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  • Lot# : 817 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 39/IV+40/IV
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    Holyland 1912 (Oct 26): 50th ROPiT Anniversary «Jaffa» overprint 5 pa. on 1 k. yellow (pair) and 10 pa. on 2 k. green, tied by «ROPiT Jaffa« cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 241) on picture side of postcard (motif: Jaffa View from South), sent via Port-Said (Nov 9) to Oxford. Cert. Sorani (1990).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 818 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 45/II
    1909 (Oct 20): 50th ROPiT Anniversary «Constantinople» overprint 10 pi. on 1 r. brown & orange, tied with blue Stambul cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 21) on registered cover to Leipzig. Although a philatelic use, the overprint issue on cover is rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 819 Russia

    RSFSR 1923 (Sept. 4): Registered cover from Moscow to Germany, receiver cancellations, mixed franking  30 r. / 3000 r., front and back,  additionally franked on reverse with first RSFSR Philatelic Exchange stamp,  250 r. on 35 k. Chainbreaker, neat boxed cancel.   
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 820 Soviet Union

    1924 (Feb 7): Imperial Austrian 10 h. postal stationery card used as a Blank, with black cachet of the Kiev Post and Telegraph District, correctly franked to 6 k. with 1923 definitives and sent from Vinnitsa Pod. to Kiev (March 26). Believed to be the only recorded example of this officially-sanctioned usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 821 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 390C/391C
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    1930 (Sept 10): Graf Zeppelin Visit, the set of two values 40 k. dark blue and 80 k. carmine, completely imperforate, fresh and fine, large part original gum. Extremely rare set, just 1'000 printed thus. Cert. Buchsbayew (2012) Mi = EUR 6'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 822 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 483/487
    1934: Airships of the USSR, complete set of five imperforate photo-proofs in grey-black on carton paper without gum. Rare Liapin = EUR 750.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 520 CHF

    Lot# : 823 Armenia

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    1920: 1 k. Postal Savings Bank stamp with Dashnak overprints large unframed 'Z' and 'k.60.k.', used marginal copy,  tied with "ERIVAN" cds with appropriate April 1920 date. One of only a few well-authenticated examples of Armenian overprints on Postal Savings Bank stamps; the vast majority are forgeries. Signed S. Serebrakian, Dr R J Ceresa; opinion Stefan Berger (2011).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 824 Armenia

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    Catalogue# : 19 var
    1920: Large framed Z (Type E6) on pair 10 r. perforated, each stamp cancelled to order ERIVAN "b" 2.5.20, full original gum hinged between the pair, showing variety: yellow background of stamp inverted. A single copy of this stamp, from the same sheet, sold at Cherrystone in October 2011 for $ 10'500 (hammer).
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 825 Armenia

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    Catalogue# : 95
    1920 (Aug 30): 25 k. green & lilac perf. in block of four with gutter, combined overprint '10r'  and monogram framed 'Z', tied "ERIVAN" and apparently postally used. This block is illustrated in Michel, Valuable Stamps of the World, page 71. Signed Romeko Mi = EUR 1'440.
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 826 Armenia

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    Catalogue# : 116var
    1920: 5 r. imperf. in horizontal strip of three with combined overprint '100r' with monogram unframed 'Z' in violet, showing variety large and small 'Z' se-tenant. This strip is illustrated in Michel, Valuable Stamps of the World, page 72. Signed RJC(eresa) Mi = unlisted.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF
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