kirgiz etc.) franked with single 2k green, 3k red and 4k (last one to France) used from Tschardshui to various destinations, some toning, mostly fine-v.f. usage from Russian Turkestan
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Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2609
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1908 (9 Apr) picture postcard from Yolotan, 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
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Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2610
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1912 (21 Mar) 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
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Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2611
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD 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
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Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2612
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1913 (13 Oct) 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
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Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2613
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1913 (25 Nov) picture postcard from "Staraya Bukhara" to Austria, paying 5k (Romanov 3k on back and 2x1k on front), card creasing, otherwise fine used from the Khanate of Bukhara, rare with Romanov franking
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Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2614
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1914 (13 Dec) 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
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Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2615
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1917 (17 Jan) cover franked with Romanov 10k blue (money stamp), used from Kokand (Fergana) to Samarkand, with clear arrival pmk, filing folds and other cover faults including archival punches at bottom, scarce usage of the currency stamps in Russian Central Asia
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Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2616
RUSSIAN OFFICES ABROAD Russia Used in Asia
1917 (9 May) 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

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