Picture Postcards: Arad - accumulation, early to modern, unused or used including some picture stationery, 40+ from Hungarian period, over 50 earlier Romanian...

Postcards: Unused and used accumulation, 1910s to 1950s with both printed and photographic, some with stamps removed, images of both people and towns,...

1857 Russian stamped envelope 1848 10 (+1) k, sent to Fence Houses, England, endorsed “Paid for England”, with London Paid 23 Apr 1857 and large red circular...

1857 10k brown and light blue, four good even margins tied to small piece tied by a complete reddish brown DINABURG cds, a rare, now Lithuania cancel on...

1857 10k brown and light blue, four good even margins cancelled with pen cross and good part pre-stamp cancellation `Belostok/ 8 Feb 58`(now in Poland)....

1857 10k brown and light blue, four good even margins used with part framed datestamp that shows the year of use as 1857, with the stamp being issued in...

1857 10k brown and blue, fine even margins, obliterated by superbly struck 104 dots of Belostok (Grodno Government Bialystok, today Poland); a very attractive...

1857 10k brown and blue, extremely fine example with very wide margins on small piece, with pen cancellation and very light strike of rare line cancellation...

1858, 10k imperforate, very fine with good to wide margins all around tied by clear strike of boxed “ODESSA 15 APRIL 58” handstamp on entire letter to...

1858 (Feb) double weight outer letter sheet, from Moscow to St Petersburg, bearing single franking 20k dark blue/orange, thin paper tied by pen cross,...

1867 Russian stamped envelope 1848 10 (+1) k, sent from Smela (now Ukraine) to London, with blue departure postmark on back, manuscript Porto on front...

1877 (Aug 20) printed matter wrapper from St. Petersburg, to Cairo, Egypt correctly franked with a vertical pair of 1866 1k black & yellow on horizontally...

1875 10k brown & blue showing variety deformed "10" at lower left and dot under I bottom right, tied to cover by black circular 20 Jan 1875 cds of Lovich...

1875 registered cover from Odessa to Kamenels franked by vertical laid paper 1875 8k carmine and grey in horizontal strip of four tied by three neat, clear...

1877 envelope to poste restante, Copenhagen franked horizontally laid paper 8k carmine and grey tied by two-line date stamp. Riga cds alongside, redirected...

1878 (4 Jan) printed wedding invitation wrapper to Fellin, Estonia bearing single franking 1868-75 2k vertically laid paper tied by clear St Petersburg...

1883 (13 Sep) large registered envelope bearing a fine franking consisting of 14 1875 20k (block of 8, vertical stip of four and horizontal pair) plus...

1884 2k russian green with inverted background used with St Petersburg `8`handstamp. a couple of slightly short perfs not detracting from a unique stamp,...

1885 Registered with 15 Kop. printed stamp on envelope, dated 22.9.1885 from Orechova (Province of the Don Cossacks) to the Abbot of the Monastery of St....

1889 7r black on orange-yellow, horizontally laid paper, double print of black frame used with full Moscow 24/V/1898 cds. A great rarity in fine condition...

1908 20k with variety background printing missing in mint n.h. quarter sheet of 25 copies, very fine (Mi. €3'500).

1916 10k. on 7k. brown in vertical strip of four, the bottom stamp with variety '10' missing from left side, some perf reinforcing, a most striking Romanov...

1921, pair 100R (Michel n° 137) postal saving stamp (used since 1918 as postal stamps) on rare cover to Harbin (China) with arrival, very fine.

1924 USSR, 3k, block of four used Mi 238 1B, € 1800.

1926 Child Welfare unissued set of two without watermark in complete mint n.h. sheet of 100 and with watermark in mint n.h. sheet of 99 (Mi. A XVIII).

1960, Russia Tiger, 3 complete mint n.h. proof sheets showing different stages of printing between 9.5-30.5.1960.

1964, World Cruise, intended to commemorate "Khrushchev's Visit to Sweden", 4k line perf. 14 and printed on special ungummed Goznak paper. As Khrushchev...

2001 State Arms, Flag and Anthem of the Russian Federation issues in three presentation booklets by Cartor (MH 6, with white, red or blue spines), with...

Bogorodsk: 1892 envelope from Constantinople to Bogorodsk, franked German Levant 1pi on 20pf cancelled cds, to left is Postage Due 5kop red cancelled by...

Cherdyn: 1890s undated local envelope franked 2 kopeks bottom marginal tied two green oval CHERDINSKOI UYESD.UPRAV date stamps, fine vibrant colours;...

Cherdyn: 1912 registered cover to Moscow franked on reverse pair 'White Bear' 2 kopeks (Chuchin 32) tied straight-line violet TULPAN handstamps with pair...

Gadiach: 1890s mixed issue franking (Schmidt 22 &24, Chuchin 21 & 23) with both stamps tied by single blue GADIACHSKAYA ZEMSKAYA POTSTA 8 JUL date stamp,...

Irbit: 1884 (10 Apr) envelope bearing first issue 2 kopeks showing clear margins on three sides, touched at top, tied violet oval IRBITSKAYA ZEMSKAYA POTSTA...

Irbit: 1885 envelope envelope franked on reverse with horizontal pair 2 kopek black on lilac-rose, of two different types, just tied by single oval date...

Kotenlich: 1909 registered cover franked on reverse with 5 kopek blue tied bold blue cds together with Imperial 7k blue horizontal strip of four tied two...

Osa: 1906 (7 Sept) envelope to Warsaw franked on reverse 2k blue green and green cancelled by large violet oval OSINSKAYA ZEMSKAYA POSTSTA oval date stamp,...

Shadrinsk: 1886 (1Aug) envelope to Irbit district, franked on front with 3k red tied SHADRINSKAYA UESDNAYA ZEMSKAYA UPRAVA date stamp, additionally franked...

Shadrinsk: 1898 (7 Dec) envelope to Saint Petersburg, franked on reverse with 3k red and pale blue tied by good strike of large violet SHADRINSKOY ZEMSKOY...

Shatsk: 1886 issue 3 kopek on a local envelope, franked on reverse with Ryab straight-line handstamp (Ryabinsky, head of Zemstvo Post), as usual not tied,...

Tikhvin: 1888 5 kopek rose, black, red and blue tied five line date stamp plus Imperial 7k blue tied '6' numeral on same side, envelope slightly reduced...

Vessiegonsk: 1877 (23 Feb) large part envelope (missing one side flap) franked cut-to-shape 5k tied oval VESSIEGONSK date stamp, a small scratch in margin...

Vessiegonsk: 1883 (2 Nov) 7k Russian postal stationery envelope franked on reverse with 5k top marginal tied straight-line NEOPLACHENO handstamp, sent...

Nikolajewsk 1921 20k blue and red with framed overprint showing partial omission at top, lightly hinged mint with the usual slightly browned gum of this...

Nikolajewsk 1921 imperf 20k blue and red with framed overprint, four good margins fresh hinged mint; cert. V Liapine (2017).

Nikolajewsk 1921 10K on perf 5k framed surcharge mint never hinged, some gum toning, V. Laipine handstamp

Nikolajewsk 1921 10k on 10k blue with framed overprint, hinged mint without the usual toning, a fine example of a rare stamp. V. Liapine Cert (2017)

Nikolajewsk 1921 20k on 3(4)k hinged mint with slightly browned gum as usual; cert. V. Liapine (2017).

Nikolajewsk 1921 20k on 5r cto used as usual, a rare stamp; cert. V. Liapine (2017).

Nikolajewsk 1921 small, powerful group of surcharges with Mi 1B cto used, 10 on 1k, 2k and 3k hinged mint, 4k used on piece, 14k hinged mint with Liapine...

1923 (27.1.) plain card written from the border town of Kyakhta - Troitskosavsk to Bern, Switzerland, the writer mentioning that he has recently left Mongolia...