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  • Lot# : 1756 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 21
    Far Eastern Republic 1920: 1 k.Imperial Arms imperf. with  'DVR' overprint, previously overprinted with '70', pane of 25, never hinged with some paper creasing, plates as genuine and a useful specialist item.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1757 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 176x,180
    RSFSR 1922 (April 4): 7500 r. on 250 r. first RSFSR definitives (horizontal gutter pair with plate number) and 22500 r. definitives (vertical pair) tied by Petrograd cds's on reverse of registered envelope to Berlin (Apr 14). The registration mark on the front of the cover is a combination of a one-line 'St. Pétersbourg' handstamp and a numerator mark; this combination can be found as a temporary substitute only for few months at the beginning of 1922.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1758 Russia

    1922 (June 26): 2 kop. green (13 in units, one fallen of) and 1 kop. orange (pair) Imperial Arms definitives and 10 kop. green Denikin stamp, in total 40 kop., revalued to 400'000 r., tied by cds's of Bakhmut to reverse of registered cover, sent via Warsaw to Berlin with transit and arrival marks (July 3). Opened on three side for better display, a fine late Denikin use.
    Provenance: Collection Dr. Seichter with his notes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1759 Russia

    1922 (Apr 15): Ukrainian stationery postcard (Katerynoslav overprint type 14, inverted on reply card, Bulat # 127a, unpriced) used as blank card with 1000 r. 2nd RSFSR definitive series (2) & 10000 on 40 r. overprinted definitive, tied by Katerrinoslav Ukrainian style cds's and sent via Moskau to Harlem (Holland). Taxed, as the tariff was 18000 rub.
    Provenance: Collection Zelonka.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1760 Russia

    1922 (Sep 7): Registered Ukrainian stationery postcard (inverted Poltava overprint type 24, not listed in Bulat) used as blank card with Imperial Arms definitive 10 k. blue perf. and 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf. (vertical pair), giving the 12 r. registered postcard rate, tied by Poltava cds's and sent to Petrograd with arrival mark on reverse (Sept 15).
    Provenance: Collections Seichter and Zelonka.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1761 Russia

    1923 (June 14): 10 r. Worker definitive (vert. pair) tied by cds 'MOSKVA 14 6 23' to registered cover, sent to Berne, on reverse pair first issue Philatelic exchange stamps, 100 r. on 70 k. Kerensky, neatly tied by boxed cancel and rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1762 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 1
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    Local Issue Tambov Tulinovka 1931:  15 K. on 10 k. green, stamp restored, cleaned, and thin on lower left corner, used copy with illisible postmark. Certificate Zagorsky (2012) Michel = EUR 900.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1763 Soviet Union

    1932 (Jan 10): Spain 25 c. blue postal stationery card used as Formula Card (pre-printed by the famous stamp dealer M. Galvez) and sent registered to Cottbus, Germany franked by 1929 2 k. green, 3 k. light blue (both imperforate), Airmail 1927 10 k. deep ultramarine & brown and 1929 Welfare 10 k. + 2 k. red-brown & sepia, mailed from Kharkoff. Unusual-with note on reverse 'I beg to inform you that I can deliver Michel 464/466 only on cash, not exchange...'.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1764 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 574 UMw
    1937: Airmail set, Planes 40 kop. in  vertical strip of four with missing perforation between second and third stamp, postmarked "STALINO 23.3.37" Standard = EUR 3'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1765 Soviet Union

    Tanna Tuva 1940 (April 3): Postcard to the USA franked on front and back with 1934 Airmail 1 k. orange red and 75 k. lake, 1927 14 k. orange & deep ultramarine and 18 k. maroon & deep blue, optd. 1932 15 k. on 14 k. all cancelled by "Tuva" datestamps in black and by New York arrivals in black and violet (May 13). Scarce.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1766 Armenia

    XVIIth Century: Two pre-philatelic entire letters with extensive contents in Armenian script both addressed in Italian to Venice.         
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1767 Armenia

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    1920/21: Overprints, two beautifully matched 15 k. perf. blocks of four, the first with scarce small framed «Z» in violet (Type E1b) , two stamps mint, one defective perf. at top;  the second has rare additional «10r» without Monogram overprint on 3 stamps and cancellation ERIVAN «a» 29 4 21 [second Dashnak period and very late], no gum. These are #15 and 685 in Dr Ceresa»s Handbook, each with Stefan Berger Short Opinion.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1768 Azerbeijan

    1921 (June 21): Ukrainian stationery response postcard (Katerynoslav overprint type 16a, Bulat # 133) used as blank card with Imperial Arms definitive 20 k. blue & red, sent from Baku via Kiev and Petrograd to Berlin. Rare use of Ukrainan postcard in Azerbaijanian Soviet Republic. 
    Provenance: Collections Seichter and Zelonka.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1769 Azerbeijan

    1923 (Jan 10): Registered commercial cover from the German religious colony of Elenendorf franked on reverse with eight adhesives (one damaged) to a value of 1'050'000 roubles, the stamps all tied by 'ELENINO ELISAV[etpol] 10 1 23', including rare combined surcharge 500'000 on 66'000 on 2'000 r., 'REUTLINGEN 25 1 23' receiver cancel.          
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1770 Georgia

    1920 (Aug): Registered usage of Newspaper Wrapper bearing Queen Tamara 1919 perf. 3 r. pale ultramarine (2, one with contemporary fault) and registered label all tied by "Tiflis" datestamps in black. A scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1771 Serbia

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    Catalogue# : 13/I C
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    1869: Prince Milan, 15 pa. orange, perf. 9½ : 12, surface thinning at the bottom right value tablet, tied by BEOGRAD 24/IV cds with ornamentation (Kardosch type 6) to printed matter advertisement with black 'PD' alongside, sent to Palermo. Cover with horizontal fold not touching the stamp. One another printed matter 15 pa. franking known from the same correspondence, sent in 1873 to Switzerland (Collection Predrag Antic). Cert. Velickovic (2009)
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1772 Serbia

    1876 (Aug 13): 10 pa. violet postal stationery card used to Alexsinac struck with very early usage of VOJENA POSTA / 3 (Field Post No. 3) Military datestamp in black (Rasic fig 3a). Fine and extremely rare the '3' being unrecorded by Rasic, this card also pre-dating the recorded use of the cancellation by five months.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1773 Serbia

    1877 (Nov): Black on violet Military postal stationery card mailed to Russia, struck with fine ARMY POST / WYMAANJC KORA datestamp in black. Rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1774 Serbia

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    Catalogue# : 12
    1878 (May 8/20): Military postal stationery card mailed from Nish to Austria franked by 1869/80 10 pa. brown tied by fair strike of blue "Army Post" datestamp, rare oval ARMY POST / HEADQUARTERS COMMAND in blue at right with manuscript date (Rasic fig. 10a). Reverse with Mauer arrival cds (May 26). Rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1775 Serbia

    1879 (Oct 10): Entire letter from Pirot to Nish, with superb bilingual sender's cachet at upper left alongside rare Cyrillic K. SERB. POSTA / PIROT datestamp in blue, reverse with fine strike of BOYNA POSTA / BPX. KOMANAE (Army Post / Headquarters Command) datestamp in black of the following day. The 1878 Treaty of Berlin had annexed Pirot to Serbia. An extremely rare and fine entire.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1776 Serbia

    Macedonia 1912 (Nov 12/25): Serbian Military postal card mailed to England and franked by Serbia 10 pa. red, tied by circular Arms handstamp in blue reading "Serbian Royal Railway Station at Uskub"; delightful content on reverse: "Uskub, new Servia: I have given your letter to a Major I know and he will see that the Censor passes it, so I hope it will arrive safely. Please keep this card and any more like it, they are given gratis to soldiers and to Serbia no stamp is required...they may be rare one day...Louis Cahen". An extraordinary Balkan War usage, the town of Uskub (renamed Skopje) only fell in October 1912 to the Serbian Foces.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1777 Serbia

    Macedonia 1913 (Jan 3): Serbian 10 pa. red postal card mailed to Louis Cahen (writer of the card to England in the previous lot) mailed from Veles (Koprulu) to Skopje (Uskub) and written in French by Milan Tetchmeintch, Commandant of the Serbian Army, cancelled by bold strike of Cyrillic Money Order datestamp of VELES in black. Somewhat damp and thus stained red but an exceedingly scarce Balkan War usage.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1778 Spain

    1758 (March 25): Entire letter from Bilbao to Laval struck with fine VIZCAYA handstamp in black. Scarce. G & Tizon 6.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 130 CHF

    Lot# : 1779 Spain

    1758 (July 6): Entire letter from Vizcaya to Laval struck with fine BIZCAYA handstamp in brownish black with manuscript "Bizcaya" at upper right. A fine and scarce entire G & Tizon 3 = 'RR'.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1780 Spain

    1760 (June 26): Entire letter to Laval struck with fine NAVARRA handstamp in black G & Tizon 9.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1781 Spain

    1761 (March 12): Entire letter from Corunna to Laval struck with exceptionally fine GALICIA straight line handstamp in black G & Tizon 2 = 'RR'.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1782 Spain

    1765 (Oct 25): Entire letter from Cadiz to Quintin in Brittany struck with fair "Andalucia / la Alta" in red, rated '30' in manuscript at upper right G & Tizon 7 = 'R'.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1783 Spain

    1766 (April): Entire letter from Cartagena to Laval struck with excellent strike of MRZIA straight line handstamp in black G & Tizon 10 = 'RR'.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1784 Spain

    1767 (March 17): Entire letter from Alicante to Laval struck with fine VALENCIA straight line in black, rated '26' due in manuscript. Scarce, later than recorded usage G & Tizon 4 = 'R'.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1785 Spain

    1769 (Feb 10): Entire letter to Laval struck with fine VIZCAYA straight lline handstamp in black. Docketing of receipt inside a scarce entire G & Tizon 9 = 'RR'.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1786 Spain

    1770 (Sept 22): Entire letter from Zaragoza to Laval struck with fair to fine strike of rare circular "Crown / ARA / GON" in black G & Tizon 6 = 'RRR'.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1787 Spain

    1800 (April 28): Entire letter from Alcira to Laval struck with fine ALZ / VALENCIA handstamp in black and rated '28' due in manuscript G & Tizon 1.
    Starting bid : 90 CHF
    Hammer price : 90 CHF

    Lot# : 1788 Spain

    1813 (March 28): Entire letter from Figueras to Geneva, Switzerland struck with fine "ARM. DE CATALOGNE / PLACE DE FIGUERAS" in red, struck over vinegar splashing (for disinfection) and rated '12' to pay on receipt. Scarce and appealing entire.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1789 Spain

    1816 (April 29): Entire letter to Laval struck with good impression of "Crown / M " handstamp of Madrid in black with fair two line "Espagne / Par Bayonne" above in black. A rare marking G & Tizon 11 = 'RRR'.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1790 Spain

    1824 (April 27): Entire letter from Pamplona to a sea Captain in Toulon struck with superb impression of "(D) / ARM. D'ESPAGNE" in black.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1791 Spain

    1839 (Jan 31): Entire letter sent prepaid to Rennes / France struck with fine CAB / ANDALUCIA / ALTA in red, red Oleron entry mark at left (Feb 11) and arrival cds on reverse G & Tizon 1 = 'RR'.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1792 Spain

    1860/64: Entire letters (2), both to Denmark and sent unpaid, the earlier cover from Tarragona (Feb 28) to Randers, with Thurn & Taxis and Danish P.O. in Hamburg cds's (March 5) on reverse with '6½' in red crayon due (2½ sgr = French share, 1 sgr. = Belgian share and 3 sgr. = German share). Front with deleted '9' (Danish share) and '38' skilling due on receipt; also an 1864 entire to Helsingöer from Barcelona struck with framed "F./36" Convention marking and travelling by the same route and charged "32" skilling on arrival (German share reduced to 2 sgr.). A scarce and attractive pair.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1793 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 1/II
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    1850: 6 cuartos black, Plate II, a used block of four, positions 5-6/12-13 on the sheet of 40 subjects, clear margins all round, neatly cancelled by 'arana' obliterators in black, leaving the profiles clear, small tear at base, but an attractive and rare block. Certificate Graus (1996).
    Provenance: Collection Magriná.
    Starting bid : 240 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1794 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 1/II
    1850: 6 cuartos black, Plate II, a superb used reconstruction of the plate of 40 subjects, all stamps with large to huge margins all round, all lightly cancelled by the 'arana' obliterator in black. Fine and very scarce.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1795 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 874U/883FU
    1940: Airmail set of twelve values imperforate from special printing, including the colour varieties on 4 p. and 10 p. values, fresh and fine mint, unmounted or large part og. Only 1000 sets printed Edifil 904s/913ccs/Mi = EUR 600+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1796 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 312/321+361/374 spec
    1926: Airmail set of 10 values complete, 1927 surcharged airmail part set of 14 values mint, fresh and very fine, all overprinted "Muestra" (Specimen) in black, large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1797 Spain

    1937 (Oct. 15): Emisiones Locales Patrioticas Malaga, compl. set 15 c. + 60 c.  and 30 c. + 50 c., all in vertical strips of three with the three diff. overprints "8-2-1937 !Arriba Espana!" on two 'Ala Littoria' - airmail envelopes from Malaga to Rhodes with arrival mark "Rodi 29.10.37 (Egeo)" on reverse. A fine pair Edifil 37-40.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1798 Philippines

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    Spanish Colonies 1885 (May 26): Cover from Manila to Switzerland franked by 1878/79 50 m. de peso dull lilac in a horizontal pair, some ageing, mailed via French Paquebot with superb strike of octagonal 'COL. ESPAG. / P. FR. LIGNE N. No. 5' datestamp in blue (June 5) on obverse and Burgdorf arrival cds (July 4) on reverse. Rare. Cert. Graus (1999).
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1799 Puerto Rico

    1857 & 1865: Entire letters from Ponce to Altona struck with double arc "SAN JUAN PORTO RICO" datestamp on reverse (Feb 13) and thence via London (March 4) and Danish P.O. in Hamburg to Altona where charged '88' skilling due on receipt, with unpaid British rate 1/7d. = 16 sgr + 3½ sgr. for German share = 19½ sgr (in blue on front). Converted into skilling = 84 sk + local 4 sk. due and charged 88 sk. to recipient. Also an unpaid Printed Matter 1865 cover via British P.O. in San Juan (May 12) and London (May 30) charged just 5 skilling due on receipt. A fine and interesting pair.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1800 Cuba

    1854 (April 9): Entire letter from Havana to Copenhagen via British P.O. with double arc HAVANA cds in black on reverse, sent unpaid with manuscript "2/5 d." in ink at right, thence via Danish P.O. in Hamburg (May 1) and manuscript "28" silvergroschen in blue, red crayon "37½" (schillinge) on front and reverse with notation "120" (the amount converted to skilling) + 9 sk. Danish share due on receipt.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 130 CHF

    Lot# : 1801 Sweden

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    Catalogue# : 96
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    1916: Landstorm II 10 ö + Kr. 4.90 on 5 Kr. blue in an unused mint marginal corner block of four of lower left sheet, folded along perforations at left and at base. Cert. S. Grönlund (1974) Facit 125 = SEK 7'200/Mi = EUR 480+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1802 Sweden

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    Catalogue# : 144/58
    1924: UPU Congress Stockholm, compl. set of 15 values, and two types of 10 ö. and 30 ö., 2 kr. slight colour loss, fresh and fine mint, superb centering for the issue, lightly mounted, large part og Mi = EUR 1'300. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1803 Ukraine

    1918: General Issue Currency Stamp, 50 sh. red in complete sheet of 100, folded once, never hinged. Rare in sheet form Bulat  = $ 500++.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1804 Ukraine

    1918: Podillia Trident Type XIVb on 2 k. imperf. (Bulat 2075) as block of 25 (5 x 5) with one double overprint (Bulat 2075a), clearly showing the work of a left-handed clerk, unusual, fresh mint with fault to back of one stamp Bulat = $ 505.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1805 Ukraine

    1918: Poltava Trident Type Ia in violet on a complete pane (25) of 2 k. perf. (Bulat 943), eleven stamps showing weak and missing strikes corrected by application of Poltava Ib in black (Bulat 943d), a rare multiple. 
    Provenance: Collection Lindenmeyer  
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1806 Ukraine

    1918 (April 4): Imperial Arms 25 k. green & violet perf. and 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf., tied by KUBANSKOYE KHERS. G. / VOL. PRAV. cds's to reverse of large-format cover, sent from the rural administration of Kubanskoye with its cachet alongside to Odessa (May 4). 5th weight rate cover in the January UNR rate, sent about one month after Odessa was captured by troops of the Central Powers. Shortened a little bit on top.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1807 Ukraine

    1918 (May 11): 5 k. mauve, 70 k. brown & orange and 1 r. dark-brown & orange Imperial Arms definitives, all perf., tied by Skvira cds's to reverse of large-format registered envelope, sent from Skvira notarial office with large red wax seal to Kiev District court with Kiev arrival mark alongside (May 13). 1.75 rouble tariff for a registered cover in the sixth weight group of UNR rate from January 15, 1918, sent briefly after occupation of Ukraine by troops of the Central Powers.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1808 Ukraine

    1918 (June 12): 25 k. green & lila and 50 k. violet & green (block of five) Imperial Arms definitives, all perf., tied by Berdichev cds's to reverse of large-format registered envelope, sent from Berdichev notarial office to Kiev District court with Kiev arrival mark alongside (June 13). 2.75 roubles tariff for a registered cover in the tenth weight group of UNR rate from January 15, 1918.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1809 Ukraine

    1918 (July): Two different combinations of revenue stamps (20 & 5 k. and 10 & 15 k.) used as definitives, tied by Korets Volhynia cds's to reverse of two covers, sent to Novograd.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1810 Ukraine

    1918 (Sept 5): Eight different Imperial Arms definitives perf. & imperf. with Poltava Trident overprints (three with inverted ovpt.) on overpaid local registered cover within Poltava. Philatelic but from the rarest district. Opened on three sides for better display. Signed U.P.V.
    Provenance: Collection Dr. Seichter with his notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1811 Ukraine

    1918 (Sept 10): Imperial Arms definitives, 25 k. green & lila, 50 k. violet & green and 70 k. brown & orange (two blocks of ten, strip of four and two singles), all overprinted with Podolia type Tridents, tied by blue Dzhurin Podolia cds's to front and back of parcel card with 200 rub. cash on delivery, sent to Taganrog (Sept 13). Some faults of stamps glued to the edge, no punching.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his handwritten notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1812 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 2): Imperial Arms definitives, 2 k. green perf., 3 k. red imperf., 70 k. brown & orange perf. and 1 rub. dark-brown & orange imperf. (two strips of three), all with Odessa type Trident overprints, tied by Voznesensk Kherson cds's to front and back of parcel card with a cash on delivery of 50 roubles, sent to Olevsk Volhynia (Oct 3). Scissor cut into stamps as usual.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1813 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 3): Imperial Arms definitives, 10 k. blue and 70 k. brown & orange (vertical pair), all perf. and with Kiev type Trident overprints, tied by Berdichev cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Kiev but finally returned to Berdichev.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1814 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 3): Imperial Arms definitives, 1 rub. dark-brown & orange imperf. (one and vertical pair), all without Trident overprints, tied by Sarny Volhynia cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Stepan Volhynia (Oct 15). Stamps punched as usual. Stamps without Tridents were no more valid after October 1918, but they were used on this card.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1815 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 4): Postal archive document describing and fixing a 40 k. shortage on a Money Transfer Order with 20/14 k. blue & red Imperial Arms (pair) with Odessa type Trident overprint added to this item, cancelled with pen stroke.
    Provenance: Collections Sapozhnikov, Epstein and Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1816 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 12): Imperial letter card 10 k. on 7 k. ovpt, further overprinted with Podolia type 1a Trident, cancelled with Vapnyarka Podolia cds and directed to Poltava, no arrival mark. Although with full message this letter card is presumably philatelic and cancelled to order as the letter rate was 25 k. However this is the only example known of this usage. Shown in Ceresa, Vol. 2 Ukraine, Parts 14/19 Podolia, p. 270 and plate CCCLII.
    Provenance: Collections M. Shmuely and Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1817 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 18): Imperial Arms 50 kop. red-brown & green, perforation clipped prior to use, with local Trident of Novozybkov hand-drawn in violet ink (Bulat # 2460 for imperf. 50 k., valuation $ 160 for used stamp), tied by Novozybkov cds to cover with another strike on reverse.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1818 Ukraine

    1918 (Oct 22): Imperial Arms definitives, 15 kop. violet & blue imperf., 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf. (2) and 3.50 r. perf. (vertical pair), all with different Odessa type overprints, tied by Nikolayev cds's to front and back of parcel card with insurance and cash on delivery at the same time, sent to Skvira Kiev Gub (Oct. 25). Stamps without punching, but imperf. stamps show some sort of local perforation.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1819 Ukraine

    1918 (Nov 2): Imperial Arms definitives, 1 k. orange (strip of five), 3 k. red (strip of five) and 15 k. violet & blue, all with Kharkov type Trident overprints plus Ukrainian definitives 10 sh. light-brown & 20 sh. dark-brown, tied by Rylsk Kursk Gubernia cds's to registered letter, sent to Tworkau Germany with arrival mark on reverse (Nov 28). This Southern part of Kursk district belonged to Ukraine in the borders defined by the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Nice cover with the back completely covered with advertisements.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1820 Ukraine

    1918 (Dec 7): Imperial Arms definitive, 7 r. dark-green & pink imperf. with Kiev type I Trident overprints (Bulat no. 48) in a block of four, tied by Belilovka Kiev Gub. cds's in blue to reverse of Money Transfer Card, sent to Berdichev (Dec 21). Stamps not punched, a very attractive MTF card. Signed Bulat BPP.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1821 Ukraine

    1919: Kyiv I Broken Trident on 50 k., 1 r. and 3 r. Romanov, used on separate small pieces all cancelled 20 1 19, each expertised ZELONKA UPNS. These stamps are unlisted in both Seichter and Bulat and are the only recorded examples.
    Provenance: Believed to be ex Collection Ivan Bobyn.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1822 Ukraine

    1919 (Jan 25): Imperial Arms definitive, 1 r. dark-brown & orange imperf. and 3.50 r. brown & green perf., both with Kiev type II Trident overprints, tied by Uman Kiev Gub. cds's to Money Transfer Card, sent to Ternovka Podolia (Jan 29), forwarded to Ladizhin Kiev Gub. (Feb 2). Stamps not punched or cut.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1823 Ukraine

    Kherson type Trident overprints, 1919 (May 10): Eight perf. and seven imperf. Imperial Arms definitives (no duplication), all overprinted with red local so called Kherson or Hetman type Trident overprints (Bulat ex # 2364/2384, six stamps valued -.- in used condition), tied by Kramatorskaya Khar. cds's to reverse of registered cover to Vershtgorodsk Kiev Gub (May 30) with green COD label instead of a registration label on front. In spite of its philatelic nature a fine item with this rare issue. Signed Maslowski.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1824 Ukraine

    1919 (May 23): Two Imperial arms 7 k. blue stationery envelopes with Kharkov type Trident overprint (Bulat #97) with additional franking of Kharkov type overprinted 5 r. dark-blue & green perf. (Bulat # 750) and 7 r. dark-green & pink imperf. (Bulat # 757), respectively, tied by Ukrainian style 'KHARKIV 3' cds's and sent as value covers with green labels to Moscow with arrival marks on reverse (May 26). One signature Dr. R. Ceresa.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1825 Ukraine

    1919 (June 12): Money Transfer Card, used from Nikitovka Yekaterinoslav Gub. for the transfer of 5'000 roubles to Rostov/Don (June 14). The postage of 50 r. was paid in cash, a violet handstamp was added to indicate this fact.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1826 Ukraine

    1919 (Aug 19): Imperial Arms 1 r. dark-brown & orange with Podilia Trident overprints (22, partially in larger units), tied by Valnyarka Podolia cds's to front and reverse of telegraphic Money Transfer Form (local Kiev issue with inverted Arms symbol), sent to Shargorod Podolia with arrival cds on reverse (Sept 16). Some creases but a fine compl. Money Transfer Form.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1827 Ukraine

    1920 (July 18): Large page from a Savings book, franked on front with two counter sheets of 25 stamps each of Imperial Arms definitives 50 k. violet & green and four counter sheets of 25 stamps each of 70 k. brown & orange, all with Trident overprints, in addition on reverse Ukrainian definitives 50 shahiv red (block of 20), in total a sum of 100 roubles, all cancelled by blue-black Vapnyarka Podolia Gub. Archive punching holes and other imperfections to be expected from an item of that sheer size.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1828 Ukraine

    1920: Imperial Arms definitives 2 k. green imperf. and 3 k. red perf., both in vertical pairs and overprinted with Ukrainian Tridents, tied by cds 'KROLEVETS 9.12.20' to reverse of registered cover sent to Moscow with arrival mark (Dec 15) alongside. Late use of Trident overprints in the USSR to pay the registration surcharge in the 'postage-free' rate system.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1829 Ukraine

    1921: Money Transfer Card and a fragment, both franked with Trident overprinted Arms definitives allowed by Soviet postal administration as 'Trophy' stamps of the reoccupied Ukraine, revalued 1 : 100 in March 1920. Some faults but still a fine late Trident use.
    Provenance: Collection Robert Taylor with his typed notes.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1830 Western Ukraine

    1919: Unique brush proof of the printing plate for the Eighth Stanyslaviv set (Bulat 104-105), printed on a Court Martial form with the manuscript attestation of Mykola Sekretar. The only known Proof of any of the printing plates. Illustrated in John Bulat»s 1973 Illustrated Postage Stamp History of Western Ukrainian Republic 1918-1919.
    Provenance: Collection Bulat; Zelonka, 169th Corinphila auction.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1831 Western Ukraine

    1919: 20 h. unoveprinted Austria (3) and 30 sot. Registration stamp, tied by weak KUTY cds's to large format registered cover, addressed in Cyrillic to the District Court in Kolomya, plus indistinct Trident official cachet in black alongside, no markings on reverse, signed BULAT BPP.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1832 Western Ukraine

    1919: 20 h. unoverprinted Austrian stamps (vert. pair) and 50 sot. registration stamp, tied by scarce Cyrillic 'KOLOMYJA 1a 31 III 19' to local cover to the Court in Kolomyja, boxed violet Ukrainian Censor cachet alongside, all markings on front, signed BULAT BPP. 
    Provenance: Collection Zelonka, 169th Corinphila auction.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1833 Yugoslavia

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    Catalogue# : 587 Block 4A+4B
    1949: Trains Miniature Sheets (2), perforated and imperforate examples, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Mi = EUR 500.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1834 Austria

    Leopold I 1673 (20. Aug.): Schnörkelbrief aus Eger mit Unterschrift des Kaisers, papiergedecktem Siegel und komplettem Inhalt adressiert an Wolfgang Georg Grafen Castell.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 1835 Austria

    1830/36: Zwei Faltbriefe aus der Bundefestung Mainz, je mit Zierstp. in Schreibschrift "K.K.ö.M.P. Mainz" in rot resp. schwarz (Clement Nr. 199a resp. 199b).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1836 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 3X
    1852 (21.8.): 3 Kr. rot, Type III (2), linker Wert vom linken Bogenrand, breitrandig, über Briefrand übergehend geklebt mit Originalgummi, rechter Wert eingeschnitten, beide Werte mit einem Abschlag K.K. FAHRENDES POSTAMT No. 3 entw. auf Faltbrief nach Prag mit rücks. Ankunftsstp. (24.8.), senkr. Archivbug weg von den Marken.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1837 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 4 X
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    6 Kr. braun Handpapier Type I vom oberen Bogenrand, entw. mit vorphilatelistischem Ovalstp. V.TRIEST (Müller Nr. 2979a = 720 Punkte). Befund Matl (1984).
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1838 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 3Xa
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    Handpapier 3 Kr. zinnoberot Type I/a1, in leuchtender Farbe und rundum voll- bis breitrandig, sauber entw. mit dem Zweizeiler "DEUTSCHBROD. 1 Juni." (Müller Nr. 504a = 250 P.) in Blau, dekorative Entwertung vom Ausgabetag der österreichischen Briefmarken, auf Faltbrief von Okrouhlitz nach Libtschan, die Marke mit der Entwertung wurde früher aus dem Faltbrief herausgeschnitten und später sauber wieder eingefügt, dennoch ein dekorativer und extrem seltener Ersttagsbrief mit blauer Entwertung. Attest Babor (2003) Ferchenbauer = EUR 35'000 + 50% für die blaue Entwertung.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1839 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 2Y,4Y
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    1854: 2 Kr. schwarz und 6 Kr. rötlichbraun (2, eine rechts unten kurz berührt), beide Maschinenpapier, entw. mit Datumsstp. "Carlsbad 23/6", auf voll bezahltem frischem Brief nach Bordeaux im Tarif vom 1.1.1858 mit nebenges. rotem "PD" und franz. Grenzstp. "Autriche-Strasbourg 25 JUIN 58" sowie zwei weiteren franz. Transit- und Ankunftsstp. (27. Juni) auf der Rückseite. Attest Puschmann (1980) Ferchenbauer = EUR 6'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1840 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 3Y,5Y
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    1854: 3 Kr. hellrot und 9 Kr. blau im senkr. Paar, beide Type IIIb, farbfr. und allseitig voll- bis breitrandig, entw. mit Einkreis-Stp. CARSLBAD 9/7 (1856), übergehend auf kl. Faltbriehülle nach York / England, nebenges. rotes "P" im Kreis, roter Londoner Transitstp. PAID ALL 14 JY 14, 1856, rücks. schwarzer preussischer Bahnstp. und blauer Ankunftsstp. YORK JY 14, 1856. Aussergewöhnliche schöne, portogerechte 21 Kr. - Frankatur für einen einfachen Brief über Preussen und Belgien nach England. Attest Ferchenbauer (2012) Ferchenbauer = EUR 4'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1841 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 4M/III,5M/III b
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    1854: 6 Kr. braun und 9 Kr. blau, beide Maschinenpapier Type III, entw. Datumsstp. TRIEST 4/6 mit nebengesetztem FRANCO in schwarz und rot, versandt nach Kopenhagen mit rücks. Transitstp. BERLIN ANHALTER BAHNH. 6.6. und Übergang zur dänischen Post K.D.P.A. HAMBURG 7/6. Francobrief bis zum Empfänger, der dänischen Post wurden zwei Sgr. oder  neun Schilling gutgeschrieben. Befund Ferchenbauer.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1842 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 13/II,14/II,15/II
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    1858: 5 Kr. blassrot, 10 Kr. braun (2) und 15 Kr. blau (3), alle im Typ II, entw. mit Einkreisstp. CARLSBAD 3/8 auf voll bezahltem Brief nach New York, versandt im Tarif vom November 1858 mit 15 Kr. Vereinsporto und 54 Kr. für den Weg über Preussen und England mit nebenges. roten Übergangsstp. "Aachen 6/8" und Ankunftsstp. "New York Paid Aug 22". Attest Ferchenbauer (1982) Ferchenbauer = ca. EUR 2'100.
    Provenienz: Sammlung Henry C. Gibson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1843 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 15/II
    1858: 15 Kr. blau, Type II, entw. mit Datumsstp. HAIDA 30/1 (1860, Ziffern verkehrt eingesetzt, auf Faltbrief nach Kopenhagen, handschr. Vermerke 'fr. Hamburg' und 'fr. Grentz' mit rücks. Transitstempel von Bodenbach (20.1.), Bahnpoststp. Leipzig Magdeburg (21.1.) und Hamburg (21.1.) sowie Übergabestp. an die dänische Post im Königlich Dänischen Oberpostamt in Hamburg (22.1.). Teilfranco bis zur deutschen Grenze, neun Schilling wurden vom Empfänger eingezogen. Signatur Ferchenbauer. 
    1860 (Jan 20): Entire letter from Hayda to Copenhagen franked by 1858 15 kr. blue tied by Hayda datestamp in black, endorsed 'fr. Hamburg' at lower left and, in blue ink, 'fr. Grenze' mailed via Hamburg with Danish P.O. cds of transit on reverse (Jan 22). Charged 2 sgr. = 9 skilling in red crayon manuscript on arrival. Signed Ferchenbauer.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1844 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 21,22
    1861: 10 Kr. braun und 15 Kr. blau, etwas unsauber entw. CARLSBAD 22/7 auf voll bezahltem Brief nach Paris, weitergesandt nach Montpellier, mit "P.D." und rotem franz. Grenzübergangsstp. "Autriche Strasbourg 26 Juil 61", rücks. sechs franz. Transit-, Weiterleitungs- und Ankunftsstp. Das Briefpapier zeigt einen Stich des Theresien-Brunnens in Carlsbad, beigelegt ein anderer Briefbogen aus anderer Korrespondenz mit Stich des K. K. Militär-Badehauses in Carlsbad.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1845 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 34
    1863/64: 15 Kr. braun, weite Zähnung, entw. mit ovalem Datumsstp. von Triest, übergehend auf Faltbrief über Sissek und Slav. Brood (rücks. Transitstp.) nach Sarajevo.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1846 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 28II
    10 Kr. blau im waagr. Paar, feiner Bart, übergehend gest. auf Faltbrief  (30. Jan.1880) von Triest via Brindisi nach Calcutta mit rücks. Transitstp. „SEA POST OFFICE 5 FEB» und Calcutta Ankunftstp. vom 22. Febr., eine seltene Destination.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1847 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 30a+37I
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    2 Kr. gelb (3, waargechtes Paar und Einzelmarke) + 1867 Kaiser Franz Joseph 5 Kr. rosakarmin im waagrechten Paar mit Ovalstempel "Triest 19/7" (1867) auf  Faltbrief nach Neapel, sehr frühe ermässigte Portorate des österreichischen italienischen Postvertrags von 1867 und sehr schöne und seltene Misch-Frankaturkombination, Kabinett, Attest Matl.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1848 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 35/Id,37/Ia,38/Ia
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    1867: 2 Kr. orange, 5 Kr. rosakarmin und 10 Kr. blau, alle im groben Druck, farbfr., entw. mit zartem Einkreisstp. CARLSBAD 24 / 9 übergehend auf Briefcouvert nach Helsingfors in Finnland (damals Russland) mit nebenges. schwachem blauem Ankunftsstp. (29.9) und rücks. Transitstp. von St. Petersburg (16.9., julianischer Kalender). Der Brief ist um 2 Kr. überfrankiert, das Weiterfranko von 8 Kr. mit Rötel "8" angeschrieben. Geringe Beeinträchtigung, aber eine interessante Destination. Attest Ferchenbauer (2012) Ferchenbauer = EUR 1'600.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1849 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 36/II,37/II
    1878 (20.5.): Franz-Josef 3 Kr. grün und 5 Kr. rot (beschädigte Ecke), beide feiner Druck, entw. Datumsstp. LANDSKRONSTRASSE WIEN 20, 5,  3-4 N, 78, übergehend auf kl. Zierbrief (obere Klappe und Teile der Seitenklappen fehlen) mit Fauna- und Floramotiven, versandt als Lokaleinschreiben innerhalb von Wien. Empfänger ist der bekannte Briefmarkenhändler Sigmund Friedl.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1850 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 37/I+U47
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    10 Kr. blau als Zusatzfrankatur auf 1867: 25 Kr. Ganzsachenumschlag mit blauem Zweikreisstp. "Habsburggasse Wien 9 Jun 68" nach London mit vier versch. R-Stempeln, Umschlag dreiseitig geöffnet und nicht ganz einwandfrei, sehr seltene Mischfrankatur. Attest Ferchenbauer (2010) Ferchenbauer = EUR 8'500.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1851 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 140,145,154,155,156
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    1908: Jubiläumsausgabe 10 Kr., 5 Kr., 2 Kr., 12 H. und 2 H. (Paar), übergehend entw. mit Rundstp. KARLSBAD 2 5 C, 8. VI. 11 auf Vorder- und Rückseite von kompl. Paket-Begleitadresse mit Wertangabe über Berlin und Schweden nach Norwegen, nebenges. Klebezettel und Transitstp. sowie rücks. Ankunftsstp. FREDERIKSTAD 15 VI 11. Karte wie üblich mittig senkr. gefaltet, seltene Verwendung der drei Höchstwerte der Jubiläumsserie auf einem Beleg. Attest Ferchenbauer (2012).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1852 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 551-554
    1933: FIS - Wettkämpfe, kompl. Satz vier Werte 12 Gr. bis 50 Gr. im Viererblock aus der Bogenecke, jeweils entw. mit Sonderstp. "INNSBRUCK, FIS-WETTKÄMPFE 1933 - 8 II. 33" Mi = EUR 1'400+ / ANK = EUR 1'700+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1853 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 556 C
    1933: Viererblock aus dem WIPA - Block mit Faserpapier und Kastenzähnung, postfr., zusätzl. unterer Blockteil getrennt Mi = EUR 2'400+ / ANK = EUR 2'600+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1854 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 556 A
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    1933: WIPA, Marken aus Bogen mit Faserpapier und Linienzähnung postfr. im Viererblock. Attest Matl (1982) Mi = EUR 3'000+ / ANK = EUR 2'800+.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1855 Austria

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    Catalogue# : 555 A
    1933: WIPA, Marken mit gewöhnlichem Papier und Linienzähnung postfr. im Viererblock vom rechten oberen Bogenrand Mi = EUR 1'280+ / ANK = EUR 1'200+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF
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