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 - TPO - Shipmail

LotDescriptionr. £
3351899; coloured ppc Riga to KALMAR, Sweden, 4k cancelled MITAVA, good strike of German-Swedish SASSNITZ-TRELLEBORG C maritime ferry 17 5 9920
3361900; Reg. 14k. PSE, PETROPAVLOVSK / ARSK (Kazan). On rev. PARAKHOD' PERM - NIZHNE cds.30
3371904-1911; 2 items - Type 4 Odessa-Batum, serial 10, dated 7/9/04 on PPC from Odessa to Evpatoriya + Type 5 Batum-Odessa, serial a, dated 6/8/11 on PPC of New Athos to Moscow.15
3381905; Cover to COTHEN, Sweden, franked strip 5 Russian 2k (1 stamp small 3 fine strikes corner defect) cancelled on arrival 1SUNDSVALL, Sweden, 3 11 1905 with framed FRAN FINLAND (applied to ship mail arriving from Finnish port of VASA across Gulf of Both100
3391907; Ppc to Austria, 5k cancelled good strike of oval BLAGOVESHCHENSK­STRETENSK STEAMSHIP Ibl (small format) 18 8 07 with two additional strikes below. HORNI JELENI (Austrian) arrival. Message in Czech.120
3401908; Coloured ppc Nikolaevsk-on-Amur to Finland, dateline "Nikolajafsk 10 7 0811, 3k cancelled oval BLAGOVESHCHENSK-NIKOLAEVSK STEAMSHIP 26 08 91 (small form. with another e strike below, 3rd strike dated 2 7 08 denoted unloading. Finnish arrival. Il150
3411908; Ppc with a view of Kazan franked 3 k Arms with oval cancellation PERM-NIZHNI PAROKH15
3421910 Ppc to BLAGOVESHCHENSK, 3k in lower right corner cancelled fair strike of oval BLAGOVESHCHENSK-STRETENSK STEAMSHIP W (large format) 26 8 10 with another strike alongside, off-loaded at CHERNYAEVA, AMUR, same day, received Blagoveshchensk 29 8 1O.Also130
3431910; Viewcard franked 1k.+2k. arms. Two fine complete strikes of large circular PARAKHOD' / NIZHNIY-RYBINSK. Kostroma receiver.30
3441911; Ppc depicting steamship “Ivan Ivanovich Lyubimov franked 3 k Arms with oval cancellation ASTRAKHAN-NIZHNI PAROKH “n”25
3451911; Ppc with a view of Kazan franked 3 k Arms with oval cancellation PERM-NIZHNI PAROKH20
3461912; Ppc (Kazan) to SPB, 3k Arms cancelled fine strike of NIZHNII­-ASTRAKHAN STEAMSHIP Id' 28 5 12 with another fine strike partly overlapping. Red SPB arrival to KAMYSHIN35
3471912; Ppc (shipping on R.Volga) to ASTRAKHAN, 3k Arms cancelled fine strike of oval NIZHNII-ASTRAKHAN STEAMSHIP W 12 8 12 with another fine strike below. Astrakhan arrival. Two small stains on front.35
3481912; Ppc (small defects) to South Wales, dateline "KOVDA 22 7 12, 4k stamp with blurred oval d.s. of 2nd WHITE SEA STEAMSHIP 'a' 11 7 12, but clear strike of this rare ship mark at left.95
3491912; Ppc to ZURICH, lk & 3k Arms cancelled fine strike of circular PAR. NIZHNII-RYBINSK N.1 22 6 12 with another fine strike alongside.40
3501913 - 1915; Loose stamps (9, 7 Romanov) with incomplete strikes of Russian ship cancels incl. oval BAKU-ENZELI 'a' (3), BAKU-ENZELI W (3), BAKU­ - LENKORAN-ASTARA, BAKU-MESHEDESSER and straight line IVAN KOLESNIKOV (fragment only, in violet)20
3511913; Ppc (gipsy girl), 3k Romanov cancelled fair strike of oval NIZHNII­ASTRAKHAN STEAMSHIP (b) 8 4 13 with another good strike alongside, Kamyshin arrival to TSARITSYNO.35
3521913; viewcard franked with 3k. Romanov. Two strikes of oval ASTRAKHAN-NIZHNIY / PAROKH. Very fine.30
3531914; Ppc to LAUSANNE, redirected to LUZERN, Switzerland, franked lk Romanov & 3k Arms, cancelled good strike of oval 2nd MURMANSK STEAMSHIP 'a' 5 7 14 with another strike alongside. Ex Faberge.200
3541915; Ppc to YAKUTSK, 3k cancelled fair strike of oval YAKUTSK-USTKUTA STEAMSHIP No.5, 1 8 15 with a somewhat better strike at left. Received Yakutsk 8 8 15, suggesting ship's postal clerk had applied wrong canceller75
3551915; Stampless cover to PALERMO, Sicily, sent from Russian FPO No.106 with free-frank violet cachet of Field Hospital; on reverse Petrograd censor cachets and cds of Italian Maritime Service NAPOLI-PALERMO E 16 Mar 1915. Coloured photocopy of reverse inc40
3561916; viewcard (Samara Post Office) oval NIZHNI - ASTRAKHAN / PAROKH. ( two strikes) to Finland.16
3571917; Ppc (R. Volga wrecked dam), 3k Arms imperf. cancelled fair strike of oval PERM-RYBINSK STEAMSHIP (9) 30 5 17 with better strike below Tsaritsino arrival ..35
3581918; Rejoined block 4 25k Arms (chalk lines) with 2 poor strikes of oval VLADIVOSTOK-NORTHERN DISTRICTS STEAMSHIP W (s.s. YENISEI) 4 7 18. 'Very rare'.10
3591928; cover to IRKUTSK, 8k (SG 504) cancelled fair strike of oval YAKUTSK­USTKUTA STEAMSHIP No.5 14 7 28 in violet. Received Irkutsk 3 8 28. Rare Soviet usage showing 'hard sign' after 'Yakutsk' excised from canceller.75
3601928; Scarce Soviet use of Imperial oval:NIZHNI-ASTRAKHAN PAROKH in violet on uprated PSC to Leningrad.38
361c.1880; 7k (SG31) on small piece cancelled dateless S' PAROKHODOMI IZ' KRONSHTADTA (By steamship from Kronshtadt) (Gulf of Finland) Baillie & Peel Type 11 A2.3 variant 1 but without deformed 'o' in Kronshtadt.20


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

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