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  • Lot# : 687 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 41
    1872: Paris printing 25 b. orange, used example on 1875 cover to Corfu/Ionian Islands via Trieste tied by "Galati" cds (Aug 16) in black. Reverse with Vienna transit and Kerkyra arrival cds. File fold away from adhesive, an unusual destination.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 688 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 40+41
    1875: Attractive registered entire from Curtea de Argesu in blue with boxed RECOMMANDAT and  DUPA PLECARE also in blue, addressed to Hermanstadt with weak transit marks on reverse, franked 15 B.  and damaged 25 B. Paris printings.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 689 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 39+44
    1872: Paris printing 10 b. blue and Bucharest printing 1876 5 b. olive yellow, contemporary fault on application, used on 1876 cover to Reni, cancelled by "Jsmail" thimble datestamp (Kiriac fig. 549) in blue (Dec 21). Reverse with Reni arrival cds in blue.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 690 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 47+51
    1876: Bucharest printing 30 b. vermilion on yellowish paper, a fine used example on 1881 registered cover to Ploesti, tied by rare "Vâleni De Munte" thimble datestamp (Kiriac fig. 581) in green (March 8) with repeated superb strike below and framed "Recomandat". Reverse defective 1879 10 b. rose red torn on opening and Ploesti cds.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 691 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 50a+50b+51
    1879: Second Bucharest printing, covers (2) to Austria franked by 5 b. green (four on obverse, one on reverse) tied by Craiova cds's; second 1884 cover with 5 b. very deep green and 10 b. bright red brown (2) cancelled by "Bistrita" cds's in blue with thimble cds "Rimnicul Vâlcea" on reverse (Kiriac fig. 567).
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 692 Russia

    1792 (May 7): Entire letter from St. Petersburg to Hodimont (Belgium), perfect strike of the first Russian postmark  'ST. PETERSBOURG' in a variety not described by Dobin & Ratner. An ideal usage because these handstamps are normally only partial or distorted, very scarce so fine.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 693 Russia

    1821 (Jan 5): Envelope from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors (Finland) with a fine combination of two rare prephilatelic postmarks; first datestamp of the head PO in a variety neither described by Dobin & Ratner nor by Baillie & Peel (one star at base but colon after the month) in combination with red 'S. Pburg' (Dobin & Ratner type 00-01-05). A unique item with a previously unrecorded postmark.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 694 Russia

    1822 (Aug 23): Entire franco letter from St. Petersburg via Memel (Sept 9) to Francomont (Belgium; Sept 19) showing the first datestamp of the office for outgoing mail with two stars at base (Dobin & Ratner 00-02-03) in combination with red 'FRANCO'. Early franco cover with ideal strikes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 695 Russia

    1841 (Nov 12): Outer letter sheet, sent from 6th city post office of St. Petersburg to Abo (Nov 28) showing a fine strike of the rare rectangular framed datestamp of this office (Dobin & Ratner 00-16-01) on the reverse.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 696 Russia

    1779/1859: The fine collection of 66 entires and five early postal stationery envelopes with St. Petersburg prephilatelic postmarks, incl. nine items with 'ST. PETERSBOURG' 1779/1807 postmarks, red straight line Cyrillic 'S.P.Burg' 1820, four black and two red early cds's 1820/31, and St. Petersburg 1st otdyelenie 1851 and 20th otdyelenie 1857 datestamps as well. This collection is characterized by a far above average quality of the strikes and the covers.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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