U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 2-3, 2021
Our February 2-3, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,400 lot sale features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Western Ukraine, and many others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented. Also featured are large die proofs from the American Bank Note Company, issued for various South and Central American countries. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 130+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #911 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1882 (27 Apr) 7k stationery entire envelope upfranked with 7k Imperial Arms (horizontally laid paper), registered from Kyakhta to Moscow, with three good departure strikes, single-ring "Kyakhta 27 Apr 1882" pmks, small intact wax seal and Moscow double-ring arrival (1 June 1882 on back (36 days in transit), fine usage (Kyakhta is a town located on the Kyakhta River near the Mongolia-Russia border. The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag)  | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #912 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1883 (13 Dec) cover franked with 7k gray & rose, sent from Kars to Port-le-Grand, France, then forwarded to Paris. Postmarked in Kars (13.12.83 and 14.12), with Postal Wagon No. 71 (23.12, Kovel-Mlava rail line), Abbeville (7.1.84), and Paris (8.1) pmks on back. This is the earliest known mail from Kars, where postal operations began in late 1878 after Russia acquired Kars from Turkey. Kars reverted to Turkey in 1921. Sent to Fernand Hecquet d'Orval (1851-1911), a French cavalry officer (in May 1919 Kars came under the full administration of the Armenian Republic and became the capital of the Vanand province. In 1920, four Turkish divisions under the command of General Karabekir invaded the Armenian Republic, triggering the Turkish-Armenian War. Kars had been fortified to withstand a lengthy siege but was taken with little resistance by Turkish forces on 30 October 1920, in what has been called one of the worst military fiascoes in Armenian history. Armenia was forced to give back all the Ottoman territories granted to it in the Treaty of Sevres. After the Bolshevik advance into Armenia, the Treaty of Alexandropol was superseded by the Treaty of Kars (October 23, 1921), signed between Turkey and the Soviet Union) | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #913 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1891 (10 Aug) 4k stationery card sent from Pavlodar (Semipalatinsk Territory) to Paris, then forwarded to Zimmerwald, Switzerland, with clear Pavlodar departure, Moscow and Paris transits and Zimmerwald arrival pmks. The message reads "We left Omsk yesterday and are en route to Semipalatinsk, where we will arrive tomorrow night after a nonstop trip of 700 km" (Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region) | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #914 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1897 (21 Jan) registered money letter from Semipalatinsk to Horovice, Austria, canceled on departure in Semipalatinsk, with transit markings of Moscow (2.2 and 3.2), Granitsa (6.2 and 7.2), arriving Horovice (22.2). The (incorrect) postage initially assessed was 37 kopecks (20 kopecks for weight, 7 kopecks for insurance, and 10 kopecks for registration). The clerk changed the insurance fee to 3 kopecks, the correct rate for countries bordering Russia (today Semey, until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk and in 1917-20 as Alash-kala, is a city in East Kazakhstan Region, and in the Kazakhstan part of Siberia) | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #915 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1900 (17 Aug) money letter sent from Ust-Kamenogorsk to the Holy Synod in St. Petersburg, postmarked in Ust-Kamenogorsk, with St. Petersburg (30.8) arrival, intact wax seals, small corner cover repair. The postage was 17 kopecks (7 kopecks for weight, 3 kopecks for the 1/2% insurance fee rounded up and 7 kopecks for registration). The postmark should read "Semipalat. Ob." rather than "Semipalat G." (today Oskemen, Ust-Kamenogorsk is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region) | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #916 RUSSIA Russia Used in Asia 1901 (9 Nov) money letter (opened for display) sent from the "Loktinskoye volost administration" (Tobolsk Province) to Odessa, with Loktinsk, Yelansk, Omsk and Odessa pmks. The letter contained 3 rubles to be transmitted to the Russian monastery on Mt. Athos in Greece. Postage was 16k (7k for weight, 2k for the 1/2% insurance fee rounded up, and 7k for registration), intact wax seals and markings, impressive cover | Unsold |
