U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1442 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Postal History 1724-1843 (The Memel Rates: Mail to and from Russia up to 1843) - from at least as early as 1695 onwards, the vast majority of mail to and from Russia traveled through the Prussian city of Memel. While a formal Russo-Prussian treaty was not signed until 1821, Prussia accepted prepaid mail from and to Russia and settled the corresponding charges at the border. This process continued peacefully for over a century without a formal postal treaty in place. The following lot is an award-winning five-frame collection (World Stamp Exhibition St. Petersburg 2007, gold medal recipient), with 83 folded letters and covers (there are an additional 80 covers, partly described but not mounted). Each cover has been extensively researched and is thoroughly described, with respect to origin, destination, postal tariff, transit and due markings for items from Russia to foreign destinations (two frames), as well as incoming mail into the country (two frames). The earliest letter is from Narva (1724) via Memel and Emmerich to Ams  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1443 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Postal History 1775-1871 small box of covers in plastic pochettes, neatly packaged and labeled, with stampless letters (76) from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tiflis, Tambov, Riga, Odessa and others, also FLs (73), various destinations and frankings, many with single 10k, sent to Finland, France, Norway (Christiania), Belgium, Italy (Genova), etc., also used in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, etc., some interesting items, worth careful examination | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1444 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Postal History 1870-1915 group of 80+ FLs and covers, mostly 19th Century with internal and foreign destinations, many registered from Yaransk to Vyatka, some franked with 30k carmine & green (Scott's No.25), usually with additional 1k and others, many three-color frankings (1866-82 issue), some petitions ex-Kamenetz-Podolsk archive, plus others. A fine selection, with many better items | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1445 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Postal History 1900-25 small box with 120+ covers and cards, occasional Imperial items, mostly Civil War, including Wrangel Army, South Russia, Siberia, also Russian Levant with usages in Beirut, Jerusalem, Constantinople, Trebizond and others, two covers from Wenden, plus Ukraine and miscellaneous items (Russia No.1 cancel removed). An interesting lot | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1446 LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - Postal History 1910-50 accumulation of hundreds in small box, strength in Inflation covers (many addressed to Dr. Brender), RSFSR with interesting frankings, Soviet Issues, propaganda stationery cards from the 1930s (mostly airpost and Zeppelin related) Air Post, some modern items, plus some stamps including Hungary, interesting lot, worth careful inspection | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
