AUCTION

The British Society of Russian Philately
Auction on Sunday 2nd November 2003 at the Union Jack Club, Waterloo, London.
Start time approx. 1.00pm.

Covers & Postmarks - Russian - Central Asia

LotDescriptionr. £
151188? KATTA KURGAN Pair of 1883 issue 7 kop. cancelled by 1st Type of cancellation , unrecorded by T & S. 1st recorded example (see BJRP)very rare cancel ; known copies are 1 cover, this pair and 2 part strikes.40
1521901-13; 8 covers with Persian arrival markings on Russian mail from Askhabad, Tiflis and Baku + 1 registered cover from Samarkand to Staraya Bukhara.18
1531909; Ppc (Les Cosaques) Chardzuy-Brussels. Postmark Tchil. Type 4 (fig.366). T & S - incomplete and "very rare". Here complete with serial "a"30
1541910; Bayan-achl' Semip(alatinsk), serial a, to Kuokkala, Finland on intact 3k. RP card. Very fine.15
1551915; POW card Tashkent-Austria. Stamps removed officially and replaced with Boxed cachet "Prisonnier de Guerre"156
1561915; viewcard with freefrank seal of Pyatigorsk Local Hospital. Fine cds of ZHIZDRA KALUZH and (arrival) ESSENTUKI TERSK OBL. Very fine.15
1571916; Reg. letter UST'KAMENOGORSK (Semipalatinsk) to Copenhagen. Omsk military censor. Very fine.20
1581918; (15.4) Uprated 3k. PSC to Austria, 20k. rate. 3 strikes SAMARKAND VOKZAL oval. 1918 international mail very scarce.30


Abbreviations used 

umm unmounted mint mm mounted mint
p.o.g. part original gum vfu very fine used
fu fine used cds circ. date stamp
s/l straight line canc. cancelled
ppc picture postcard psc postal stationery card
pse postal stationery envelope pc or pcd post card
h hinged
H&G Higgins and Gage postal stationery catalogue
SG Stanley Gibbons catalogue
Mi Michel catalogue
Ch. Chuchin Zemstvo catalogues
K&R Kiryushkin & Robinson (postmark catalogue)

All Reserves are in pounds sterling (£) No bids under reserve will be accepted

Please Note:
This is a private auction for members of the British Society of Russian Philately. By special arrangement, bids will also be accepted from ROSSICA members who should advise the auctioneer of their membership number at time of bidding.

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